Global Head of FinOps (Cloud) - Bristol - New Role (REFBJ6) A leading organisation in the Bristol area requires a Head of FinOps to join its technology services team. The successful candidate will be accountable for overseeing and optimizing the capacity planning/management for both technology infrastructure and applications, as well as leading a team who analyse capacity usage data, generate reports and provide insight on future forecasting across the infrastructure and application estate. Key responsibilities include: Analysing and predicting future IT Infrastructure capacity needs based on business growth, usage trends, and technological advancements. Overseeing IT Infrastructure capacity planning (for servers, storage, networking, database, licences and other infrastructure components) Meeting/exceeding FinOps targets for cost reallocation and cloud optimisation. Proactive and effective management of the Global FinOps services. Analysing capacity usage data, generating reports, and presenting findings to senior management. Identifying opportunities to enhance reporting quality, grow the scope and coverage of capacity observability and improve capacity reporting. Identifying potential capacity-related risks and developing mitigation strategies to prevent performance issues or service disruptions. Suitable candidates will have: Experience of leading technical IT infrastructure capacity management functions, ideally in a financial services organisation. Experience leading global teams and collaboration with multi-disciplined technical teams. Strong knowledge of IT Infrastructure. Management of Opex cost centres - both FTEs and supplier Opex cost. Business planning experience and the ability to forecast cost for budget cycles. Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, with the ability to keep reports updated on strategic initiatives by means of written updates, stand up Town Halls and presentations. Knowledge of service governance processes and the ability to understand risk to services. ITIL knowledge and experience of working within ITIL aligned organisations. Excellent benefits package you would expect from a global leader. Please send CV for full job description and an informal chat. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Information Technology, Finance, and Other Industries Financial Services, Technology, Information and Media, and Information Services J-18808-Ljbffr