Strategic Finance Manager

Vercel

Strategic Finance Manager driving cost efficiency and margin expansion for Vercel’s consumption-based platform. Partnering with Engineering and Product to measure and optimize costs and profitability.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $180,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own financial visibility into compute, bandwidth, storage, and AI-related costs (e.g., inference, GPU/accelerated workloads).
Translate product and infrastructure usage (requests, execution time, tokens, etc.) into clear cost drivers.
Partner with EPD to drive cost-efficient architecture and scaling decisions.
Build self-service cost tooling for Product and Engineering (cost per request, per workload, per AI query).
Enable teams to own and optimize their infrastructure footprint.
Standardize cost attribution across products and multi-tenant systems.
Lead infrastructure and AI efficiency initiatives (compute optimization, caching, vendor strategy).
Define north star metrics (e.g., cost per request, cost per AI call, cost per GB).
Embed cost efficiency into roadmaps and product decisions.
Develop scalable cost allocation frameworks across products, customers, and workloads.
Improve gross margin visibility, including AI product margins.
Support auditability and IPO readiness.
Define product-level unit economics across Vercel’s product suite.
Connect usage (requests, compute, tokens, etc) to revenue and COGS.
Build driver-based models linking usage, revenue, and infrastructure costs.
Forecast COGS across core platform and AI products for both PLG & SLG segments.
Model margin impact of scale and efficiency improvements.
Partner on usage-based and AI pricing models.
Evaluate tradeoffs between growth, adoption, and margin.
Ensure pricing is reflected in forecasts and unit economics.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5-8+ years in Strategic Finance, FP&A, IB, or Consulting.
Experience with consumption-based or cloud infrastructure businesses.
Strong modeling skills; experience with driver-based forecasting.
Ability to partner with technical teams and translate usage → financial insight.
SQL / data tooling experience strongly preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation package, including equity.
Inclusive Healthcare Package.
Learn and Grow - we provide mentorship and send you to events that help you build your network and skills.
Flexible Time Off.
We will provide you the gear you need to do your role, and a WFH budget for you to outfit your space as needed.

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial modelingcost allocation frameworkscost attributiondriver-based forecastingcompute optimizationAI pricing modelscost per requestcost per AI callcost per GBgross margin analysis

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationleadershipstrategic thinkingproblem-solvinganalytical skillsadaptabilityinfluencecross-functional partnershipdecision-making