Strategic Finance Lead, OpenAI for Inference
AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.
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About OpenAI
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It consists of the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group, a public benefit corporation governed by the Foundation.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own financial models, budgets, forecasts and performance reporting for priority programs. You will translate silicon development milestones and cost drivers into investment and pricing recommendations, evaluate customer and partner economics, support deal negotiations, and present recommendations while escalating material risks.
Requirements
- Direct finance experience supporting silicon design or semiconductor development
- Understanding of silicon design and validation milestones, PPA, die and manufacturing economics
- Ownership of complex financial models, forecasts, deal economics and management reporting
- Strong quantitative judgment and hands-on modeling
- Clear communication with technical and commercial stakeholders
- Ability to move ambiguous work forward independently
Responsibilities
- Own financial models, budgets, forecasts and performance reporting for priority programs
- Translate silicon development milestones, cost drivers and infrastructure requirements into investment and pricing recommendations
- Evaluate customer and partner economics
- Build and maintain revenue, COGS, gross margin and cash reporting
- Support deal negotiations and renewals with scenario analysis
- Present recommendations, coordinate inputs and escalate material risks
Benefits
- Equity
- Performance-related bonus
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with HSA employer contributions
- Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter pre-tax accounts
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks birth parents, 20 weeks non-birthing parents)
- Paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees
- 13+ paid company holidays and office closures
- Paid sick or safe time
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
- Relocation support
- Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends