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About the Role

The Cloud Cost & Capacity Engineering (CCCE) team helps leaders understand cloud spend, identify optimization opportunities, and make informed investment decisions without hindering team velocity. As Manager, CCCE, you will lead the FinOps function, overseeing forecasting, governance, and communication of cloud costs and capacity across the company. You will collaborate with engineering, product, finance, and data partners to translate complex data into clear guidance for senior leadership.

Responsibilities

Oversee the FinOps Function & Strategy, including defining vision, scope, success metrics, and collaboration models.
Set and maintain the roadmap for forecasting, tracking, and optimizing cloud cost and capacity.
Act as the accountable owner for FinOps outcomes: forecast accuracy, spend predictability, optimization impact, and leadership communication quality.
Define FinOps presentation in senior forums to focus cloud spend conversations on decisions and trade-offs.
Develop a clear point of view on cloud spend drivers, risks, and opportunities.
Translate complex usage, cost, and capacity signals into concise narratives for executives.
Lead the creation of executive materials explaining spend, drivers, and recommended actions.
Own the cloud forecasting approach, including methodologies, assumptions, and governance.
Partner with Finance and leadership on annual and multi-year cloud planning, linking spend to growth drivers and investments.
Drive scenario modeling for new initiatives, providing clear cost impact assessments.
Shape and participate in investment review processes with data-backed recommendations.
Design methods to track and explain forecast variance to executives.
Serve as the strategic liaison between Engineering, Product, Finance, and Procurement on cloud spend.
Establish predictable cadences for cost reviews and deep dives to ensure team accountability.
Collaborate with platform and capacity engineering to translate FinOps insights into architectural decisions and optimizations.
Build shared understanding of spend drivers to focus leadership conversations on trade-offs and priorities.
Directly manage and develop the CCCE team, setting priorities and standards.
Own and evolve the FinOps tool stack for trusted, decision-ready insights.
Champion a culture of cost awareness and financial accountability across engineering through training and engagement.
Partner with data and platform teams on advanced modeling while retaining end-to-end FinOps accountability.
Demonstrate support for journalistic independence and the company's mission.

Requirements

7–10+ years in cloud financial management, FinOps, engineering strategy, or a similar role combining technical and financial decision-making.
Direct leadership of a small technical or analytical team.
Proven ownership of a function or program end-to-end (vision, roadmap, stakeholders, outcomes).
Track record influencing senior leaders (VP/C-level, CFO/Finance) on investment decisions using data and narrative.
Familiarity with public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and their major cost drivers.
Experience building or maturing a FinOps or cloud cost practice (e.g., Showback, Cost to Serve, optimization programs).
Familiarity with cost management tools (e.g., FinOut, Cloudability, native cloud billing) and modern data stacks for financial and operational reporting.

Skills

Cloud financial management
FinOps
Engineering strategy
Technical decision-making
Financial decision-making
Team leadership
Program ownership
Stakeholder management
Influencing senior leaders
Data analysis
Narrative development
Public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP)
Cost management tools
Data stacks for financial reporting
Data stacks for operational reporting
AWS architecture
GCP architecture
AWS pricing models
GCP pricing models
Cost management for AI/ML platforms
Cost management for data warehouses
Cost management for observability tooling
Media industry experience
Subscription products experience
Consumer products experience

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

7-10+ years

Salary/Compensations

$152,000—$190,000 USD

Benefits

Variable pay (e.g., annual bonus, restricted stock)
Medical benefits
Dental benefits
Vision benefits
Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s)
Company-matching 401(k) plan
Paid vacation
Paid sick days
Paid parental leave
Tuition reimbursement
Professional development programs

About the Company

The New York Times Company is committed to being the world’s best source of independent, reliable and quality journalism.
They embrace a diverse workforce with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences across all levels of the organization.
They encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

Equal Opportunity

The New York Times Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law.
All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)’s Know Your Rights Poster is available here.
The New York Times Company will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.
Individuals seeking an accommodation for the application or interview process should email reasonable.accommodations@nytimes.com.
The Company encourages those with criminal histories to apply, and will consider their applications in a manner consistent with applicable "Fair Chance" laws, including but not limited to the NYC Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act.