Perplexity
Strategic Finance Lead - Compute
$190K–$240K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 1, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years in strategic finance, infrastructure investment, private equity, growth equity, consulting, or investment banking; preferably with infrastructure or datacenter experience (preferred qualification).
About the job
Leads financial planning and analysis for the GPU compute fleet, modeling capacity, costs, vendor economics, and token pricing to inform investment and deployment decisions.
What you'll do
- Manage GPU compute budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial plans; build fleet capacity and investment models.
- Own compute capacity and cost analyses, including vendor commitments, utilization, token-cost curves, and internal and external token pricing.
- Partner with inference and infrastructure engineering to assess workload economics and ROI for in-house inference and training.
What they ask for
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and financial modeling skills.
- Track record partnering with technical teams to drive financial optimization and operational outcomes.
- Ability to communicate complex financial information to engineering teams and vendors.
- Background in AI, ML, or high-performance, large-scale computing infrastructure, including data centers or cloud service providers.
Nice to have
- Experience in cloud or GPU infrastructure financial management, committed-use economics, or GPU procurement.
- Expertise in GPU vendor economics, contract structures, pricing models, or chip architecture economics.
Pay
$190K – $240K USD base salary
Tools
GPU
AI focus
Financial analysis and planning for AI compute, including GPU fleet capacity, token-level serving costs and pricing, and ROI of in-house inference and training.
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