Strategic Finance Lead - AI
Perplexity · San Francisco
- Level
- Lead
- Type
- full-time
- Mode
- On-site / hybrid
- Posted
- 2026-09-01
- Compensation
- $190K – $240K • Offers Equity
- Team
- Finance, Finance
Role description
About the Role We are seeking a Strategic Finance Lead to help lead the economics of our AI products. In this role, you will be a key partner to our product, inference, and data teams, providing financial expertise to optimize model spend and drive pricing and margin decisions. In this role, you'll develop deep expertise in the unit economics of AI products, from per-request serving cost to consolidated product-level margin across our portfolio.…
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