Strategic Finance Manager, AgTech & Crop Economics

GOEBEL FIXTURE COMPANY; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits Plan

Flexible PTO

Casual work environment

Job summary

Pairwise is advancing agriculture through gene editing, building a commercial engine to determine crop priorities, market sizing, and go-to-market decisions. This role as a strategic finance SME focuses on model-based analysis, licensing economics, and cross-functional collaboration to inform leadership decisions.

You will design primary and secondary research-informed analyses, develop financial models, and present insights to executives, driving portfolio value and growth in food and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a business, economics, life sciences, or quantitative field.
• 3-7 years of experience, ideally beginning in life sciences or AgTech commercial consulting, with subsequent consulting or industry strategy/commercial analytics experience; investment banking or equity research backgrounds with a track record of building product- or revenue-level models will also be considered
• Demonstrated track record building product-level forecasts and financial models in Excel in a consulting environment
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint and comfort working with enterprise AI tools (e.g., Claude)
• Experience analyzing both primary and secondary data to generate business insights and recommendations
• Experience building program-, portfolio-, or deal-level financial models (NPV/rNPV, probability-weighted scenarios, milestone structures) to support investment or prioritization decisions
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to distill complex analysis into a clear recommendation for a senior audience
• Able to work across functions to gather inputs, numbers, and assumptions from multiple teams and reconcile them into a single agreed-upon view

Responsibilities

• Own product-level commercial forecasts in Excel end-to-end, from assumption architecture through scenario and sensitivity analysis
• Scope and lead discrete analytical workstreams, managing them to deadline with limited oversight
• Design and execute primary research (interviews, surveys) with growers, buyers, and other market stakeholders to test key hypotheses
• Analyze secondary data sources to size markets, map competitive landscapes, and pressure-test commercial assumptions
• Synthesize quantitative and qualitative findings into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for strategy and commercial teams
• Support licensing deals and research collaborations with deal economics — valuation, milestone and royalty structures, scenario analysis, and diligence support
• Build polished, executive-ready PowerPoint and Excel deliverables that translate complex analysis into a clear narrative for senior leadership and external stakeholders
• Partner cross-functionally with finance, commercial, and R&D stakeholders to ground analysis in operational reality and act as a key connection point in synthesizing information for leadership
• Build and maintain R&D and portfolio-level financial models that support program prioritization, resource allocation, and stage-gate investment decisions
• Produce portfolio reporting and analysis that gives leadership a clear view of program economics, risk-adjusted value, and trade-offs across the pipeline

Skills

Excel modeling

PowerPoint

Data analysis

Financial modeling

Market research

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Claude

Job description

Pairwise is advancing agriculture through gene editing, building a commercial engine to determine crop priorities, market sizing, and go-to-market decisions. This role as a strategic finance SME focuses on model-based analysis, licensing economics, and cross-functional collaboration to inform leadership decisions.

You will design primary and secondary research-informed analyses, develop financial models, and present insights to executives, driving portfolio value and growth in food and