Staff Engineering Lead (Technology Cost Management)

Were looking for an Engineering Lead to own and lead the Technology Cost Management capability within Digital Foundation as part of the FinOps Product Group. 

This role is accountable for the overall direction prioritisation and success of the capability creating a single trusted view of technology spend and turning that into better decisions stronger governance and measurable cost outcomes across cloud software and assets. 

Technology Cost Management sits at the intersection of engineering finance and procurement. The Engineering Lead will define how cost data insight and optimisation are delivered as cohesive products and services that improve financial accountability without slowing delivery. 

Purpose of the Role 

This role exists to ensure that technology investment at ASOS is transparent well-governed and optimised for value. 

• Create a trusted view of technology spend and ownership 
• Drive active optimisation of cloud software and asset costs 
• Provide decision-grade insight into technology spend and budgeting 
• Turn insight into governance policy and decision support 

This role is not focused on a single cost domain it owns the integration prioritisation and outcomes across all areas of Technology Cost Management. 

Key Responsibilities 

Leadership & Strategy 

• Set the vision priorities and roadmap for Technology Cost Management 
• Own prioritisation and trade-offs across competing demands and limited capacity 
• Build and lead a multidisciplinary team across data analytics and commercial insight 
• Operate a single integrated team backlog that spans all areas of Technology Cost Management 
• Ensure the team operates as one cohesive capability not siloed pillars 

Product & Capability Ownership 

• Own delivery across cost intelligence cloud economics software/SaaS/asset economics and governance 
• Ensure outputs are trusted consistent and easy to use 
• Balance investment across data foundations optimisation and decision support 

Cost Insight Optimisation & Control 

• Establish a clear and consistent cost model and allocation approach 
• Drive a pipeline of optimisation opportunities across cloud software and asset domains 
• Provide visibility of non-cloud spend renewals and commercial exposure 
• Embed forecasting cost controls and performance tracking 

Governance & Decision Support 

• Define and implement cost governance policies and guardrails 
• Turn analysis into business cases and decision-ready outputs 
• Support leadership with insight for investment renewal and optimisation decisions 
• Ensure value delivered is tracked and visible 

Cross-Functional Collaboration 

• Partner with Engineering Finance Procurement and teams across Digital Foundation 
• Represent Technology Cost Management to senior stakeholders 
• Influence through data and insight rather than mandate 
• Align outputs to planning budgeting and decision-making cycles 

What Success Looks Like 

• A single trusted view of technology spend and ownership 
• Clear defensible cost allocation and forecasting 
• A visible pipeline of delivered optimisation outcomes 
• Adoption of cost governance and decision frameworks 
• Evidence that cost insight is driving decisions not just reporting 

Qualifications :

You are 

• An experienced engineering or platform leader 
• Comfortable across technical financial and procurement domains 
• Focused on outcomes and decision enablement 
• Able to influence senior stakeholders through clarity and insight 
• Comfortable operating beyond a single specialism 

You likely bring 

• Experience leading engineering platform or cost / FinOps teams 
• Experience across multiple cost domains 
• Strong understanding of cloud economics and optimisation 
• Experience with cost data reporting or commercial analysis 
• Ability to turn complex data into actionable insight 
• Collaborative leadership style 

Additional Information :

BeneFITS 

• Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!) 
• Employee sample sales 
• 25 days paid annual leave an extra celebration day for a special moment 
• Discretionary bonus scheme 
• Private medical care scheme 
• Flexible benefits allowance - which you can choose to take as extra cash or use towards other benefits 
• Opportunity for personalised learning and in-the-moment experiences that enable you to thrive and excel in your role 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time