✦ Luna Orbit — Executive & General Management

Director--IT Cost Optimization

at Northrop Grumman

📍 United States-Virginia-Falls Church Unknown 💰 $203K – $305K USD / year Posted April 16, 2026
Salary $203K – $305K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience executive
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category Executive & General Management

Director of IT Cost Optimization leading disciplined cost management across the enterprise IT organization. The role defines metrics, builds dashboards, and implements cost allocation/chargeback while partnering with technology and Finance stakeholders to realize cost-saving opportunities and reduce technical debt.

  • Develop and execute a multiyear IT costreduction roadmap
  • Define financial and operational KPIs and implement automated reporting dashboards
  • Deploy transparent costallocation models and enable chargeback
  • Partner with CIDO, CFO, and technology domain leaders on actionable technology cost solutions
  • Lead continuous monitoring to capture realized savings and forecast future spend

Focuses on IT financial operations: KPI design, automated reporting dashboards, continuous monitoring, and cost allocation methodologies for enterprise IT. Includes planning and execution of a multiyear cost-reduction roadmap covering cloud spend, vendor contracts, licensing, and datacenter consolidation.

The ideal candidate is an executive IT finance and cost optimization leader who can drive a multiyear IT cost reduction roadmap. They have strong experience defining KPI-based metrics, building automated dashboards, and implementing cost allocation methodologies/chargeback models in partnership with Finance and technology domain leaders.

IT cost optimizationdevelop and execute a multiyear IT costreduction roadmapdefine financial and operational KPIsestablish costallocation methodologiesbuild automated reporting dashboardsdeploy transparent costallocation modelsSecret security clearance? (not stated as required to start: CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No)
IT cost optimizationmultiyear IT costreduction roadmapcloud spendvendor contractslicensingdatacenter consolidationKPIsautomated reporting dashboardscostallocation methodologiescost allocation modelschargebackbudgetingforecasting
IT cost optimizationmultiyear IT costreduction roadmapcost-saving initiativescloud spendvendor contractslicensingdatacenter consolidationROI and risk prioritizationfinancial and operational metricsKPIscostpertransactionunit costsavings realization ratebudget varianceautomated reporting dashboardscost allocation methodologiescost allocation modelschargebackforecast future spendbudgetingforecastingperformance management cyclestechnical debt reduction
stakeholder collaborationpartnering with technology leadersprimary liaison between leadersFinanceand Business Managementstrategic thinkingcommunication
Industry Aerospace
Job Function Drive enterprise IT cost optimization through measurable KPIs, dashboards, and cost allocation/chargeback models.
Role Subtype Director of IT
Director--IT Cost OptimizationIT Cost OptimizationTechnology & Finance LeaderSenior Director of Business Management Corporate Operationscost managementcontinuous cost optimizationmultiyear IT costreduction roadmapcost-saving initiativescloud spendvendor contractslicensingdatacenter consolidationROIriskKPIscostpertransactionunit costsavings realization ratebudget varianceautomated reporting dashboardscostallocation methodologiescost allocation modelschargebackCIDOCFOCIDO Director of Business Management

No stated clearance requirement to start (Clearance required for start: No) but must still be able to operate under company requirements (clearance not explicitly required)

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