Strategic Finance Lead, OpenAI for Inference

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); Sur place; USD 293 000 - 325 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Parental leave

Flexible PTO

Relocation support

Résumé du poste

OpenAI, Inc. is seeking a Strategic Finance Lead for Inference in San Francisco to own financial models, budgets, and performance reporting for priority programs, including headcount and investments.

You will translate silicon milestones, assess cost drivers, and advise on pricing and deal economics while coordinating inputs across teams and communicating clear guardrails.

Qualifications

• Direct finance experience supporting silicon design or semiconductor development.
• Ownership of development investment, program costs, pricing or commercialization models.
• Demonstrated ownership of complex financial models, forecasts, deal economics and recurring management reporting.
• Strong quantitative judgment and clear communication with technical and commercial stakeholders.
• Ability to move ambiguous work forward independently while seeking guidance on consequential decisions.

Responsabilités

• Own financial models, budgets, forecasts and performance reporting for priority programs, including headcount and investment tracking.
• Translate silicon development milestones, cost drivers and infrastructure requirements into investment and pricing recommendations.
• Evaluate customer and partner economics, including engineering support, compute, tooling, licensing and contingent commitments.
• Build and maintain customer- and program-level revenue, cost of goods sold, gross margin and cash reporting with Engineering, Finance Operations and Accounting.
• Support deal negotiations and renewals with scenario analysis, proposed terms and clear financial guardrails.
• Present actionable recommendations, coordinate inputs across teams and elevate material risks or unresolved tradeoffs.

Connaissances

Financial modeling

Investment analysis

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Description du poste

Strategic Finance Lead, OpenAI for Inference

Strategic Finance - San Francisco

About the Team

We partner with technical and business leaders to turn advances in AI into useful products and sustainable businesses. Strategic Finance supports complex infrastructure programs by evaluating investment choices, commercial opportunities and operating performance.

About the Role

• Own financial models, budgets, forecasts and performance reporting for priority programs, including headcount and investment tracking.
• Translate silicon development milestones, cost drivers and infrastructure requirements into investment and pricing recommendations.
• Evaluate customer and partner economics, including engineering support, compute, tooling, licensing and contingent commitments.
• Build and maintain customer- and program-level revenue, cost of goods sold, gross margin and cash reporting with Engineering, Finance Operations and Accounting.
• Support deal negotiations and renewals with scenario analysis, proposed terms and clear financial guardrails.
• Present actionable recommendations, coordinate inputs across teams and elevate material risks or unresolved tradeoffs.

You might thrive in this role if you have:

• Direct finance experience supporting silicon design or semiconductor development, including ownership of development investment, program costs, pricing or commercialization models.
• Practical understanding of silicon design and validation milestones, PPA, die and manufacturing economics, and the risks that affect program value.
• Demonstrated ownership of complex financial models, forecasts, deal economics and recurring management reporting.
• Strong quantitative judgment, hands-on modeling and clear communication with technical and commercial stakeholders.
• Curiosity, intellectual honesty and the ability to move ambiguous work forward independently while seeking guidance on consequential decisions.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

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Compensation

$293K – $325K + Offers Equity

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
• 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
• Mental health and wellness support
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
• Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
• Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
• Relocation support for eligible employees
• Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

More details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process.

This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions.