Sr. Program Manager, R&D Operations

Category-defining tech. Career-defining work.

Lots of tech companies disrupt. But, many fail when they try to scale. We're different. CockroachDB makes it easier for companies to build and scale apps. This is how and why we're helping some of the most innovative companies on the planet. We tackle problems head-on and focus on solutions that create lasting impact.

The Role

We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager, FinOps to join our Research & Development Operations team, based in Bengaluru, India. This is a high-visibility opportunity to define and mature our FinOps capabilities at Cockroach Labs, building on foundational work already underway across our engineering organization and taking our cloud financial management to a new level of rigor, scale, and competitive advantage. You will sit at the intersection of Engineering, Finance, and Operations, responsible for driving cost transparency, surfacing savings opportunities, and ensuring cloud infrastructure spend is managed with discipline and accountability.

Cockroach Labs operates a significant cloud infrastructure footprint to power CockroachDB Cloud and our internal engineering environments. As we scale, the ability to understand, attribute, and optimize that spend is critical to our financial health and margin profile. This role will own the FinOps program end-to-end: stewarding the tooling that tracks cloud costs, partnering with Engineering and Finance to embed cost accountability across the organization, and building the cost allocation models that feed margin analysis and executive reporting.

R&D Operations plays a crucial role in enabling our organization to exceed customer expectations by shortening feedback loops and accelerating learning. By focusing on coordination and process effectiveness, R&D Operations minimizes friction and allows teams to concentrate on delivering high-quality products and services.

You Will

• Own and evolve the FinOps tooling platform used to track, report on, and analyze cloud infrastructure costs across AWS, GCP, and other providers, ensuring the data is accurate, timely, and actionable.

• Establish and run the FinOps operating cadence, including regular cost reviews, budget-vs-actuals variance analysis, anomaly detection, and a living optimization backlog with owners, timelines, and dollar-value targets.