OpenAI· Strategic Finance· San Francisco
Strategic Finance, Product
Comp$234K – $260K
Classified Tasks (13)
Automate 0%Augment 77%Human-Only 23%
Augment (10)
AI assists, human decides
Lead revenue forecasting and performance management across the product portfolio, including economic margins, pricing, and partnership deal pricing and structuring
analytical
Evaluate growth bets and assess tradeoffs for investment decisions
leadership
Guide pricing and packaging decisions and structure monetization approaches
analytical
Build the financial rigor and operating structures that enable the business to scale
operational
Own the forecast for ChatGPT Business self-serve, including revenue, usage, margin, unit economics, leading indicators, and operating metrics indicating traction
analytical
Translate product usage, customer behavior, funnel dynamics, unit economics, and market signals into clear recommendations and decisions on product build, launches, monetization, and investment
analytical
Build planning and performance systems, including forecast methodology, KPI architecture, decision frameworks, executive narratives, and repeatable reporting
operational
Monitor AI, SaaS, product-led growth, pricing, and competitive dynamics to inform investment choices and business model evolution
analytical
Prepare and deliver executive and Board materials that connect business performance, product strategy, key risks, and strategic recommendations
communication
Define the growth model for ChatGPT Business and articulate how it should scale
leadership
Human-Only (3)
Requires human judgment
Partner with Product, Partnerships, Engineering, and Marketing to allocate resources to the highest-impact opportunities while protecting sustainable unit economics
leadership
Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Growth, Data Science, and Marketing leadership to set product strategy and growth priorities
leadership
Partner with leaders on product-led growth initiatives, experiments, channel strategy, and new product launches
leadership
Job description
Strategic Finance, Product | OpenAI Careers ## Strategic Finance, Product Strategic Finance - San Francisco Apply now(opens in a new window) **About the Team** OpenAI’s Strategic Finance organization provides financial insights and guidance to support the company’s long-term strategy and ambitious growth. We partner across Product, Partnerships, Engineering, and Marketing to allocate resources to the highest-impact opportunities while protecting sustainable unit economics. The Applications Technology Strategic Finance team partners closely with Product to scale core offerings and bring new products to market. We lead revenue forecasting and performance management across the product portfolio, including economic margins, pricing, and partnership deal pricing and structuring. **About the Role** We are hiring a senior strategic finance thought partner to help shape ChatGPT Business, OpenAI’s self-serve product for teams adopting AI at work. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Growth, Data Science, and Marketing leadership to set strategy, evaluate growth bets, guide pricing and packaging decisions, and build the financial rigor that allows the business to scale. You will translate product usage, customer behavior, unit economics, and market signals into decisions on what we build, how we launch, how we monetize, and where we invest. You will help define the growth model for a frontier AI product while working at the intersection of strategy, finance, and technology. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. **In this role, you will:** * Serve as a strategic finance partner to ChatGPT Business product teams, helping shape product strategy, growth priorities, pricing decisions, and investment tradeoffs. * Own the forecast for ChatGPT Business self-serve, including revenue, usage, margin, unit economics, leading indicators, and the operating metrics that show where the product is gaining or losing traction. * Partner with Product, Engineering, Growth, Data Science, and Marketing leaders on product-led growth initiatives, pricing and packaging decisions, experiments, channel strategy, and new product launches. * Translate product usage, customer behavior, funnel dynamics, and financial data into clear recommendations that influence both long-term strategy and day-to-day product decisions. * Build planning and performance systems that help the team move faster, including forecast methodology, KPI architecture, decision frameworks, executive narratives, and repeatable reporting. * Stay up to date on AI, SaaS, product-led growth, pricing, and competitive dynamics to inform where OpenAI should invest and how the business model should evolve. * Prepare and deliver high-quality executive and Board materials that connect business performance, product strategy, key risks, and strategic recommendations. **You might thrive in this role if you have:** * 8+ years of experience in investment banking, consulting, strategic finance, product finance, growth finance, or buy-side investing, coupled with operating experience at a fast-paced, scaling technology company. * Experience supporting product teams on growth, pricing, packaging, monetization, or product strategy decisions, ideally in product-led growth, growth-stage SaaS, consumer/subscription products, or consumption-based business models. * Exceptional analytical and financial modeling skills, including building product P&Ls, operating models, cohort and funnel analyses, pricing models, and unit economics that connect strategy to growth decisions. * Strong business judgment and product instincts, with the ability to evaluate opportunities, tradeoffs, and risks in a fast-moving product environment. * The ability to translate complex product, usage, customer, and financial data into clear recommendations for Product t