Product Manager II - FinOps

The Onyx Research Data Tech organization represents a major investment by GSK R&D and Digital & Tech, designed to deliver a step-change in our ability to leverage data, knowledge, and prediction to find new medicines. We are a full-stack shop consisting of product and portfolio leadership, data engineering, infrastructure and DevOps, data / metadata / knowledge platforms, and AI/ML and analysis platforms, all geared toward:

• Building a next-generation data experience for GSK’s scientists, engineers, and decision-makers, increasing productivity and reducing time spent on “data mechanics”

• Providing best-in-class AI/ML and data analysis environments to accelerate our predictive capabilities and attract top-tier talent

• Aggressively engineering our data at scale to unlock the value of our combined data assets and predictions in real-time

Purpose of Onyx

Onyx Product Management is at the heart of our mission, ensuring that everything from our infrastructure, to platforms, to end-user facing data assets and environments is designed to maximize our impact on R&D. The Product Management team partners with R&D stakeholders and Onyx leadership to develop a strategic roadmap for all customer-facing aspects of Onyx, including data assets, ontology, Knowledge Graph / semantic search, data / computing / analysis platforms, and data-powered applications.

We are seeking an experienced Product Manager II who will be accountable for designing and delivering the road map for FinOps for all Onyx cloud platforms, products, and services. As a Product Manager II for FinOps Products, you will play a crucial role in optimizing our cloud spend and enhancing financial transparency across Onyx's platforms and services. Working closely with senior product leaders, engineering, finance, R&D leaders, and cloud operations teams, you will contribute to the development and delivery of products and features that empower our engineers, developers, scientists, and finance stakeholders to manage, forecast, and optimize cloud costs effectively. This is an exciting opportunity for a product professional passionate about cloud economics and building solutions that drive financial accountability and efficiency at scale.

In this role you will

• Product Feature Ownership: Own the full product lifecycle for specific features or components within our FinOps product suite, from ideation and requirements gathering to launch, adoption, and iteration.

• Cloud Cost Visibility: Drive the development of tools and dashboards that provide clear, accurate, and granular visibility into cloud spending across Onyx platforms and services, enabling teams to understand their consumption patterns.

• Cost Optimization Enablement: Identify, define, and deliver capabilities that empower engineering teams to make cost-efficient choices, including recommendations for resource rightsizing, reserved instance/savings plan management, and identification of idle or underutilized resources.

• Financial Governance Support: Assist in implementing and monitoring cloud financial governance policies and guardrails, including budget alerts, spend limits, and chargeback/showback mechanisms.

• User Research & Requirements: Conduct in-depth user research with engineers, developers, data scientists, and finance teams to deeply understand their challenges and needs related to cloud cost management. Translate these insights into detailed product requirements and user stories.

• Data Analysis & Reporting: Leverage cloud billing data and other financial inputs to analyze spending trends, identify cost anomalies, and support the creation of actionable financial reports and forecasts.

• Agile Product Development: Actively participate in an agile development environment, collaborating daily with engineering, UX, and QA teams to ensure successful and timely delivery of high-quality product releases.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner effectively with Cloud Platform Engineering, Data Platform Engineering, Finance, and R&D teams to ensure product features meet business needs, integrate seamlessly, and drive desired financial outcomes.

• Documentation & Training: Create clear product documentation, user guides, and training materials to facilitate product adoption and ensure users can effectively leverage FinOps tools and insights.

Why you?

Qualifications & Skills:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: 

• Bachelors degree in a technical or scientific field, with a focus on computational science, Engineering, Finance, Business or related discipline

• Experience in product management, cloud financial management (FinOps), or a related role such as a Cloud Engineer with a strong cost optimization focus.

• Demonstrated understanding of cloud billing models, cost drivers, and service offerings across major cloud providers (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).

• Experience with data analysis and reporting tools to extract insights from financial or operational data.

• Familiarity with agile product development methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Master’s degree or MBA.

• FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP) or equivalent certification.

• Direct experience with FinOps platforms and tools (e.g., Cloudability, CloudHealth, or native cloud cost management tools).

• Experience contributing to products that support large-scale, multi-cloud environments.

• Understanding of enterprise financial processes, budgeting, forecasting, and cost allocation.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate technical and financial concepts to diverse audiences.

• Prior experience in the life sciences or biopharma industry, understanding the unique compute and data needs of scientific research.

Closing Date for Applications: Tuesday 6th January 2026 (COB)

Please note: As we approach the holiday season, our recruitment team and hiring managers will have limited availability between now and early January. We encourage you to apply and will review all applications, however response times may be longer than usual, and interviews may be scheduled after the New Year. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to connecting soon!

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