Head of Tax

Location: Hybrid role requiring presence at the San Francisco, San Jose, or Bellevue office four days per week; designated work-from-home day is Tuesday.

Salary: $274,000–$365,000 annual base salary.

Company

Lambda provides AI cloud infrastructure for AI researchers, enterprises, and hyperscalers, with a focus on making high-performance compute broadly accessible.

What you will do

• Own the global tax strategy, risk profile, operating model, and long-term roadmap in partnership with finance and executive leadership.
• Lead ASC 740 provision processes, effective tax rate analysis, deferred tax accounting, uncertain tax positions, disclosures, and management controls.
• Direct federal, state, and international tax compliance, audits, controversy, and the current IRS examination.
• Provide tax guidance on financings, data center development, acquisitions, leases, contracts, equipment procurement, and infrastructure deployment.
• Lead tax work for international data centers and market launches, including entity structure, permanent establishment, transfer pricing, withholding, VAT/GST, customs, and repatriation.
• Define tax requirements for finance systems, establish scalable controls, manage external advisers, and build a lean tax team.

Requirements

• Approximately 12 or more years of progressively responsible corporate tax experience, including in-house leadership in a complex, rapidly changing business.
• Deep knowledge of ASC 740 and experience owning tax provision processes, uncertain positions, and senior-level financial communications.
• Strong federal corporate and international tax foundations, including transactions, tax attributes, controversy, and multistate matters.
• Experience managing external advisers and outsourced compliance while retaining internal control and decision ownership.
• Ability to move between strategy and detailed execution, lead cross-functional projects, and communicate recommendations clearly to executives.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, taxation, or a related field; CPA, JD, MST, or comparable advanced qualification is strongly preferred.

Nice to have

• Experience in technology, cloud infrastructure, data centers, energy-intensive operations, equipment leasing, or another capital-intensive international business.
• International structuring, transfer pricing, withholding, VAT/GST, customs, or foreign entity implementation experience.
• Experience with project finance, special purpose entities, debt structures, fixed assets, tax incentives, property tax, or sales and use tax.
• Pre-IPO readiness, public company controls, SEC reporting, or tax technology and ERP implementation experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with hybrid work at Lambda's San Francisco, San Jose, or Bellevue offices.
• Cash and equity compensation.
• Health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles.
• 401(k) plan with a 2% company match for USA employees and flexible paid time off.