Manager / Senior Manager – Cloud, Data & AI (CD&AI) - FinOps

PwC is hiring a Manager / Senior Manager – Cloud, Data & AI (CD&AI) - FinOps in Zurich, Switzerland. Level rates it ; you can apply on PwC.

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Level rates this role Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
The posting mentions visa sponsorship.
The posting mentions Azure, AWS and Google Cloud among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a senior role.
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Lead cloud financial management and FinOps transformations to optimize client cloud costs and governance.

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finopscloud-computingcost-optimizationdevopsgovernance

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Business Services

Specialism

Advisory - Other

Management Level

Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

Your impact

You engage proactively with clients, performing in-depth analyses of their cloud technical and financial implementations and translating insights into robust, actionable recommendations for improvement.

You lead the planning and execution of all relevant FinOps domains and capabilities, tailoring them to each client's business needs – from organisations just starting with FinOps to those running mature practices that require advanced enhancements.

You identify and realise cost-saving opportunities at scale and design sound cost governance models that help clients control and continuously optimise their cloud spend and avoid unnecessary expenditures.

You empower customers by recommending and implementing effective automation, tooling, and DevOps best practices that facilitate and accelerate their FinOps adoption at scale.

You design and deliver comprehensive trainings and workshops to enable and educate stakeholders across IT, finance and the business on FinOps principles and ways of working.

You lead FinOps engagements end-to-end with ownership of delivery quality, commercial outcomes, and client relationships, advocate FinOps internally and externally in the FinOps community, and continuously update your knowledge of cloud, engineering and consulting best practices to ensure high-quality delivery and a culture of continuous improvement.

You build, coach, and mentor high-performing FinOps and cloud teams, and actively contribute to business development activities, including proposals, thought leadership, and growing the FinOps practice within PwC Switzerland and across the global network.

Your skillset

A university degree in fields such as business informatics, computer science, physics, mathematics, or any engineering discipline is preferred.

You have hands-on experience with at least one major public cloud, preferably Azure, and a deep understand of cloud architectures, services and DevOps concepts. Additional experience with AWS and/or Google Cloud is considered a plus.

You bring at least 5 years of relevant professional experience, with a proven track record in FinOps, including cost optimisation, budgeting, reporting, and leading FinOps transformations.

You hold an advanced cloud certification (e.g. Architect or Engineer) and a FinOps certification (FinOps Certified Practitioner required; FinOps Certified Professional or FOCUS certification a strong plus), with concrete FinOps success stories.

You have good communication skills to engage confidently with clients, understanding their challenges well, and providing the right recommendations needed. That may include designing and facilitating educational workshops and training in the domain of FinOps.

Fluency in English and a willingness to travel within Switzerland and occasionally internationally; German language skills are considered a plus.

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required:

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Required Skills

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Thinking, Analytics Strategy, Architecture Development, Business Architecture, Business Model Innovation, Business Transformation, Cloud Computing, Coaching and Feedback, Commercial Strategies, Communication, Creativity, Digital Customer Experience, Digital Strategies, E-Commerce, Embracing Change, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Implementing Technology, Inclusion, Influence, Information Technology Applications, Intellectual Curiosity {+ 19 more}

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Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

Job Posting End Date

How we rate this

Manager / Senior Manager – Cloud, Data & AI (CD&AI) - FinOps at PwC rates 10 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Manager / Senior Manager – Cloud, Data & AI (CD&AI) - FinOps is an open job at PwC.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Zürich.
The job was posted on September 9, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by PwC. Apply on PwC

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

FinopsCloud ComputingCost OptimizationDevOpsGovernanceAzureAWSGoogle Cloud

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