Director, Azure Cloud Consumption

Director, Azure Cloud Consumption

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Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 2 Days Ago

Time left to apply: End Date: January 23, 2025 (4 days left to apply)

Job requisition id: R

LSEG and Microsoft have entered an exciting strategic partnership for the development of next-generation data, analytics and cloud infrastructure solutions. Our customers' needs are evolving and so are financial markets. This partnership will transform the way customers discover, analyse and trade securities around the world. It will also advance our cloud strategy and build the improved resilience, efficiency and agility that our customers need.

The Director, Azure Cloud Consumption will be responsible for evaluating, modelling, forecasting, monitoring and reporting on cloud consumption. This individual will work across all aspects of cloud consumption generating activities in the LSEG Microsoft Partnership (LMP) - covering Foundation+, Strategic Initiatives and any further opportunities that arise across the contract timeframe.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ownership of consumption evaluation, modelling and reporting
• Evaluate and forecast cloud consumption and report to senior stakeholders on progress, risks and opportunities.
• Model cloud consumption including scenario and sensitivity analysis - to inform decision making, insights, and identify gaps and trends.
• Optimise cloud consumption models across product development and technology application migration.
• Track and validate actual delivery performance to ensure assumptions are in sync with the product build and migration timelines.
• Drive greater transparency across delivery teams to inform reporting and improve root cause analysis - and make recommendations for improvements.
• To inform output, analyse and consolidate information from multiple systems and partner with key stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Finance (including the existing Cloud FinOps function), Commercial, Risk, PMO, Procurement, Sales and Legal.
• Effectively engage with Microsoft on cloud consumption initiatives including management of any risks and issues.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Technical Knowledge: Understanding of Azure
• Analytical Skills: Ability to interpret usage data and analytics to make informed recommendations and track actions associated to the recommendations
• Modelling Skills: Experience of creating sophisticated, long term cloud consumption models - from a delivery, product, customer, technology and financial perspective.
• Excellent Communication Skills: both verbal and written
• Problem-Solving Skills: Curiosity about identifying issues and providing effective solutions.
• Leadership Skills: Experience in engaging with and managing large scale technology vendors.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

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HOW TO APPLY? About Us

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth. Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shapes how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential.

Our organisation

Our Data & Analytics, Capital Markets and Post Trade divisions have a combined power that provides a comprehensive, integrated suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services to help our customers pursue their ambitions.

Where we work

LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific.