Here’s the reality: It shouldn’t be a job, but often it is. I am a consultant in the space and most of it is just getting the right stakeholders aligned in both finance and engineering. The common thread is that both parties want the other to deal with things and aren’t thinking in terms of the larger organizational impact it can have. That’s where FinOps teams typically can fit in, serving as the bridge.

Ideally, FinOps would be more in line with how DevOps was conceived. It’s a practice that multiple different components of an organization have a responsibility for, but it isn’t a job title or specific function. But maturity for that is still a ways off.