Director, Cloud Cost and Capacity Programs

P-1209

Mission

At Databricks our mission is to help data teams solve the worlds toughest problems from climate change to healthcare to cybersecurity with the power of data and AI. As our platform scales globally optimizing infrastructure efficiency reliability and cost is critical to our ability to innovate and grow.

The Director Cost and Capacity Programs will lead the companys cross-functional strategy and execution to ensure Databricks operates with predictable cost efficiency and elastic capacity across cloud providers products and global regions. You will build the programs infrastructure rhythms and insights that empower teams to make data-driven trade-offs between performance reliability and cost.

The Impact You Will Have

• Lead and scale programs focused on cost capacity and efficiency across Databricks infrastructure and product lines.
  
  
• Drive strategy and execution for multi-cloud infrastructure optimization provisioning guardrails utilization forecasting and spend governance.
  
  
• Partner deeply with Infrastructure Engineering Finance and Product to align capacity plans cost goals and business growth objectives.
  
  
• Establish a clear operating rhythm - monthly/quarterly reviews forecasts and dashboards to provide transparency and accountability at every level.
  
  
• Develop metrics and insights that quantify ROI utilization and efficiency enabling leadership to make informed investment decisions.
  
  
• Build and scale cross-functional initiatives such as rightsizing multi-cloud optimization reserved capacity planning and workload placement.
  
  
• Implement FinOps best practices to embed cost awareness and accountability into engineering workflows tooling and culture.
  
  
• Influence cloud vendor negotiations and architecture choices ensuring Databricks achieves the optimal balance between cost reliability and performance.
  
  
• Mentor a high-performing team of technical program managers and analysts driving impact across engineering product and operations.
  
  

What We Look For

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).
  
  
• 12 years of experience in program management infrastructure operations or engineering leadership.
  
  
• Proven track record leading large-scale cost capacity or cloud optimization initiatives in high-growth SaaS or platform environments.
  
  
• Deep understanding of cloud cost models (AWS Azure GCP) infrastructure provisioning and performance optimization.
  
  
• Strong financial acumen and experience partnering closely with Finance FP&A and Ops teams.
  
  
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills able to influence across engineering product and executive teams.
  
  
• Analytical and strategic thinker who can distill complex trade-offs into clear recommendations and metrics.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or leading FinOps or CostOps functions in large-scale distributed systems environments.
  
  
• Familiarity with infrastructure forecasting resource modeling and capacity management tooling.
  
  
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes data platforms or compute/storage scaling patterns.
  
  
• Experience in a hyperscale multi-cloud or data infrastructure company.
  
  
• Strong people leadership and mentorship experience.

Required Experience:

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