We are seeking a Strategic Finance Lead for our GPU compute fleet. In this role, you will be a key partner to our inference and infrastructure teams, providing financial expertise to optimize our compute investments and drive capacity decisions.

This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives at the intersection of finance and infrastructure, and who is energized by building frameworks from scratch in a fast-moving environment.

This position is based in San Francisco and requires in-person attendance 2-3 days per week.

Finance lead for GPU compute spend, including budgeting, monthly forecasting, variance analysis, and financial plan maintenance

Build and maintain detailed bottoms-up financial models for the GPU fleet, including capacity forecasts, cost driver analyses, and investment scenario modeling

Develop deep expertise in GPU vendor contracts, pricing structures, and cost drivers, and surface optimization opportunities across the fleet

Serve as subject matter expert for Perplexity's compute capacity plan, owning source of truth on utilization, committed-versus-consumed spend, and capacity by vendor and cluster

Build internal token-cost curves distinguishing marginal from fully loaded serving cost, and translate them into internal and external token pricing

Analyze the ROI of in-house inference and training, including opportunity cost across chip types, cluster configurations, and workloads, distilled into a framework for capacity deployment

Partner closely with inference and infrastructure engineering to understand how serving and training workloads scale, and translate those technical dynamics into financial frameworks

You May Be a Good Fit If You Have

Exceptional analytical skills with an ability to synthesize data into compelling insights and develop complex financial operating models

Strategic Finance Lead — AI

Responsibilities

Qualification

Preferred

Benefits

Company

Perplexity

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