Senior Project Manager, Cloud Services

Job description

Safe Software is looking for a Senior Project Manager, Cloud Services to join our Information Services team. We have an immediate opening and are excited to find the right candidate to join our team. As a Senior Project Manager, Cloud Services, you will own and advance key initiatives within our corporate cloud services space, directly influencing service reliability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency. Your leadership will play a key role in supporting internal teams and driving Safe Software’s infrastructure into the future. # **About The Team** As a part of the Information Services team, you’ll join a group of cross-functional experts in IT Support, Information Security, Revenue Operations and Service Enablement who collaboratively support our internal technical operations. The group is responsible for managing corporate IT infrastructure, ensuring robust cloud governance, supporting product development and business teams, financial transparency, and maintaining high standards of security and compliance. # **What You’ll Be Doing** As a Senior Project Manager, Cloud Services, you will be responsible for: **FinOps & Cost Optimization** - Champion FinOps culture across teams with transparency and efficiency initiatives. - Optimize spend with reserved instances, autoscaling, and cost dashboards. - Collaborate with Finance to forecast budgets and manage cloud vendor contracts. **Cloud Infrastructure Projects** - Oversee architecture, deployment, and lifecycle of Azure, AWS and GCP environments. - Implement scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure frameworks. - Establish and promote best practices for AI-centered automation, governance, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). - Drive backup, disaster recovery, and multi-regional availability strategies. **Enterprise IT** - Manage strategic vendor relationships, Enterprise SaaS architecture and service optimization. - Collaborate with IT Support, Legal and InfoSec to enhance IAM, data retention, and compliance. **Security & Compliance** - Partner with InfoSec on security incident response and enforcement of best practices. - Align cloud operations with security frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR). - Improve RBAC and least-privilege access models. **Product Team Partnership** - Enable product engineering, DevOps, operations and support teams with secure, cost-effective infrastructure. - Define provisioning guidelines that align with performance, security, and budget goals. - Provide cloud architecture advice for new product initiatives. **Leadership & Team Development** - Define and execute the corporate cloud roadmap in line with company strategy. - Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, including AI tools. - Represent IS in cross-functional leadership forums. # **Qualifications, Skills, and Competencies** Safers come from a variety of backgrounds with a diversity in skills and knowledge. That said, we find that those who are most successful in this role have experience with the following areas. **What You’ll Be Doing:** - A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and related experience. - 6+ years of experience managing and delivering cloud services or enterprise IT initiatives, ideally within SaaS or other software-driven organizations. - Proven experience leading cloud services and corporate IT functions. - Strong understanding of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and the ability to collaborate effectively with technical experts. - Strong grasp of FinOps, IT automation, and governance practices. - Security and compliance expertise (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR). - Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code practices (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation). - Cost optimization tools and dashboarding (e.g., CloudHealth, AWS Cost Explorer). - Security best practices, including IAM and RBAC. - Ability to clearly communicate strategy and technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Experience influencing cross-functional teams and senior leadership. **Nice to Have:** - Exposure to AI-driven solutions in IT/cloud environments. - Strategic experience in vendor negotiations and cloud roadmap definition. ## **What You Can Expect** When you choose a career with Safe Software, you’re also choosing… - **Meaningful Work:** Make a profound impact across our business, workplace and data integration product. - **A Supportive Environment:** Feel empowered to share your ideas and implement them with high autonomy and team support. - **Social Responsibility:** Become part of a team that finds [meaningful ways to give back](https://www.safe.com/about/community-initiatives/). Take paid time off to volunteer for one of our Safe-organized opportunities that align with our core community initiatives. - **Learning & Career Development:** We believe in your continuous learning and growth. Take advantage of an annual learning budget and training programs paid for by Safe. - **Flexible Working Hours:** Flexible and remote-friendly work arrangements to fit your lifestyle. Work when you want, and how you want to. - **Work-Life Balance:** There's no place for burnout at Safe. Maintain a healthy balance of your personal and work life without splitting yourself in two. Enjoy 3 weeks of vacation to recharge, plus an additional paid 6 seasonal days off per year. - **Health & Wellness:** Extended health, dental, health or lifestyle spending, and counseling benefits from day 1. That’s right, no waiting period. - **Family is important:** We are dedicated to supporting our employees through parenthood and offer a Parental Leave Top-Up Program for new parents through childbirth or adoption. - **Shared Success:** Share in Safe’s success with our bi-annual profit sharing and RRSP/TFSA matching program. - **An Accessible Commute:** Regardless of your commute method, we’re located close to public transit, and provide complimentary parking and bike storage for our team! ### **About Safe Software** Safe Software transforms organizations with FME, the only All-Data Any-AI Enterprise Integration Platform connecting all your data, anywhere, at any velocity. With over 30 years of expertise and 25,000+ enterprise customers across 125+ countries, we simplify your data journey, wherever it leads. Founded in 1993, Safe is headquartered in Surrey, BC with over 300 team members and counting. We’re always looking for talented individuals with diverse backgrounds who are determined to learn and grow. Are you ready to join the team? ### **Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion** Safe Software is an equal opportunity employer and we truly believe that innovation and strength begin with diversity and inclusion. We welcome all candidates regardless of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, ability, disability, national or ethnic origin, political belief, religion, or family status. Should you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please contact [hr_dept@safe.com](mailto:hr_dept@safe.com). ### **Notice Regarding Use of Automated Tools in Hiring** At Safe Software, we use automated tools to help us process applications and identify qualified candidates. These tools may assist in screening resumes and summarizing interview content based on the information you provide. This helps our team review applications efficiently while ensuring every candidate is considered based on the requirements of the role. Please be assured that the final hiring decision is always made by a member of our team. For more information on how we protect your privacy, please see our [policy](https://www.safe.com/legal/#applicant-privacy-policy). If you have questions about this process, please contact us at [hr_dept@safe.com](mailto:hr_dept@safe.com).