# Staff FinOps AI Governance Lead at ServiceNow

- Company: ServiceNow
- What the company does: It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. Backed by Greylock and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.servicenow.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Santa Clara, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $176K to $308K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-23
- Apply by: 2026-11-07
- Apply: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/ServiceNow/744000151419879
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/servicenow-staff-finops-ai-governance-lead/

## About the role

We are looking for a Staff FinOps AI Governance Lead to drive financial accountability and optimization across ServiceNow’s AI spend. This senior individual contributor role combines deep AI infrastructure literacy, data-driven governance, and cross-functional program leadership to ensure our AI investments are managed with the same rigor as our cloud infrastructure.

## What they're looking for

- Strong working knowledge of LLM pricing models, multi-cloud AI services (AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, GCP Vertex AI), and AI cost optimization levers
- Proficiency in data analysis using SQL and/or Python to build KPI frameworks, identify usage anomalies, and communicate findings through data visualization
- Hands-on experience with multi-cloud cost governance across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including budget management, alerting, tagging, and billing API familiarity
- Proven cross-functional collaboration skills with engineering teams—ability to communicate cost impact, influence technical decisions, and drive efficiency improvements
- Outstanding communication and executive presentation skills, comfortable preparing and delivering briefings to VP-level audiences on complex technical and financial topics
- Self-directed and highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams independently in a fast-paced environment

Tags: Engineering, Infrastructure and...

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