Senior Manager, Finops Data Applications And Operations

Sr. Technical Manager - FinOps

The Sr. Technical Manager - FinOps is a senior technical specialist responsible for driving measurable cloud cost savings, financial accountability, and engineering led optimization across large scale data and analytics platforms.

The manager will architect and implement automation for tagging compliance, budget guardrails, workload efficiency, and anomaly detection, ensuring cost efficient design across modern data workloads. This role collaborates across Cloud Platform, Data Engineering, DevOps, Security, and Finance to deliver cost transparency (chargeback/showback), enforce governance using policy as code, and reduce spend without compromising performance, availability, or security.

Grounded in FinOps principles and tooling including centralized dashboards, cost observability, and automated policy enforcement the Senior Manager will ensure that Snowflake, EMR, and AWS-based data pipelines are engineered with cost efficiency and scalability in mind. This role will shape the operating model for innovative optimization solutions across Marriott's multi cloud environment.

Education and Experience Required:

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent experience/certification.
• 7+ years of experience in Information Technology, including:
• 5+ years in cloud technologies with IaaS/PaaS/SaaS across AWS, AliCloud, or Azure.
• 3+ years of hands-on Snowflake cost optimization, including warehouse sizing, credit analysis, query optimization, and Resource Monitor usage.
• 3+ years of AWS EMR optimization experience, including cluster right sizing, Spark tuning, Spot strategy management, and EMR Serverless.
• 3+ years developing FinOps optimization strategies across AWS services (S3, EC2, Lambda, Redshift, Glue, DynamoDB, EKS).
• 3+ years of scripting/automation using Python, Bash, or similar languages.
• Experience with FinOps / Cloud Cost Management tools (CloudHealth, Cloudability, AWS Cost Explorer, Snowflake native cost tools). Strong analytical skills with proven ability to drive cost savings at scale. Experience managing multi million dollar cloud budgets across data engineering workloads. Deep understanding of cloud pricing models, optimization levers, alternatives, and financial governance. Demonstrated ability to partner with technical teams to enforce cost efficient architecture.

Core Work Activities

• FinOps Engineering & Optimization
• Technical Leadership
• Delivering Technology
• IT Governance
• Service Provider Management

At Marriott International, we are dedicated to being an equal opportunity employer, welcoming all and providing access to opportunity. We actively foster an environment where the unique backgrounds of our associates are valued and celebrated. Our greatest strength lies in the rich blend of culture, talent, and experiences of our associates. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, including disability, veteran status, or other basis protected by applicable law.