Senior finance and strategy leader guiding R&D planning at Samsara, whose IoT platform improves physical operations. Owning forecasting, cost control, and strategic analysis across engineering and supply chain.
Responsibilities
Serve as the finance lead for Samsara's R&D organization, partnering directly with C-level leaders on budget trade-offs, headcount decisions, and infrastructure investment
Own FP&A for R&D and Supply Chain Operations, including monthly BvA reviews, quarterly reforecasts, and the annual operating plan across Software, Firmware, Hardware Engineering, Product Management, and Supply Chain Operations
Own forecasting and controllership for COGS and Gross Margin, hardware costs, employee expenses, total compensation economics, and AI infrastructure spend
Build scalable financial processes and use AI tools to automate reporting, accelerate analysis, and deliver real-time visibility to R&D leadership
Lead, develop, and manage a high-performing team
Hire, develop, and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high-performing team
Requirements
7+ years of experience in Corporate Finance, financial planning and analysis, or strategic finance experience
2+ years of People management and development experience
Strong financial modeling and analysis capabilities
Ability to work collaboratively and cross-functionally
Strong communication and presentation skills; comfortable presenting to senior management
Experience at a high-growth tech company
Prior partnership with technical leaders
Ability to lead teams and drive longer-term initiatives while balancing delivering results
Willingness and ability to build new financial processes and mechanisms
Ability to thrive in a fast-growing environment with high degrees of ambiguity
Experience with AI tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.)
Familiarity with AWS cloud cost management
Expertise working with systems (e.g., Adaptive Planning, NetSuite, Salesforce, Workday, etc.)
Experience working with large datasets and technical data management and analysis skills (e.g., SQL, Tableau, etc.)
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