Strategic Finance Manager (Product)

TL;DR

Strategic Finance Manager (Product): Driving unit economics, infrastructure efficiency, and margin expansion for a consumption-based platform with an accent on cloud infrastructure and AI workload profitability. Focus on building driver-based financial models, optimizing COGS, and partnering with Engineering and Product teams to scale financial rigor.

Location: Must be based in San Francisco, CA

Salary: $180,000–$220,000

Company

Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company behind Next.js, v0, and the AI SDK, enabling developers to build and ship web applications with speed and security.

What you will do

• Own financial visibility into compute, bandwidth, storage, and AI-related costs.
• Build self-service cost tooling to enable teams to optimize their infrastructure footprint.
• Lead infrastructure and AI efficiency initiatives, including vendor strategy and compute optimization.
• Develop scalable cost allocation frameworks across products, customers, and workloads.
• Build driver-based models linking usage, revenue, and infrastructure costs.
• Partner on usage-based and AI pricing models to evaluate growth and margin tradeoffs.

Requirements

• 5-8+ years of experience in Strategic Finance, FP&A, Investment Banking, or Consulting.
• Experience with consumption-based or cloud infrastructure business models.
• Strong financial modeling skills with experience in driver-based forecasting.
• Ability to partner with technical teams and translate usage data into financial insights.
• SQL and data tooling experience is strongly preferred.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including equity.
• Inclusive healthcare package.
• Flexible time off policy.
• Mentorship opportunities and support for professional development events.
• WFH budget to outfit your workspace.