Partner with Engineering and Product to own infrastructure and AI COGS, build cost visibility tooling, drive efficiency initiatives, and develop unit economics and margin forecasts for a consumption-based platform.
180k – 220k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEFinance & Accounting
About the role
Infrastructure & AI COGS Ownership
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
Cost Visibility & Accountability
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
Efficiency & Margin Expansion
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
Cost Allocation & Financial Rigor
Develop scalable cost allocation frameworks across products, customers, and workloads
Improve gross margin visibility, including AI product margins
Support auditability and IPO readiness
Unit Economics
Define product-level unit economics across Vercel’s product suite
Connect usage (requests, compute, tokens, etc) to revenue and COGS
COGS / Gross Margin Forecasting
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
Pricing & Packaging
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
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
Strategic finance partner supporting financial planning, forecasting, revenue modeling, FP&A systems implementation, reporting, and data validation at a fast-growing generative AI infrastructure company. Requires 5+ years strategic finance experience including 3+ years at a high-growth tech company, strong modeling and data troubleshooting skills.
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