Strategic Finance Lead (Compute)

Join Perplexity as a Strategic Finance Lead for our GPU compute fleet. In this high-impact role, you will provide financial expertise to optimize our compute investments and drive capacity decisions. You will develop deep expertise in the economics of AI compute, build financial models, analyze ROI, and partner closely with engineering teams. The ideal candidate has a background in AI, ML, or high-performance computing infrastructure, and at least 4 years of experience in strategic finance or related fields.

• Assurer la responsabilité financière pour les dépenses liées au calcul GPU, y compris la budgétisation, les prévisions mensuelles, l'analyse des écarts et la maintenance du plan financier.
• Développer une expertise approfondie dans l'économie du calcul AI, en construisant des modèles qui informent la capacité de l'entreprise et les décisions d'achat.
• Collaborer étroitement avec les équipes d'ingénierie pour comprendre comment les charges de travail évoluent et traduire ces dynamiques techniques en cadres financiers.

• Comfort being the finance person in the room with engineering leads and vendor counterparts, and adept at communicating complex financial information to non-finance audiences
• A proven track record of partnering with technical teams to drive financial optimization initiatives, building enough trust to become indispensable to their roadmap and resourcing decisions
• A bias toward action, strong work ethic, and experience driving operational outcomes under tight timelines
• Attention to detail and patience for getting to the source of truth on complex and interconnected contract and usage data
• Extraordinary problem-solving and critical thinking abilities to develop new frameworks for assessing utilization and capital efficiency in a rapidly evolving industry
• Background in AI, ML, or high-performance, large-scale computing infrastructure, including data centers and cloud service providers
• Exceptional analytical skills with an ability to synthesize data into compelling insights and develop complex financial operating models
• 4+ years of experience in strategic finance, infrastructure investment, private equity, growth equity, consulting, or investment banking, preferably with infrastructure or datacenter experience
• Experience in cloud or GPU infrastructure financial management, including direct work with major cloud service providers or neoclouds
• Direct experience with committed-use economics — reserved capacity, savings plans, committed-use discounts — and GPU procurement
• Experience with chip architecture economics and optimization strategies
• Deep expertise in GPU vendor economics, contract structures, and pricing models
• Proficiency with financial modeling tools