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Were the worlds leading data, insights, and consulting company; we shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere.
Our Functions teams are right at the centre of our business, making sure we can always get better, every day. Supporting the business with things like Marketing, Human Resources, Finance, Legal and Technology, our Functions colleagues are skilled professionals whose role it is to ensure we continue to become an indispensable partner to brands everywhere.


Job Details



Overview


As part of our investment into Technology, Operations and Product, Kantar is looking to recruit a Cloud FinOps specialist. This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated individual to address a cloud financials focused role, enabling the Kantar divisions and central services to leverage cloud and deliver leading edge, client-driven solutions.

This is a highly technical and strategic role, where you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and supporting the cost management practices, developing cloud optimization and rightsizing opportunities, designing and implementing engineering models, pilot the choice of FinOps tools and processes, and foster innovation.

This person will work in the Cloud Center of Excellence [CCoE] and will drive the implementation of the cloud strategy along with the introduction of new emerging technologies and public cloud services.
You will develop, and implement the processes and capabilities required to ensure costs optimization!

This is an exciting time to join Kantar on this journey and play a pivotal role in leading innovative and impactful solutions for our clients


Key Responsabilities


Help develop well engineered solutions, optimized for cost, operations, performance, reliability and security.

Develop and drive the cloud data strategy along with the introduction of new emerging technologies and public cloud services, cloud adoption plans, cloud application design, and cloud management and monitoring strategies

Help design target state Cloud Architecture, partnering with other areas, such as Cloud Network Architects, Cloud Solution Architects, Cloud Security Architects, and Cloud Engineering and Development teams

Develop Reusable Patterns for application development in the public cloud to deploy and modernize applications, provide governance around adoption, and affect application development teams on roadmaps and designs

Development of metrics and scorecards to influence the technology teams on industry best practices for cloud development

Analyzes spend trends, opportunities for savings, and advise the Cloud Teams with specific recommendations for improvement

In a dynamic environment, produce high-quality work under tight deadlines

Develops short- and long-range product and service strategies and plans. Oversees the implementation of operating plans for specified area of responsibility

Reviews the competitive marketplace and makes adjustments to operational activities based upon identified information


Capabilities and Experience


Worked previously with public cloud providers like Azure, AWS and GCP and understands cloud costs and billing

Experience with public cloud engineering, architecture, Cloud strategy, networking, security, compliance workload types, migration patterns and tools

Experience suggesting competitive and innovative technical decisions, obtaining client buy-in and delivering on commitments

Knowledge of cloud design patterns, cloud operations and cloud cost models with experience implementing best practices or suggested improvements

Pro-active in approach, focus on innovation and ability to learn new technologies

Naturally accountable and responsible: Self-starter, self-motivated, well-adapted, and self-sufficient

Excellent communication and presentation skills, written and verbal, to all levels of an organization

Experience in process engineering to establish new processes and improve existing processes with a metrics driven approach

Experienced with cloud budget management process, cloud cost analytics and cloud cost optimization

Established concepts cost and cloud usage ownership

Collaborates well with Engineering, Applications and finance team

Established and driven cloud cost management processes in a larger organization

Experience applying standards of cloud compliance to application design to achieve reliability

Knowledge of IaaS, PaaS services and cloud technologies, for example Databricks, AKS, ADF, Log Analytics, Load Balancing, Disaster recovery is a plus


Why join Kantar?


We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority, and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. Were dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like youre not an exact match, wed love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.


Country

Portugal


Why join Kantar?


We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And by amplifying our in-depth expertise of human understanding alongside ground-breaking technology, we can help brands find concrete insights that will help them succeed in our fast-paced, ever shifting world.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way that supports their health and wellbeing. While we encourage teams to spend part of their working week in the office, we understand no one size fits all; our approach is flexible to ensure everybody feels included, accepted, and that we can win together. Were dedicated to creating an inclusive culture and value the diversity of our people, clients, suppliers and communities, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like youre not an exact match, wed love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.