Senior FinOps Strategy Manager

About us

We are champions of rail, inspired to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel. Trainline enables millions of travellers to find and book the best value tickets across carriers, fares, and journey options through our highly rated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels. Great journeys start with Trainline. Now Europe's number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 125 million monthly visits and £5.9 billion in annual ticket sales, we collaborate with 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries. We want to create a world where travel is as simple, seamless, eco-friendly and affordable as it should be. Today, we're a FTSE 250 company driven by our incredible team of over 1,000 Trainliners from 50+ nationalities, based across London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Edinburgh and Madrid. With our focus on growth in the UK and Europe, now is the perfect time to join us on this high-speed journey.

Introducing the Technical Operations team

Trainline's Technology & Data teams represent the company's most significant area of investment as we continue to build on our position as Europe's most downloaded travel app. Innovation is at the core of how we work, and we constantly challenge ourselves to transform how we operate - optimising for speed, quality and cost while leveraging emerging technologies. As part of this mission, the Technical Operations team is responsible for ensuring our technology ecosystem delivers maximum value to the business. We work across cloud, SaaS, on-premise and third-party platforms to drive operational discipline, transparency and efficiency at scale.

In this role as the Senior FinOps Strategy Manager, you will:

• Lead the development and execution of Trainline's enterprise-wide FinOps strategy, aligned to business objectives and technology transformation goals.
• Establish policies, frameworks and best practices to manage and optimise technology spend across all systems.
• Embed FinOps principles across the organisation, driving a culture of cost transparency, accountability and optimisation.
• Partner closely with Finance, Technology, Procurement and Business teams to align spend with value and outcomes.
• Oversee governance frameworks for cost allocation, chargeback and financial accountability across departments.
• Define decision-making frameworks for technology investment, rationalisation and optimisation.
• Provide executive-level insight into total cost of ownership (TCO), return on investment (ROI), spend patterns and cost drivers.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning for technology investments.
• Influence senior stakeholders to balance cost efficiency with innovation and growth.
• Build, lead and develop a high-performing FinOps team through coaching, mentoring and capability building.
• Champion FinOps training and certification programmes across Technology and Finance.
• Represent Trainline in external FinOps communities and industry forums.

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• Proven experience in technology finance, FinOps or strategic financial management within a technology-driven organisation.
• Strong experience managing AWS accounts and driving cloud cost optimisation best practices.
• Deep understanding of cloud economics, SaaS models, IT procurement and governance frameworks.
• A track record of defining and executing strategy at an enterprise level.
• Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior and executive audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience in financial modelling and reporting.
• Familiarity with FinOps Foundation principles and certifications (desirable).
• Experience in systems operations, business systems analysis or related senior roles.
• Understanding of SaaS contracts, vendor management and cloud financial management.
• Ability to create clear, structured playbooks or frameworks to guide organisational decision-making.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• A strategic, collaborative and proactive mindset, with a passion for transparency, efficiency and innovation.

More information:

Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare & dental insurance, a generous work from abroad policy, 2-for-1 share purchase plans, an EV Scheme to further reduce carbon emissions, extra festive time off, and excellent family-friendly benefits. We prioritise career growth with clear career paths, transparent pay bands, personal learning budgets, and regular learning days. Jump on board and supercharge your career from day one!

We operate a hybrid model to work and ask that Trainliners work from the office a minimum of 60% of their time over a 12-week period. We also have a 28-day Work from Abroad policy.

Our values represent the things that matter most to us and what we live and breathe every day, in everything we do:

• Think Big - We're building the future of rail.
• Own It - We focus on every customer, partner and journey.
• Travel Together - We're one team.
• Do Good - We make a positive impact.

We know that having a diverse team makes us better and helps us succeed. And we mean all forms of diversity - gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, nationality and diversity of thought. That's why we're committed to creating inclusive places to work, where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated.

Interested in finding out more about what it's like to work at Trainline? Why not check us out on LinkedIn, Instagram and Glassdoor!