Director, Finance & Operations

What You'll Do

Financial Planning & Analysis
• Lead financial planning & analysis (FP&A) including budgeting, forecasting, CapEx/OpEx, and product-level P&Ls.
• Manage vendor contracts, billing, and third-party data/technology costs, ensuring rationalization, efficiency, and ROI.
• Lead cloud and compute cost forecasting and management, working with technology teams to optimize infrastructure spend.
• Oversee and mature financial processes and systems that support budgeting, forecasting, vendor management, and reporting (e.g., AWS/Azure/GCP cost management tools, enterprise FP&A platforms).
• Support investment decisions, build/buy analyses with financial modeling and scenario planning.
• Ensure processes and reporting align with corporate finance requirements for governance, compliance, and audit readiness.

Product Impact & Team Operations
• Partner with product and analytics leaders to translate usage and performance metrics into financial impact and ROI.
• Work with Product leadership and Hearst divisional stakeholders to define and measure our team's financial impact (cost savings, revenue enablement) via products in- flight.

Translate usage and performance metrics into financial impact and ROI.
• Run product prioritization meetings with team leadership to align on goals, evaluate trade-offs, and ensure resources are focused on the highest-impact initiatives.

Strategic Analyses
• Provide executive-level presentations, delivering clear insights into performance, forecasts, and strategic investments.
• Deliver ad hoc financial and strategic analyses in support of the CDO and executive team, including scenario modeling and investment evaluation.
• Analyze market landscape and market trends, and identify opportunities and recommend how CDT products should evolve.
• Work with Hearst division stakeholders to model enterprise-wide opportunities and scenarios.

What You Bring
• 812 years in finance, FP&A, or corporate operations, ideally with exposure to technology, data, or product-driven businesses.
• Strong skills in financial modeling, forecasting, and scenario planning.
• Experience in vendor management and cost optimization across third-party data and technology investments.
• Proven ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution.

Why Join Us
• High visibility: Report directly to the Chief Data Officer with regular exposure to business stakeholders.
• Strategic impact: Help mature the financial processes, systems, and operational models that will define the next stage of Hearst's data strategy.
• Cross-divisional exposure: Work across all Consumer Media divisions and Technology groups, partnering with senior leaders on strategic investments, operational optimization, and financial stewardship.

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