Qureos Mentor

Cloud Software Group

<div>About This Team:
The Global Real Estate, Facilities, and Security (REFS) team at Cloud Software Group is a cross-functional unit responsible for the company's global footprint across the Americas, APAC, EMEA, and India.
We are a unified force dedicated to providing employees with a state-of-the-art, safe, secure, and comfortable workplace, offering solutions that foster optimal performance and productivity.
While each of us possesses unique skill sets and responsibilities, we operate as one cohesive team to achieve these objectives.
Duties and Responsibilities<ul><li>

Management responsibilities:
<ul>
<li>Lead and mentor a team of employees and service providers, fostering teamwork to achieve shared goals. Develop team members' skills and abilities through best practices in selection, training, assessment, and recognition, ensuring organizational sustainability and career growth.</li>
<li>
Cultivate a positive work environment by prioritizing customer focus in all facilities and workplace operations. Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.</li>
<li>
Ensure that the REFS team consistently provides positive and prompt response to requests from our employees, and that they are closing out service desk tickets in a timely manner.</li>
<li>
Align and promote best practices, policies, and procedures with business conduct, department goals, and integrity, while ensuring continuous improvement.</li>
<li>
Collaborate with CSG local management, vendor service organizations, property managers, and relevant local government officials.</li>
</ul>
</li></ul><ul><li>Financial responsibilities:
<ul>
<li>Develop, prepare and maintain the India REFS Annual Operating (AOP) and Capital Expenditure (CapEx) Plans. Follow through with monthly/quarterly reviews with the FPA team as required.</li>
<li>
Ensure compliance, business planning, budgetary control, capital planning, and oversight of daily management and operational activities, setting and exceeding specific goals for cost control/reduction, aligning with department/company objectives and initiatives.</li>
<li>
Expertise and hands-on experience in managing and optimizing SEZ and STPI | Non-STPI operations; including a thorough understanding of the regulatory frameworks, compliance requirements, and operational nuances specific to each category. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders on debonding initiatives as necessary.</li>
</ul>
</li></ul><ul><li>Operational responsibilities:
<ul>
<li>Manage a 127,000 square foot leased property supporting 900+employees, ensuring peak operational efficiency and quality</li>
<li>
Oversee building-related activities, maintaining infrastructure, and ensuring facilities are safe, functional, and compliant with regulatory health and safety standards.</li>
<li>
Inspect building structure to determine the need for repairs or renovations. Partner with the landlord regarding exterior and common areas of campus.</li>
<li>
Manage space in accordance with business unit needs and corporate policies. Prepare professional documents and presentations for management for review and alignment.</li>
<li>
Oversee and manage construction and move projects ensuring they are performed, on-budget, on-time, and with minimal interruption to employees.</li>
<li>
Manage essential facilities vendors and service agreements, ensuring adherence to SLAs and KPIs, and alignment with corporate goals. Identify and propose corrective measures and process enhancements. Oversee supplier set up and payment processes with Procurement and Accounts Payable.</li>
<li>
Participate in the global RFP process for service contracts to balance performance and cost efficiency as it relates to India operations.</li>
<li>
Focus on energy management, including reviewing utility consumption, minimizing costs, and reporting on GHG emissions.</li>
<li>
Special projects as assigned by management.</li>
</ul>
</li></ul>Required Experience/Skills<ul>
<li>
Ideally 8 - 10 years in Real Estate | Facilities | Workplace Management; 5 years in a leadership role in a high-touch, fast paced environment</li>
<li>
Top level skills in verbal and written communication, problem solving and project management.</li>
<li>
Promote effective communication to help build and manage relationships, working with team, clients and other stakeholders.</li>
<li>
Proficiency in understanding management agreements and contract language.</li>
<li>
Experience in human resource and performance management.</li>
<li>
Commitment to safety excellence, demonstrate behaviors that drive safety.</li>
<li>
Understanding of the client&rsquo;s objectives as well as knowledge of the real estate life cycle.</li>
<li>
Maintain technical proficiency, industry knowledge and communication skills to provide timely information on all site related issues.</li>
<li>
Ability to read and understand construction specifications, blueprints, and single line diagrams.</li>
<li>
Ability to develop and maintain a client focused, partnering and consultative approach.</li>
<li>
Ability to exercise formal and informal authority to influence a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders, including executive leadership, staff and third-party contractors.</li>
</ul><ul>
<li>Excellent written and oral communications, problem-solving skills and strong customer orientation.</li>
<li>
Strong discipline of financial management including financial tracking, budgeting and forecasting.</li>
<li>
Proficient in Google Workspace; working knowledge of AutoCAD.</li>
</ul><ul>
<li>Must be able to work with a team of other professionals, including engineers, electricians, plumbers and other maintenance teams.</li>
<li>
Working knowledge of facility related Electrical and Mechanical systems.</li>
<li>
Ability to set priorities, plan, and coordinate work activities.</li>
<li>
Must be proactive, able to work independently with little oversight, and possess the ability to pivot quickly as priorities and direction change.</li>
</ul>
Education<ul><li>
Degree in Facilities Management, Corporate Real Estate, Project Management, Engineering or Business Administration or equivalent experience in an office environment overseeing a facility/workplace.</li></ul>
Nice-to-Haves<ul>
<li>
Certified Facility Manager (CFM), Certified Property Manager (CPM), Real Property Administrator (RPA), Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP) designations.</li>
<li>
Working knowledge of AutoCAD</li>
<li>
Working knowledge of the real estate life cycle</li>
<li>
Familiarity with building codes and regulations</li>
</ul>
About Us:
Cloud Software Group is one of the world&rsquo;s largest cloud solution providers, serving more than 100 million users around the globe. When you join Cloud Software Group, you are making a difference for real people, each of whom count on our suite of cloud-based products to get work done &mdash; from anywhere. Members of our team will tell you that we value passion for technology and the courage to take risks. Everyone is empowered to learn, dream, and build the future of work. We are on the brink of another Cambrian leap - a moment of immense evolution and growth. And we need your expertise and experience to do it. Now is the perfect time to move your skills to the cloud.
Cloud Software Group is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, genetic carrier status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including lactation status), marital status, military service, protected veteran status, political activity or affiliation, taking or requesting statutorily protected leave and other protected classifications.
If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any part of the application process, please email us at AskHR@cloud.com for assistance.</div>

Manager, Facilities

<div>
 
 About This Team:
 
 
 
 The Global Real Estate, Facilities, and Security (REFS) team at Cloud Software Group is a cross-functional unit responsible for the company's global footprint across the Americas, APAC, EMEA, and India.
 
 
 We are a unified force dedicated to providing employees with a state-of-the-art, safe, secure, and comfortable workplace, offering solutions that foster optimal performance and productivity.
 
 
 While each of us possesses unique skill sets and responsibilities, we operate as one cohesive team to achieve these objectives.
 
 
 
 Duties And Responsibilities
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Management responsibilities:
 </li>
 <ul>
 <li>
 Lead and mentor a team of employees and service providers, fostering teamwork to achieve shared goals. Develop team members' skills and abilities through best practices in selection, training, assessment, and recognition, ensuring organizational sustainability and career growth.
 </li>
 <li>
 Cultivate a positive work environment by prioritizing customer focus in all facilities and workplace operations. Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ensure that the REFS team consistently provides positive and prompt response to requests from our employees, and that they are closing out service desk tickets in a timely manner.
 </li>
 <li>
 Align and promote best practices, policies, and procedures with business conduct, department goals, and integrity, while ensuring continuous improvement.
 </li>
 <li>
 Collaborate with CSG local management, vendor service organizations, property managers, and relevant local government officials.
 </li>
 </ul>
 </ul>
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Financial responsibilities:
 </li>
 <ul>
 <li>
 Develop, prepare and maintain the India REFS Annual Operating (AOP) and Capital Expenditure (CapEx) Plans. Follow through with monthly/quarterly reviews with the FPA team as required.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ensure compliance, business planning, budgetary control, capital planning, and oversight of daily management and operational activities, setting and exceeding specific goals for cost control/reduction, aligning with department/company objectives and initiatives.
 </li>
 <li>
 Expertise and hands-on experience in managing and optimizing SEZ and STPI | Non-STPI operations; including a thorough understanding of the regulatory frameworks, compliance requirements, and operational nuances specific to each category. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders on debonding initiatives as necessary.
 </li>
 </ul>
 </ul>
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Operational responsibilities:
 </li>
 <ul>
 <li>
 Manage a 127,000 square foot leased property supporting 900+employees, ensuring peak operational efficiency and quality
 </li>
 <li>
 Oversee building-related activities, maintaining infrastructure, and ensuring facilities are safe, functional, and compliant with regulatory health and safety standards.
 </li>
 <li>
 Inspect building structure to determine the need for repairs or renovations. Partner with the landlord regarding exterior and common areas of campus.
 </li>
 <li>
 Manage space in accordance with business unit needs and corporate policies. Prepare professional documents and presentations for management for review and alignment.
 </li>
 <li>
 Oversee and manage construction and move projects ensuring they are performed, on-budget, on-time, and with minimal interruption to employees.
 </li>
 <li>
 Manage essential facilities vendors and service agreements, ensuring adherence to SLAs and KPIs, and alignment with corporate goals. Identify and propose corrective measures and process enhancements. Oversee supplier set up and payment processes with Procurement and Accounts Payable.
 </li>
 <li>
 Participate in the global RFP process for service contracts to balance performance and cost efficiency as it relates to India operations.
 </li>
 <li>
 Focus on energy management, including reviewing utility consumption, minimizing costs, and reporting on GHG emissions.
 </li>
 <li>
 Special projects as assigned by management.
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 </ul>
 
 Required Experience/Skills
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Ideally 8 - 10 years in Real Estate | Facilities | Workplace Management; 5 years in a leadership role in a high-touch, fast paced environment
 </li>
 <li>
 Top level skills in verbal and written communication, problem solving and project management.
 </li>
 <li>
 Promote effective communication to help build and manage relationships, working with team, clients and other stakeholders.
 </li>
 <li>
 Proficiency in understanding management agreements and contract language.
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience in human resource and performance management.
 </li>
 <li>
 Commitment to safety excellence, demonstrate behaviors that drive safety.
 </li>
 <li>
 Understanding of the client&rsquo;s objectives as well as knowledge of the real estate life cycle.
 </li>
 <li>
 Maintain technical proficiency, industry knowledge and communication skills to provide timely information on all site related issues.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ability to read and understand construction specifications, blueprints, and single line diagrams.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ability to develop and maintain a client focused, partnering and consultative approach.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ability to exercise formal and informal authority to influence a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders, including executive leadership, staff and third-party contractors.
 </li>
 <li>
 Excellent written and oral communications, problem-solving skills and strong customer orientation.
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong discipline of financial management including financial tracking, budgeting and forecasting.
 </li>
 <li>
 Proficient in Google Workspace; working knowledge of AutoCAD.
 </li>
 <li>
 Must be able to work with a team of other professionals, including engineers, electricians, plumbers and other maintenance teams.
 </li>
 <li>
 Working knowledge of facility related Electrical and Mechanical systems.
 </li>
 <li>
 Ability to set priorities, plan, and coordinate work activities.
 </li>
 <li>
 Must be proactive, able to work independently with little oversight, and possess the ability to pivot quickly as priorities and direction change.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Education
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Degree in Facilities Management, Corporate Real Estate, Project Management, Engineering or Business Administration or equivalent experience in an office environment overseeing a facility/workplace.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Nice-to-Haves
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Certified Facility Manager (CFM), Certified Property Manager (CPM), Real Property Administrator (RPA), Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP) designations.
 </li>
 <li>
 Working knowledge of AutoCAD
 </li>
 <li>
 Working knowledge of the real estate life cycle
 </li>
 <li>
 Familiarity with building codes and regulations
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 About Us:
 
 
 
 Cloud Software Group is one of the world&rsquo;s largest cloud solution providers, serving more than 100 million users around the globe. When you join Cloud Software Group, you are making a difference for real people, each of whom count on our suite of cloud-based products to get work done &mdash; from anywhere. Members of our team will tell you that we value passion for technology and the courage to take risks. Everyone is empowered to learn, dream, and build the future of work. We are on the brink of another Cambrian leap -- a moment of immense evolution and growth. And we need your expertise and experience to do it. Now is the perfect time to move your skills to the cloud.
 
 
 Cloud Software Group is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, genetic carrier status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including lactation status), marital status, military service, protected veteran status, political activity or affiliation, taking or requesting statutorily protected leave and other protected classifications.
 
 
 If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any part of the application process, please email us at AskHR@cloud.com for assistance.
</div>

<div>About This Role:
As a member of the Cloud Cost Operations team, you'll be instrumental in driving our FinOps program - providing critical cost visibility, driving financial accountability within our engineering organizations, identifying optimization opportunities, and conducting deep analysis across our cloud infrastructure and R&amp;D tooling. You will work cross-functionally with Business Unit leaders, Engineers, Finance, Procurement and external vendors, collaborating on data-driven spending decisions.
What You'll Do:<ul>
<li>
Monitor and Analyze Cloud Spend: Continuously monitor cloud expenditures across a multicloud environment (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), identifying trends, anomalies, and areas for potential savings. Support engineering teams as a FinOps partner by providing clear visibility into cloud cost through analysis of consumption and planned infrastructure activities.</li>
<li>
Drive Cost Optimization Initiatives: Work closely with engineering teams to identify and implement cost optimization strategies, including rightsizing instances, optimizing storage, and managing reserved instances/savings plans. Track the impact of these initiatives and report on savings achieved. Stay up to date on cloud offerings and technologies with an emphasis on how they can impact cost.</li>
<li>
Forecasting and Budgeting Support: Collaborate with finance teams to budget, forecast, track and allocate costs, providing data-driven insights to inform financial planning.</li>
<li>
Summarize Data and Provide Recommendations to Executives: Provide executive summaries and recommendations concerning cloud costs, tooling costs, optimizations, budgets and forecasts.</li>
<li>
Develop and Maintain Reporting: Create and enhance automated reports and dashboards that provide stakeholders with actionable insights into cost and usage data.</li>
<li>
Collaborate and Educate: Partner with engineering, finance, and procurement teams to foster a culture of cost awareness and accountability. Educate engineers on best practices for cloud cost management, efficient resource utilization, and prioritization of high-impact saving activities.</li>
<li>
Cloud Vendor Management: Assist in evaluating cloud vendor billing and pricing models to ensure accuracy and identify potential cost efficiencies. Collaborate with cloud vendors to ensure teams are using resources efficiently and implementing best practices</li>
<li>
Automate Cost Management Processes: Increase efficiency and automate workflows/tasks where possible.</li>
<li>
R&amp;D Tooling Cost Management: Analyze spend on our R&amp;D tooling portfolio, identifying opportunities for license optimization, vendor consolidation, and efficient utilization. Work across multiple teams to understand software licensing requirements and collaborate with the procurement team on purchasing required software</li>
</ul>
Required Qualifications:<ul>
<li>
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Finance, Business or Engineering.</li>
<li>
8+ years of experience in a FinOps, Cloud Cost Management, Engineering, Financial Analyst, or similar role.</li>
<li>
Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, analyze, and interpret complex financial and cloud usage data.</li>
<li>
Working knowledge of cloud computing concepts.</li>
<li>
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to translate complex financial and technical data into understandable insights for technical and non-technical audiences.</li>
<li>
Basic understanding of financial principles, budgeting, and forecasting.</li>
<li>
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.</li>
<li>
Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional environment and influence stakeholders.</li>
</ul>
Preferred Qualifications:<ul>
<li>
FinOps-specific certifications or experience.</li>
<li>
Extensive knowledge of cloud computing concepts and cost models (AWS, Azure, or GCP experience is highly desirable).</li>
<li>
Experience with cloud cost management or asset management platforms.</li>
<li>
Proactiveness and resourcefulness in identifying and solving problems related to cost inefficiencies.</li>
<li>
Familiarity with software licensing and SaaS cost models.</li>
<li>
Proficient with analysis tools such as Excel &amp; Power BI.</li>
<li>
Experience querying data using tools such as SQL.</li>
<li>
A love for data and driving business outcomes.</li>
</ul>
About Us:
Cloud Software Group is one of the world&rsquo;s largest cloud solution providers, serving more than 100 million users around the globe. When you join Cloud Software Group, you are making a difference for real people, each of whom count on our suite of cloud-based products to get work done &mdash; from anywhere. Members of our team will tell you that we value passion for technology and the courage to take risks. Everyone is empowered to learn, dream, and build the future of work. We are on the brink of another Cambrian leap - a moment of immense evolution and growth. And we need your expertise and experience to do it. Now is the perfect time to move your skills to the cloud.
Cloud Software Group is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, genetic carrier status, disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including lactation status), marital status, military service, protected veteran status, political activity or affiliation, taking or requesting statutorily protected leave and other protected classifications.
If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any part of the application process, please email us at AskHR@cloud.com for assistance.</div>

Lead Cloud Cost Optimization Manager

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Manager, Facilities

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Lead Cloud Cost Optimization Manager