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Lightspeed Commerce

Principal Technical Program Manager – FinOps

Lightspeed Commerce

. Own the strategy for cloud, vendor, and AI cost management across the organization .

Posted 9/17/2026full-timeMontreal • CanadaLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in cloud, vendor, and AI cost management strategies, with a strong focus on optimization techniques and the ability to influence stakeholders. Proven track record in building frameworks and executing cross-organizational programs while mentoring teams and driving change.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Cloud Cost ManagementAI Cost OptimizationDashboard DevelopmentExecutive CommunicationCross-Organizational Program Management

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Hard Skills
Cost Management TechniquesCloud ArchitectureAI Vendor Landscape KnowledgeAutomation BuildingOptimization Framework Development
Soft Skills
Influencing StakeholdersMentoringStrategic ThinkingChange AdvocacyCommunication Skills
Tools & Technologies
Monitoring SystemsDashboardsAutomation Tools
Industry Keywords
Cost AttributionRisk ManagementFP&A PartnershipVendor ContractsSRE Collaboration

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own the strategy for cloud, vendor, and AI cost management across the organization
  • Reassess optimization priorities based on spend and risk concentration
  • Build the framework for AI cost management
  • Analyze cloud usage, vendor contracts, and AI spend to identify inefficiencies and reduce unnecessary costs
  • Build or directly shape dashboards, automations, and monitoring systems
  • Propose technical optimizations and determine when deeper engineering partnership is needed
  • Apply hands-on experience building and automating with AI
  • Oversee and sometimes execute multiple cost-optimization initiatives simultaneously
  • Own cost attribution, monitoring, alerting, reporting, and savings narratives for leadership
  • Partner with FP&A to establish key cost-efficiency metrics
  • Manage dependencies, risk, and change across SRE, Engineering, Data, FP&A, and Procurement
  • Advise senior and executive stakeholders on feasibility, timelines, risk, and cost trade-offs
  • Balance centralized cost-management standards with business-unit autonomy
  • Surface issues and advocate for change across products and teams
  • Partner with Delivery Ops leadership on TPM career development and best practices
  • Mentor other TPMs and raise the technical and strategic bar across the team

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Experience owning both strategy and execution for a cloud, vendor, or AI cost optimization program
  • Deep knowledge of the AI vendor landscape, including pricing models, contract structures, optimization levers, and nuances differing from traditional cloud cost management
  • Technical depth in cloud architecture, cost management, and optimization techniques sufficient to build or directly evaluate dashboards and automation
  • Experience building a framework in an area with no established playbook
  • Track record of running large, cross-organizational programs spanning multiple business units
  • Strong executive communication skills to translate technical and cost trade-offs into actionable leadership decisions
  • Ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive organizational change without formal authority
  • Applicants must disclose criminal convictions; criminal record checks are part of the hiring process
  • Legal eligibility to work in the country where the role is advertised, with visa sponsorship addressed as applicable

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • A flexible work environment
  • Flexible paid time off and remote work policies
  • Equity options
  • Contributions to pension plan
  • Training opportunities
  • Health and wellness credit
  • Time off to volunteer
  • Interest groups, employee-led networks, social committees, and sponsored sports teams
  • Computer purchase program for a personal MacBook
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Continuous learning opportunities
  • Global mobility
  • Benefits supporting employees within a diverse and inclusive team