Strategic Finance, Product and R&d

Hex Hex · Data AI · New York, NY +1 · Finance

This role is a Strategic Finance leader focused on Product and R&D at Hex, a SaaS company. The primary responsibilities include forecasting and planning for AI and Self Serve revenue, modeling pricing and packaging, managing COGS and gross margins (including inference and cloud spend), and R&D headcount planning. The role partners closely with Product, Engineering, and Infra leaders to guide the business towards scalable unit economics and build durable financial reporting.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own forecasting and planning for AI and Self Serve revenue, including the implications of usage-based pricing and model cost dynamics.
  2. Model pricing and packaging scenarios. Bring a point of view on tradeoffs, and help the team understand what matters and what is noise.
  3. Establish and run Self Serve ARR planning and forecasting with clear assumptions, partnering with both Product and Growth Marketing teams.
  4. Build a visible, regular forecast for COGS and gross margins, including the drivers of inference and cloud spend, and how they relate to product and GTM decisions.
  5. Own R&D headcount planning. Partner with EPD leaders on hiring plans, re-plans, and capacity tradeoffs.

Skills

Required

  • FP&A fundamentals
  • forecasting
  • variance analysis
  • driver-based modeling
  • monetization analysis
  • pricing analysis
  • SaaS gross margins
  • AI inference costs
  • cloud compute costs
  • partnering with Product and Engineering teams
  • clear communication
  • structuring ambiguous problems
  • stakeholder alignment
  • judgment
  • prioritization
  • building financial models
  • building financial processes
  • building data workflows
  • 5+ years of experience in Strategic Finance or FP&A at a fast-growing SaaS business

What the JD emphasized

  • AI inference and cloud compute costs
  • AI and Self Serve revenue