AI Operations Specialist - FinOps & AI Cost Management 80-100% (w/m/d)

About us

LGT is the world's largest private banking and asset management group owned by an entrepreneurial family. As the family office of the Princely House of Liechtenstein, we impress you with many years of experience in managing large fortunes.

Your area of responsibility

We are looking for an AI Operations Specialist with a technical IT background. In this role, you will deal with the construction of applications and the use of AI services in concrete use cases. Together with the responsible teams, you will analyze how the services are used, where costs arise, and which technical adjustments can improve usage. In this way, you help to deploy AI efficiently and economically sustainably across projects, products, and platforms.

You will work closely with Developers, Data Scientists, AI Users, Platform Teams, and Finance to understand the applications and use cases behind AI usage, identify cost drivers, and develop improvements together with the teams. You will analyze unusual consumption patterns, question inefficient setups, and support teams in making more informed decisions regarding model usage, infrastructure, and budgeting.

This role is suitable for individuals who like to combine technical details with financial implications and translate complex usage data into concrete, actionable measures.

• Collaboration with project, product, and platform teams to understand their AI use cases and technical setups and to identify opportunities for more efficient use of AI services, models, and infrastructure.
• Granular tracking of AI costs, including API calls, token usage, model runs, and infrastructure consumption.
• Construction and maintenance of reporting, dashboards, and forecasting models for AI workload growth, spend trends, and budget utilization.
• Identification of cost-saving opportunities, for example, through model right-sizing, improved caching strategies, and more efficient usage patterns.
• Monitoring of AI usage across native and third-party cloud cost management as well as observability platforms, including AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Examination of unusual consumption patterns, investigation of root causes, and collaboration with developers as well as AI users to define corrective actions.
• Support in planning, forecasting, and budgeting for AI initiatives, as well as coordination of the teams' expected needs with available financing.
• Contribution to governance, standards, KPIs, and reporting for AI-related spend.
• Functioning as an interface between Data Scientists, Engineers, Product Teams, and Finance to translate operational AI challenges into clear financial requirements and decisions.
• Promoting awareness of and the application of FinOps best practices for AI within the organization.
• Collaboration with existing FinOps practitioners responsible for broader infrastructure cost management, including Azure and on-premise environments.

Your profile

• Two to three years of experience in a technical IT role, for example, in software development, application operations, or cloud engineering, as well as experience with FinOps or cloud cost management.
• Good understanding of modern AI and ML ecosystems, including platforms such as AWS SageMaker, Bedrock, Azure AI Services, and Azure OpenAI.
• Experience with cost observability and monitoring tools.
• Strong analytical skills as well as the ability to interpret usage data, identify anomalies, and derive practical recommendations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills as well as the ability to translate technical consumption data into understandable financial narratives.
• Very good German and English skills as well as the ability to communicate clearly and appropriately for the target group in both languages.

Applications submitted via recruitment agencies cannot be considered for this position.

Benefits at LGT

A great place to work - a great place to have impact: LGT promotes the diversity of its employees. We believe that an inclusive and appreciative corporate culture is the driver for a great workplace and offers the opportunity to create a unique and successful team. Therefore, our employees can also benefit from many additional benefits.

Family and career

• Flexible working models
• Sabbaticals
• At least 25 days of annual leave j4id10446609jm j4it1043jm j4iy26jm