Sr. Manager / Director, Strategic Finance (AI)

TL;DR

Sr. Manager / Director, Strategic Finance (AI): Leading infrastructure capacity and financial planning, serving as the finance partner to Engineering and Product teams with an accent on GPU and infrastructure investments. Focus on translating complex technical plans into clear financial frameworks that inform executive decision-making.

Location: Based in San Mateo, CA office on a hybrid schedule.

Company

Fireworks is building the future of generative AI infrastructure, delivering high-quality models with scalable inference.

What you will do

• Own capacity planning across compute infrastructure, modeling GPU, storage, and networking needs.
• Lead financial planning for infrastructure investments, including scenario modeling and cost optimization.
• Serve as the primary finance business partner to Engineering and Product, supporting roadmap prioritization.
• Develop deep fluency in contract structures and pricing to identify optimization opportunities.
• Build and maintain financial models that connect infrastructure spend to business outcomes.
• Translate complex technical plans into clear financial frameworks for executive decision-making.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, or private equity.
• Experience as a finance business partner to engineering or product teams.
• Strong grasp of cloud and compute infrastructure economics.
• Exceptional financial modeling skills.
• Clear, confident communicator.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.

Culture & Benefits

• Solve hard problems at the forefront of AI infrastructure.
• Work with bleeding-edge technology that impacts how businesses and developers harness AI globally.
• Join a fast-growing, passionate team where your work directly shapes the future of AI.
• Collaborate with world-class engineers and AI researchers.