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About the Role
Lead the rollout of enterprise cloud financial management capabilities across AWS, GCP, and other cloud platforms. Establish transparency and accountability for cloud and AI consumption, translate technical decisions into financial implications, and drive measurable optimization outcomes. This role offers high visibility with business and executive leadership while partnering across Technology, Finance, Procurement, and delivery teams.
Responsibilities
- Own the FinOps strategy, roadmap, execution, and operating model across AWS, GCP, and other cloud providers.
- Lead cloud budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, showback, chargeback, and executive reporting.
- Analyze consumption and architecture patterns, maintain a prioritized optimization backlog, assign ownership, and validate realized savings and cost avoidance.
- Partner with engineering, architecture, and application teams to improve workload design, commitment utilization, capacity planning, and unit economics without compromising reliability, security, or delivery outcomes.
- Establish AI financial management practices for all project and platform rollouts, including token, model, API, GPU, TPU, training, and inference costs.
- Embed cost-tracking mechanisms, anomaly detection, budget alerts, and financial guardrails into provisioning processes, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and architecture governance practices.
- Collaborate with other teams to guide and implement cloud cost governance best practices.
- Translate technical and financial insights into clear recommendations that enable senior leaders to make informed decisions.
- Lead, coach, and develop engineers and analysts while fostering cloud financial accountability across delivery teams.
- Manage escalations effectively and provide support during extended hours when required.
Requirements
- 6+ years of progressive leadership experience in cloud engineering, cloud architecture, platform engineering, and cloud financial management.
- Hands-on cloud experience with a strong blend of technology and financial management expertise.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to zoom in on details and zoom out to develop strategic actions.
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to drive initiatives to completion using tools such as Jira for planning and execution management.
- Strong working knowledge of AWS and Google Cloud Platform services, pricing models, billing data, commitment programs, and cloud consumption drivers.
- Experience managing AI and generative AI economics, including forecasting, allocation, unit-cost measurement, and optimization.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze cloud usage and billing data and convert insights into actionable outcomes.
- Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, allocation methodologies, showback, chargeback, and financial governance.
- Proven ability to translate complex technical topics into concise financial narratives, business cases, and executive recommendations.
- People leadership experience, with strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
- Significant experience in a regulated enterprise or financial services environment.
- Successful clearance of background checks (including criminal checks and leadership references).
Skills
- Cloud Financial Management
- AWS
- GCP
- Jira
- AI Economics
- Generative AI Economics
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Variance Analysis
- Allocation Methodologies
- Showback
- Chargeback
- Financial Governance
- Communication
- Influencing
- Stakeholder Management
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 6+ years of progressive leadership experience
Education Level
- University degree in a relevant discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- FinOps certification, or equivalent practical experience.
- AWS or Google Cloud certifications related to architecture, engineering, or cloud financial management are considered an asset.
Salary/Compensations
- $108,700 - $158,700
Benefits
- Hybrid work schedule for most roles
- Company share ownership program
- Incentive Program
- Pension and savings programs, with company-matched RRSP contributions
- Paid volunteer days and company matching on charitable donations
- Educational resources, tuition assistance, and paid time off to study for exams
- Focus on inclusion with employee groups, support for gender affirmation surgery, access to BIPOC counsellors, access to programs for working parents
- Wellness and recognition programs
- Discounts on products and services
About the Company
- Definity is the parent company to some of Canada’s most long-standing and innovative insurance brands, including Economical Insurance, Sonnet Insurance, Family Insurance Solutions, and Petline Insurance.
- Our ambition is to be one of Canada’s leading and most innovative property and casualty insurers.
- We embrace and encourage a culture that’s collaborative, ambitious, rewarding, and empowering.
- We offer a flexible, hybrid work experience where employees work from the office and virtually depending on the type of work they are doing and who they are working with.
- Definity was named by Great Place to Work® as one of the Best Workplaces™ in Canada for women, for youth, and for inclusion.
Equal Opportunity
- Our inclusive work environment welcomes diversity and supports accessibility. If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know by contacting accessibility@economical.com.
- As part of Definity’s commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge that our work, meetings, and travel take place on the lands now known as Canada, and recognize the enduring presence, wisdom, and stewardship of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples who have long cared for these lands.
- Interested in this role, but don’t meet every requirement? We encourage you to apply! We know from experience that a candidate doesn’t need 100% of the qualifications listed to bring incredible value to our team. We’re actively seeking diverse backgrounds and perspectives to help us make insurance better.
- At Definity, inclusion, diversity, and equity aren’t just “nice to have” — they’re essential to our success.