About Us
Founded in 2014, Circles is a global technology company reimagining the telco industry with its innovative SaaS platform, empowering telco operators worldwide to effortlessly launch innovative digital brands or refresh existing ones, accelerating their transformation into techcos.
Today, Circles partners with leading telco operators across multiple countries and continents, including KDDI Corporation, Etisalat Group (e&), AT&T, and Telkomsel, creating blueprints for future telco and digital experiences enjoyed by millions of consumers globally.
Besides its SaaS business, Circles operates three other distinct businesses:
- Circles.Life: A wholly-owned digital lifestyle telco brand based in Singapore, Circles.Life is powered by Circles’ SaaS platform and pioneering go-to-market strategies. It is the digital market leader in Singapore and has won numerous awards for marketing, customer service, and innovative product offerings beyond connectivity.
- Circles Aspire: A global provider of Communications Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) solutions. Its cloud-based Experience Cloud platform enables enterprises, service providers and developers to deliver and scale mobile, messaging, IoT, and connectivity services worldwide.
- Jetpac: Specializing in travel tech solutions, Jetpac provides seamless eSIM roaming for over 200 destinations and innovative travel lifestyle products, redefining connectivity for digital travelers. Jetpac was awarded Travel eSIM of the Year.
Circles is backed by renowned global investors, including Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia), Warburg Pincus, Founders Fund, and EDBI (the investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board), with a track record of backing industry challengers.
Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Drive the Cloud FinOps strategy for Circles, and manage the end-to-end practice (visibility, optimize, ownership pillars)
- Maintain and provide the source of truth for all cloud billing data including actual spend, chargeback amounts, and savings from costing optimization initiatives.
- Identify cost optimization opportunities, and continuously find ways to improve efficiencies in terms of cost and time-savings.
- Drive ownership and accountability for cloud cost across the organization, in view of building a sustainable cost conscious culture.
We Are Looking For Individuals Who Have / Are…
- Familiarity with cloud solutions like AWS, AZURE, GCP, OCI and possess an understanding of cloud costs and billing. Candidates with equivalent experience are welcome to apply.
Visibility
- Build regular cost reports for different FinOps personas (Leadership, Engineering, Finance, Product) with cloud native tools (e.g. Cost Explorer).
- Implement chargeback models to accurately allocate direct and shared cost to a variety of business units, and provide an unit economic lens to illustrate efficiency trends.
- Support budget planning cycles and weekly forecasting using trend-based and driver-based forecasts through close collaboration with different FinOps personas.
Optimize
- Manage commitment plans (RIs, SPs, CUDs) across cloud providers, and ability to present risk, breakeven points, and potential savings for leadership’s approval.
- Govern enterprise contracts with cloud providers, through end-to-end support from negotiation, assessment, internal approvals, and operationalization.
Ownership
- Drive cloud cost Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs) with leadership in a structured format, and design shared KPIs to align stakeholders in view of business priorities.
- Create enablement and incentivization programs for different personas to drive awareness and develop a sustainable cost conscious culture.
- Ensure overall FinOps strategy is aligned to businesses priority
About This Role
This role is part of the CTO Office in the Product Engineering department which is responsible for driving high-priority department-wide projects and initiatives that will shape the organization’s growth. This role is based in Bangalore, India
We are looking for a highly self-motivated, self-starter individual who collaborates well with others and thrives in a fast-paced environment.
The role is cross-functional and will involve close collaboration across different Product Engineering teams and stakeholders from outside the department to bring initiatives to fruition.
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