Senior Finance Manager, Product & Engineering

Candidate; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 191,000 - 287,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and...

Mental Wellness Benefit

Generous Vacation Policy & Holidays

Enhanced Parental Leave

Volunteer Time Off

401(K) and Wellness benefits

Job summary

Mixpanel is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to partner with Engineering, Product, and Design, owning infrastructure cost, EPD opex, and headcount planning. You will build scalable forecasting models for cloud, AI, tooling, and enterprise systems, guiding capital allocation across these areas.

You will lead workforce planning and develop scenario-driven models, delivering executive-ready analyses andROI-focused recommendations in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in FP&A or strategic finance at a high-growth tech company.
• Partner to Engineering leaders to translate product velocity into financial outcomes.
• Fluency in cloud economics, AI/compute scaling, enterprise tooling, and margins impact.
• Strong workforce planning across departments and levels.
• Advanced financial modeling with scenario analysis for exec review.

Responsibilities

• Own OpEx and headcount budgets for EPD; ensure alignment with strategy and margins.
• Build bottom-up headcount models; sequence hiring with roadmap needs and scale.
• Forecast cloud hosting, AI/compute, tooling, SaaS, and enterprise systems; identify optimization opportunities.
• Evaluate build vs. buy, capex vs. opex, and vendor investments with ROI focus.
• Lead monthly budget vs. actual reviews; automate reporting and improve accruals.

Skills

FP&A experience

Executive communication

Cloud economics

SaaS cost drivers

Headcount planning

Advanced financial modeling

Analytical judgment

Ambiguity navigation

Cross-functional partnership

Tools

Pigment

Job description

About Mixpanel

Mixpanel is the leading product intelligence and analytics platform, trusted by more than 29,000 companies to help understand how people use the products they build. By combining powerful analytics with AI that knows your business, Mixpanel helps teams see what’s working, diagnose what’s not, and decide what to build next. Learn more at mixpanel.com.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Finance Manager to serve as a key partner to Mixpanel’s Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD) organizations. This person will own infrastructure cost, EPD opex, and headcount planning while building scalable systems to improve visibility and decision-making, as well as the analytical frameworks that guide how Mixpanel deploys capital and allocates resources across these areas. You’ll partner cross-functionally with Engineering and Product leadership, People, and Finance to ensure investments are intentional, efficient, and aligned with long-term company strategy.

Responsibilities

• Own the Product investment envelope – Manage OpEx and headcount budgets across EPD. Ensure investments align with company strategy while maintaining efficient spend and margin targets.
• Drive rigorous workforce planning across technical and corporate teams – Build bottoms-up headcount models by function and level. Partner with Engineering leaders to sequence hiring against roadmap needs, compliance requirements, and operational scale.
• Model infrastructure and internal systems economics – Develop clear forecasting models for cloud hosting, AI/compute, internal tooling, SaaS applications, and enterprise systems. Identify optimization opportunities across both product infrastructure and corporate tech stack.
• Translate roadmap and corporate priorities into financial tradeoffs – Evaluate build vs. buy decisions, capitalizable vs. expensed R&D, and vendor investments across EPD. Provide clear recommendations grounded in ROI and long-term cost structure impact.
• Elevate budget vs. actuals rigor across the organization – Lead monthly BvA reviews for EPD. Automate reporting, improve accrual accuracy, and surface actionable insights—not just variance explanations.

We're Looking For Someone Who Has

• 8+ years of experience in FP&A or strategic finance at a high-growth technology company.
• Proven to be a partner to Engineering leaders – You’ve supported technical teams and corporate functions, understanding how product velocity and operational infrastructure translate into financial outcomes.
• Fluency in infrastructure and SaaS cost drivers – You understand cloud economics, AI/compute scaling, enterprise tooling, and how architecture and vendor decisions impact margins.
• Strong workforce planning – You’ve managed complex headcount models across multiple departments, aligning hiring pace with financial guardrails.
• Advanced financial modeling – You build scenario-driven models with clear assumptions and sensitivity analysis that stand up to executive scrutiny.
• Strong analytical judgment and the ability to identify the few variables that matter most within large and complex datasets.
• Ability to operate independently through ambiguity and bring structure to problems that do not have an established playbook.
• Excellent executive communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex financial and technical topics and develop polished, executive ready deliverables.
• A high say/do ratio, strong attention to detail, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment where priorities, assumptions, and technology can change quickly.

Bonus Points For

• Hands-on experience with Pigment.

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Compensation

The amount listed below is the total target cash compensation (TTCC) and includes base compensation and variable compensation in the form of either a company bonus or commissions. Variable compensation type is determined by your role and level. In addition to the cash compensation provided, this position is also eligible for equity consideration and other benefits including medical, vision, and dental insurance coverage. You can view our benefits offerings here.
Our salary ranges are determined by role and level and are benchmarked to the SF Bay Area Technology data cut released by Radford, a global compensation database. The range displayed represents the minimum and maximum TTCC for new hire salaries for the position across all of our US locations. To stay on top of market conditions, we refresh our salary ranges twice a year so these ranges may change in the future. Within the range, individual pay is determined by experience, job-related skills, qualifications, and other factors. If you have questions about the specific range, your recruiter can share this information.

Mixpanel Compensation Range$191,000—$287,000 USD

Benefits and Perks

• Comprehensive Medical, Vision, and Dental Care
• Mental Wellness Benefit
• Generous Vacation Policy & Additional Company Holidays
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Volunteer Time Off
• Additional US Benefits: Pre-Tax Benefits including 401(K), Wellness Benefit, Holiday Break

*please note that benefits and perks for contract positions will vary*

Culture Values

• Make Bold Bets: We choose courageous action over comfortable progress.
• Innovate with Insight: We tackle decisions with rigor and judgment - combining data, experience and collective wisdom to drivepowerful outcomes.
• One Team: We collaborate across boundaries to achieve far greater impact than any of us could accomplish alone.
• Candor with Connection: We build meaningful relationships that enable honest feedback and direct conversations.
• Champion the Customer: We seek to deeply understand our customers’ needs, ensuring their success is our north star.
• Powerful Simplicity: We find elegant solutions to complex problems, making sophisticated things accessible.

Why choose Mixpanel?

We’re a leader in analytics with over 29,000 customers and $277M invested from prominent investors: like Andreessen-Horowitz, Sequoia, YC, and, most recently, Bain Capital. Mixpanel’s pioneering event-based data analytics platform offers a powerful yet simple solution for companies to understand user behaviors and easily track overarching company success metrics. Our accomplished teams continuously facilitate our expansion by tackling the ever‑evolving challenges tied to scaling, reliability, design, and service. Choosing to work at Mixpanel means you’ll be helping the world’s most innovative companies learn from their data so they can make better decisions.

Mixpanel is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity. At Mixpanel, we are focused on things that really matter—our people, our customers, our partners—out of a recognition that those relationships are the most valuable assets we have. We actively encourage women, people with disabilities, veterans, underrepresented minorities, and LGBTQ+ people to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance or other similar laws that may be applicable, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. We’ve immersed ourselves in our Culture and Values as our guiding principles for the impact we want to have and the future we are building.