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Strategic Finance, GTM

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OpenAI

Aug 1

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  • Job
    Full-time
    Senior (5-8 years)
  • San Francisco

Requirements

  • 7+ total years of progressive experience in strategic finance, private equity, venture capital, management consulting, investment banking, or related fields
  • 2+ years in relevant roles partnering with GTM orgs, ideally in a high growth environment; familiarity with consumption-based business models is a plus
  • A passion for helping build world-class sales teams and experience partnering with data science
  • A strong ability to critically evaluate opportunities and risks in GTM financial plans, across revenue and spend
  • A proven ability to build strong collaborative working relationships with business partners and executives; you are seen as a trusted and objective advisor
  • Deep analytical rigor and financial modeling skills, focused on distilling complex financial information into actionable insights for leadership
  • Excellent communication skills and storytelling ability when presenting data insights
  • An enthusiastic "roll up your sleeves" mentality and an ability to deal effectively with ambiguity to thrive in an unstructured, fast-paced environment
  • Experience with SQL or a willingness to learn
  • Strong enthusiasm about technology and artificial intelligence

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a strategic finance partner to our B2B sales leadership, aligning financial and business strategies to drive growth and profitability
  • Build and own financial forecast models, set targets, and understand deviations in performance of actuals to drive strategy and operational rigor
  • Manage the development of sales targets and forecasts, ensuring they are ambitious but achievable, and aligned with the company's financial goals
  • Lead strategic and financial planning processes for GTM, and develop recommendations on strategic resource allocation decisions for leadership
  • Collaborate closely with RevOps to design and implement incentive-based sales compensation plans, and provide actionable financial insights and recommendations
  • Establish and manage key productivity and efficiency metrics across all products and channels, and regularly analyze and report on these metrics to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence
  • Stay abreast of market trends and competitive dynamics to inform financial strategies and GTM plans; leverage insights to identify opportunities and challenges
  • Create high-quality Exec and Board-facing presentations

FAQs

Do we support remote work?

Yes, we support a hybrid work model, which includes 3 days in the office per week.

Is relocation assistance offered for this position?

Yes, we offer relocation assistance to new employees.

What is the primary focus of the Strategic Finance GTM partner role?

The primary focus is to work closely with B2B sales leadership to drive the company's financial strategy in alignment with go-to-market initiatives.

What qualifications are required for this position?

The position requires 7+ years of progressive experience in strategic finance or related fields, and at least 2 years in roles partnering with GTM organizations, ideally within a high growth environment.

What skills are essential for success in this role?

Essential skills include strong analytical rigor, financial modeling capabilities, excellent communication and storytelling abilities, and the capacity to evaluate opportunities and risks in financial plans.

Are there specific experiences that would make a candidate thrive in this role?

Yes, experience in building strong collaborative relationships, familiarity with consumption-based business models, and partnering with data science teams would be valuable.

Is knowledge of SQL necessary for this role?

While experience with SQL is preferred, a willingness to learn is also acceptable.

What types of financial metrics will be managed in this role?

You will establish and manage key productivity and efficiency metrics across all products and channels.

How important is understanding market trends for this position?

It is very important, as staying abreast of market trends and competitive dynamics will inform financial strategies and GTM plans.

What is the company’s stance on diversity and inclusion?

OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Technology
Industry
201-500
Employees
2025
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

Culture & Values

  • AGI focus

    We are committed to building safe, beneficial AGI that will have a massive positive impact on humanity's future. Anything that doesn’t help with that is out of scope.

  • Intense and scrappy

    Building something exceptional requires hard work (often on unglamorous stuff) and urgency; everything (that we choose to do) is important. Be unpretentious and do what works; find the best ideas wherever they come from.

  • Scale

    We believe that scale— in our models, our systems, ourselves, our processes, and our ambitions—is magic. When in doubt, scale it up.

  • Make something people love

    Our technology and products should have a transformatively positive effect on people’s lives.

  • Team spirit

    Our biggest advances, and differentiation, come from effective collaboration in and across teams. Although our teams have increasingly different identities and priorities, the overall purpose and goals have to remain perfectly aligned. Nothing is someone else’s problem.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance

  • Mental healthcare support and services

  • Commuter benefits

  • 401(k) with generous matching

  • Domestic conference budget for each employee

  • Flexible working hours

  • 20 weeks paid parental leave

  • Life and AD&D insurance

  • Annual learning & development stipend

  • Team-driven celebrations and events