Senior Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Engineering & FinOps

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At Columbia were as passionate about the outdoors as you are. And while our gear is available worldwide were proud to be based in the Pacific Northwest where natural wonders are our playground.

Every product we make and every task we undertake is inspired by the famous words of our founder Gert Boyle: Its perfect. Now make it better. As pioneers of relentless improvement we are constantly evolving.

We believe the outdoors is ours to protect and strive to keep our planet healthy. We believe in empowering people to experience the outdoors to the fullest.

And we believe in you.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Technology powers every part of Columbia Sportswear Companys global business from ecommerce and retail to supply chain and corporate operations. Were seeking a Senior Manager Cloud Infrastructure Engineering & FinOps to lead the strategy delivery operation and financial stewardship of our cloud infrastructure environment.

This role will lead a team responsible for cloud infrastructure engineering cloud operations platform governance automation and cost optimization across Azure AWS and emerging AI-enabled services. The successful candidate will help shape the future of Columbias cloud strategy while building and maturing FinOps practices that improve visibility forecasting governance and business value from our technology investments.

Were looking for a collaborative leader who combines strong cloud infrastructure expertise with financial acumen and a passion for operational excellence. This individual will serve as a trusted advisor to engineering and business leaders helping teams make informed cloud architecture consumption and investment decisions while ensuring secure reliable and scalable platforms that support global growth.

HOW YOULL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Lead Columbias cloud infrastructure engineering function across Azure AWS and hybrid cloud environments.
• Define and execute the cloud infrastructure roadmap supporting enterprise modernization and digital transformation initiatives.
• Partner with Architecture Engineering Security and Finance teams to design secure scalable and cost-effective cloud solutions.
• Build and mature FinOps capabilities including cloud cost visibility forecasting optimization allocation governance and executive reporting.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to engineering leaders by providing guidance on cloud architecture decisions capacity planning consumption forecasting and cost management.
• Drive reliability resiliency observability automation and operational excellence across cloud platforms and services.
• Establish governance practices for AI-enabled infrastructure and cloud-based AI services including usage monitoring cost controls and responsible adoption.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code DevOps practices and automation that improve service quality consistency and delivery speed.
• Lead develop and mentor a high-performing engineering team while fostering a culture of accountability ownership and continuous improvement.
• Manage relationships with cloud vendors managed service providers and strategic technology partners to maximize value and performance.

YOU ARE

• A cloud infrastructure leader who enjoys balancing strategy operations and technical execution.
• A player-coach who can engage directly with engineers while leading teams and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Comfortable discussing cloud architecture operational performance automation governance and cost management.
• A collaborative partner who builds strong relationships across Engineering Architecture Security Finance and business teams.
• An effective communicator capable of translating complex technical and financial concepts into business outcomes.
• A people leader who develops talent creates accountability and builds highly engaged teams.

YOU HAVE

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering Finance or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 8 years of experience leading cloud infrastructure platform engineering or infrastructure engineering initiatives within complex enterprise environments.
• 5 years of people leadership experience developing engineers technical leads or managers.
• Experience leading teams responsible for Azure AWS cloud operations automation governance and infrastructure services.
• Experience owning or influencing cloud financial management including budgeting forecasting optimization consumption management and executive reporting.
• Experience driving cloud modernization migration or operating model improvements.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture networking identity and access management security controls and platform governance.
• Experience improving cloud operations through automation Infrastructure as Code observability incident management and operational metrics.
• Proven ability to partner with Finance Procurement Security Architecture Engineering and business stakeholders.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with Cloudability Azure Cost Management AWS Cost Explorer or related FinOps platforms.
• Experience implementing or maturing FinOps practices in a cloud-first organization.
• FinOps certification or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience supporting AI platforms generative AI services AI governance initiatives or consumption-based technology services.
• Experience with Terraform Bicep Ansible GitHub Actions Azure DevOps or similar automation tools.
• Experience supporting retail ecommerce supply chain consumer products or other customer-facing technology environments.

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This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities but constitutes a general definition of the positions scope and function in the company.

Columbia Sportswear Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law. Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. If you need reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process please notify your recruiter.

At Columbia Sportswear Company were proud to offer regular full-time employees a benefits package that includes a variety of services and products to help make your life and work more rewarding. Our benefit programs contribute to overall employee well-being by aligning those programs with the fundamental elements of well-being: physical social/emotional financial career and community. Benefits that can protect your familys financial future and help you save money through our 401k plan plus a generous company match. Columbia offers medical dental vision life Insurance disability flexible spending accounts health savings account and an assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident critical illness hospital indemnity and legal services). In addition Columbia offers EAP which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services. We have extensive wellness benefits employee discounts and a generous time off program available.

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