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OpenAI · 1 week ago

Strategic Finance, Hardware Product Finance

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$265K/yr - $265K/yr

8+ years exp

OpenAI is dedicated to building safe artificial general intelligence that benefits all of humanity. They are seeking a Hardware Product Finance Partner to oversee product-level economics and provide financial decision support, ensuring that product and launch decisions are grounded in rigorous financial analysis.

Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end product financial models across the hardware lifecycle, from early concept and roadmap planning through launch, scale, and sustainability, including unit economics, SKU-level P&Ls, and lifecycle margin trajectories

Serve as a key finance partner to Product, Engineering, and GTM to support key product decisions (e.g., pricing, feature tradeoffs, performance targets) through clear financial frameworks and scenario analysis

Translate product and GTM strategies into financially grounded execution plans, integrating assumptions around demand, pricing, volume ramps, mix, yields, and lifecycle margins

Drive product-level profitability and capital efficiency, proactively identifying margin risks, cost inflection points, and ROI tradeoffs across features, SKUs, and launch scenarios early in the development cycle

Partner closely with GTM teams to evaluate pricing, discounting, bundling, channel mix, and sales strategy, quantifying the margin, revenue, and cash-flow implications of different go-to-market approaches

Build and maintain standardized SKU-level P&Ls, unit-economics dashboards, and scenario models to provide consistent, executive-ready visibility into product performance and risks

Support decision-making by analyzing product economics, informing prioritization, sequencing, and long-term product strategy

Contribute to the development and scaling of the hardware product finance foundation, improving modeling rigor, data quality, and decision support as the hardware business grows

Qualification

Financial modelingProduct financial analysisHardware lifecycle managementCost reduction initiativesSupply chain experienceCritical evaluationData storytellingEnthusiasm for hardwareCommunication skillsAttention to detail

Required

8+ years of progressive finance experience with significant exposure to hardware, manufacturing, or complex supply chain businesses

A passion for helping build world-class finance teams and driving business and financial outcomes, as measured on margin improvement, working capital efficiency, forecast accuracy, and execution of cost-reduction initiatives

A strong ability to critically evaluate opportunities and risks

Expert modeling skills with best-in-class attention to detail and unwavering commitment to accuracy

An exemplary ability to distill complex financial information into actionable insights

Excellent communication skills and 'story telling' ability when presenting data insights

Strong enthusiasm for building hardware products for the AI era