CareerPlan

Strategic Finance Lead — AI

San FranciscoFull-time2026-09-01 → 2026-11-14
Hybrid · United States

Core

Lead the economics of AI products by developing unit economics models, optimizing model spend, and driving pricing and margin decisions.

Role type

Strategic Finance Lead (AI Products)

Builds

Product-margin models, financial frameworks for pricing and model deployment

Domain

Artificial Intelligence / Large Language Models (LLMs)

Required skills

Unit economics modeling, financial forecasting, variance analysis, contract negotiation, pricing strategy, cross-functional partnership, commercial judgment, data synthesis

Preferred skills

AI/ML product financial management, usage-based pricing expertise, model serving economics, financial modeling tools

Technologies

Financial modeling tools

Responsibilities

Lead budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis for inference and model spend; Build and maintain product-margin models reconciling revenue and serving cost; Analyze margin impact of pricing and model-deployment decisions; Partner with product and data teams to translate technical dynamics into financial frameworks.

Seniority

Mid-Senior, hands-on IC