Strategic Projects Lead

About Us:At Fireworks AI, we are pioneering the future of generative AI infrastructure. Our platform offers the highest-quality models with unparalleled speed and scalability in the industry. Independently recognized as the leader in LLM inference speed, we drive innovation through cutting-edge projects such as function calling and multimodal models. As a Se…

Join Moonlake, where we harness AI to build immersive world simulations.Finance & Strategic Operations LeadLocation: San Mateo, CAType: Full-time · On-siteOverviewAt Moonlake, we're pioneering the future of AI infrastructure for interactive digital environments. Our mission is to empower creators to design, simulate, and engage with intricate worlds using natural language and multimodal inputs, transforming simple concepts into structured, logical universes populated with intelligent agents.Having secured $28 million in seed funding from notable investors such as NVIDIA Ventures, Threshold Ventures, AIX Ventures, along with renowned individual backers like Naval Ravikant and Jeff Dean, we're establishing the foundational technology for the next generation of AI, which will power everything from creative applications and gaming to robotics training and digital twin simulations. Our vision is to make the creation and testing of these environments as accessible and scalable as sharing videos online.We are seeking a Finance & Strategic Operations Lead to help us build a robust financial framework that supports our rapid growth in the frontier AI space.This pivotal role will blend finance, strategy, and operations, working closely with our leadership team on financial planning, fundraising readiness, and strategic initiatives.

As the Director of Strategic Sourcing at Freshworks, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our procurement strategies and optimizing our supply chain processes. You will lead a dynamic team, collaborating with cross-functional departments to ensure we meet our organizational goals efficiently. Your expertise in vendor management, contract negotiation, and market analysis will be crucial in driving cost-effective solutions while maintaining quality standards.

Join Roblox as the Principal Counsel for Strategic Partnerships, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our collaboration initiatives. You will be responsible for negotiating, drafting, and managing key agreements that drive strategic partnerships. This is an exciting opportunity to influence the growth and success of Roblox's platform.

Who We AreAt Verkada, we are revolutionizing the way organizations safeguard their personnel and properties through an advanced, AI-driven platform. As a frontrunner in cloud-based physical security, Verkada empowers businesses to enhance safety and operational efficiency via a singular integrated software solution, which encompasses video security, access control, air quality monitoring, alarms, intercom systems, and visitor management.With over 30,000 global clients, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies, Verkada serves as a trusted partner in physical security, offering streamlined management, intelligent controls, and scalable solutions. Established in 2016, Verkada has experienced rapid growth, boasting 15 offices and a workforce of over 2,200 full-time employees.About the RoleAs the Senior Manager of Strategic Sourcing, you will spearhead the development and execution of comprehensive sourcing strategies. Your role will involve negotiating with vendors, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and fulfilling the objectives of the Spend Money Wisely team—our unique approach to Strategic Sourcing. You will focus on securing advantageous contracts, optimizing our technology portfolio through vendor consolidations, and offering strategic insights to our partners regarding new features, seat/usage expansions, and rip-and-replace initiatives. Additionally, you will lead sourcing initiatives, nurture vendor relationships, and work alongside Legal, Security, and Finance teams to ensure cost-effectiveness and value maximization across Verkada’s technology assets.We are dedicated to fostering a vibrant in-office culture, hence this position requires your presence at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA, five days a week.

Job DescriptionJoin us at StealthHC, an innovative Healthcare AI startup currently in stealth mode, as we seek our inaugural hire for the Strategic Finance & Operations role. As part of our team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of healthcare.About UsWe are a dedicated team driven by deep thinking, speed, craftsmanship, and a focus on customer satisfaction. Our goal is to create the best possible care experience in healthcare, with a vision that extends over the next 30 years. Our founding team boasts extensive expertise across medicine, product development, operations, and engineering, having successfully launched multiple products and scaled companies from inception to valuations exceeding $1 billion, with over $60 million in annual recurring revenue and 100 million monthly active users.Our mission is to empower physicians by simplifying the process of starting, operating, and expanding their practices. We believe that the future of healthcare lies in the hands of individual, empowered physicians rather than large, bureaucratic organizations. By reducing the barriers to practice ownership, we enable doctors to provide better care for all.Our team consists of builders, physicians, and operators with decades of combined experience in healthcare and technology, including over 30 years of hands-on experience in managing successful independent practices across urgent care centers and surgical facilities.We have also played key roles in developing products that serve billions of users at top companies like Meta, Dropbox, Instagram, Coda, and Nomad.Our ProgressAchieved significant product-market fit with $4 million in annual recurring revenue within 14 months, setting our sights on reaching $18 million by 2026.We are profitable and supported by leading venture capitalists in the healthcare sector.We seek a versatile generalist to help us scale to hundreds of customers. You will thrive in this role if you are eager to take ownership of a product, process, or the company as we grow from 1 to 100.Ideal Candidate ProfileYou are a motivated self-starter with a relentless drive for results.You possess the ability to think independently and can devise and implement strategic plans comprehensively.You thrive on tackling complex challenges and have a knack for designing innovative products and solutions.You are comfortable navigating abstract problems and uncertainty.You enjoy tinkering and have a passion for building processes that enhance efficiency.

Join Roblox as a Strategic Financial Analyst in Revenue, where you'll play a crucial role in shaping our financial strategies and driving revenue growth. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze data, forecast revenue trends, and provide strategic insights that influence key business decisions.

Join Freshworks as a Director of Strategic Business Development and lead our initiatives in identifying and pursuing new opportunities that align with our growth strategy. In this pivotal role, you will oversee efforts to develop and execute strategies that drive partnerships and revenue growth, ensuring our competitive edge in the market.

Join Verkada as a Manager of Strategic Finance and Business Operations, where you will play a pivotal role in driving strategic financial initiatives. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to enhance business operations and optimize financial performance. This is an exciting opportunity to lead financial strategies that support our growth and operational excellence.

About Us:At Fireworks, we are pioneering the future of generative AI infrastructure. Our innovative platform provides the highest-quality models with unparalleled inference speed and scalability, independently recognized as the industry leader in LLM inference. Our cutting-edge projects, including our own function calling and multimodal models, drive the forefront of AI technology. As a Series C company valued at $4 billion, we are backed by esteemed investors such as Benchmark, Sequoia, Lightspeed, Index, and Evantic. Our collaborative team, comprised of veterans from Meta PyTorch and Google Vertex AI, is ambitious and dedicated to building the future.About the TeamThe Finance and Business Operations team at Fireworks is critical to our scaling strategy—integrating the infrastructure that supports our inference cloud with the financial insights that guide strategic decisions across the company. We collaborate closely with engineering, product, and leadership to make informed, swift resource allocations. Your contributions will shape the growth trajectory of one of the most pivotal infrastructure companies in AI.About the RoleWe are seeking a Senior Manager or Director of Strategic Finance to spearhead infrastructure capacity and financial planning, acting as the financial partner for our Engineering and Product teams.In this role, you will architect our investment strategy in GPUs and infrastructure—the bedrock of our operations. Beyond financial modeling, your integration with our engineering and product teams will enhance decision-making processes, ensuring financial diligence in roadmap trade-offs, headcount planning, and strategic investments. This position is ideal for someone who excels in both analytical and collaborative environments.This role is based at our San Mateo, CA office with a hybrid work schedule.Your ResponsibilitiesOversee capacity planning for compute infrastructure, modeling GPU, storage, and networking requirements against both current and anticipated demand.Lead financial planning for infrastructure investments, including scenario modeling, vendor assessments, and cost optimization strategies.Act as the principal finance business partner to Engineering and Product teams, facilitating roadmap prioritization, investment decisions, and resource allocation.Gain a comprehensive understanding of contract structures and pricing to uncover optimization opportunities.Develop and maintain financial models linking infrastructure expenditures to business outcomes.Communicate complex technical financial insights effectively across teams.

Join Verkada as a Senior Associate in Business Analytics within our Strategic Finance & Business Operations team. In this pivotal role, you will leverage data analytics to drive strategic decision-making and optimize operations across our organization. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify trends, provide actionable insights, and develop data-driven solutions that align with our business objectives.

Who We AreAt Verkada, we are revolutionizing the way organizations safeguard their people and spaces through a comprehensive, AI-driven platform. As a front-runner in cloud-based physical security, we empower over 30,000 organizations globally—including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies—to enhance safety and efficiency via a unified software solution that encompasses video surveillance, access control, air quality monitoring, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management.Founded in 2016, Verkada has experienced rapid expansion, boasting 15 offices and a workforce exceeding 2,200 full-time employees.About The RoleThis is a remarkable opportunity to collaborate closely with our Marketing teams at a rapidly growing pre-IPO startup, as a key member of Verkada's Strategic Finance & Business Operations team. You will serve as an essential analytical partner to our CMO, Data Science, and Demand Generation leaders, assisting in spend allocation decisions and evaluating the effectiveness of our Marketing initiatives. Your role will also involve leading quarterly business reviews, setting overarching goals and key performance metrics, and managing other executive operating rhythms. This position reports directly to the VP of Strategic Finance & Business Operations.In this role, you will:Act as the primary business partner to the Marketing organization, owning all budgeting and planning processes.Guide the planning and goal-setting efforts for Marketing-driven pipeline, ROI, and budget allocations, ensuring alignment with the company's broader top-line objectives.Generate insights regarding the performance of our various acquisition channels and marketing programs throughout the funnel and buying lifecycle.Lead crucial change initiatives within Marketing to facilitate business operations at an elevated scale.

Who We AreAt Verkada, we are revolutionizing the way organizations safeguard their personnel and premises through an innovative, AI-enhanced platform. As a frontrunner in cloud-based physical security, Verkada empowers organizations to enhance safety and operational efficiency via a unified software solution encompassing video surveillance, access management, air quality monitoring, alarms, intercom systems, and visitor management.Trusted by over 30,000 organizations globally, including more than 100 companies listed in the Fortune 500, Verkada is recognized for simplifying management, enabling intelligent oversight, and facilitating scalable deployments. Established in 2016, we have experienced rapid growth, operating from 15 offices and employing over 2,200 dedicated professionals.About The RoleWe are thrilled to invite you to join our Strategic Finance & Business Operations team at a dynamic pre-IPO startup. In this pivotal position, you will collaborate across various departments as a trusted advisor, guiding leaders and teams at Verkada to enhance business insights, bolster decision-making processes, and achieve operational excellence. Your contributions will be essential as we strive to elevate our scale and operational sophistication. This position is located in San Mateo, California.What You'll DoServe as the primary Finance business partner to several senior leaders.Lead financial planning, budgeting, reporting, and ad hoc analysis for these teams, driving improved financial discipline and predictability.Spot opportunities to optimize resource allocation and operational efficiency, collaborating cross-functionally on critical change projects to realize these opportunities.Facilitate business operations at a higher scale through enhanced tools, self-service automation, and refined internal processes.What You Bring3-5+ years of top-tier professional experience. You possess a background in Strategic Finance, Business Operations, FP&A, or other analytical roles within a fast-growing startup, potentially with prior experience in investing, management consulting, or investment banking.High analytical prowess combined with strong modeling and data skills. You adeptly translate business concepts into well-structured spreadsheet models and are eager to explore new analytical tools to derive insights from data. Familiarity with SQL/database concepts and modern BI tools (e.g., Looker, Pigment) is a significant advantage.

Who We AreVerkada is revolutionizing the way organizations safeguard their personnel and properties through a unified, AI-driven platform. As a frontrunner in cloud-based physical security, Verkada empowers organizations to enhance safety and operational efficiency via a single, integrated software platform that encompasses solutions for video surveillance, access control, air quality monitoring, alarms, intercom systems, and visitor management.With over 30,000 organizations globally, including more than 100 Fortune 500 companies, Verkada is trusted as a pivotal layer of physical security for streamlined management, intelligent oversight, and scalable implementations. Established in 2016, Verkada has experienced rapid growth, boasting 15 offices and over 2,200 dedicated employees.About the RoleJoining the Sales Strategy and Operations Strategic Planning team places you at the forefront of generating insights and strategies that propel our Sales team's achievement. This position serves as an excellent foundation for individuals keen to understand the operational dynamics of a rapidly scaling business.As a vital contributor, you will engage in a diverse range of impactful projects—transforming ideas from inception to execution—while fostering collaboration across sales, finance, product, and operations teams to ensure seamless and scalable growth.What You'll DoStrategy & Planning: Perform ongoing and ad hoc strategic analyses to establish plans and objectives, integrating operations and strategy to inform critical business decisions.Modeling & Forecasting: Develop and maintain headcount models, sales forecasts, quota projections, and resource plans to facilitate strategic decision-making.Stakeholder Management: Lead daily communications with cross-functional teams to ensure organizational alignment.Analytics: Analyze quota performance and sales data to provide actionable insights that improve sales efficiency and planning processes.While addressing daily challenges directly, we are also laying the groundwork for sustainable success. Expect to roll up your sleeves, delve into complex data, and take ownership of processes that yield measurable impact.You will navigate spreadsheets and collaborate closely with stakeholders to troubleshoot, analyze, and help shape the future of Verkada.

Stellic is on an exciting growth trajectory, and we are seeking a dynamic Product Delivery Lead to champion partner success in one of our essential product domains. You will be embedded within a product squad, collaborating closely with Product Managers, engineers, and designers, rather than being sidelined in a services organization. This role is perfect for those who thrive on tackling challenging problems and have a knack for reimagining inefficient processes. If you enjoy unraveling complex issues, you will flourish in this environment.ABOUT USAt Stellic, we are committed to shaping a future where every student navigates their educational journey with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Our platform revolutionizes the student experience, equipping them with the necessary tools to make informed decisions about their academic paths, track their progress, and create personalized education and career trajectories.As a rapidly expanding startup supported by prominent social impact investors, we partner with prestigious institutions like Cornell, Columbia, UVA, and Ohio State to benefit over 1 million students across 7 countries. As we scale to support more universities globally, we remain dedicated to our mission and values, aspiring to build a high-performance team that makes a lasting impact on students' lives and the landscape of higher education.ABOUT YOUYou are the go-to person when challenges arise. You proactively seek clarity instead of waiting for it to come to you. Your mindset is rooted in product logic and system thinking, always questioning the current processes and envisioning improvements. You possess a natural talent for decluttering chaotic situations, whether it’s a flawed implementation, a perplexed partner, or an inefficient process. You are passionate about excellence in your work and consistently uphold high standards in everything you undertake.AS OUR PRODUCT DELIVERY LEAD, YOU WILL OWNPartner Implementations: Lead the comprehensive implementation process of your product area from gathering requirements and designing solutions to configuration, validation, and launch, ensuring quality and readiness at every stage.Solution Design: Assist partners in transforming their institutional objectives into effective, sustainable product configurations. You will be the authority on optimal outcomes, guiding partners towards achieving them.Deep Troubleshooting: When issues arise, you dive deep into the problem. You don’t just manage crises; you resolve them and involve others as needed to find solutions.Training and Enablement: Educate partners on the intricacies of the product to empower them in their usage and implementation.

Join 360IT Professionals as a Senior Project Manager, where you will lead and manage critical projects, ensuring timely delivery and optimal resource allocation. Your expertise in project management methodologies will be key to driving project success and fostering collaboration among team members.

Aperia Technologies is pioneering a transformative era for commercial vehicle fleets by introducing cutting-edge hardware and data analytics solutions. We are the proud innovators of the award-winning Halotm Automatic Tire Inflator, along with the cloud-based Halo Connect tire analytics platform. Our advancements are not only saving fleets thousands of hours of downtime each week but also playing a vital role in reducing the carbon footprint and environmental impact of the freight industry. Join us as we broaden our product line and embark on our mission to bring the "backbone of our economy" into the automation age.Your RoleNote: We are currently unable to sponsor H-1B, F-1 OPT, or STEM OPT extensions.As a Senior Engineering Project Manager, you will be instrumental in launching new designs and products within our manufacturing plant. Your leadership will span from concept development to full-scale production, guiding cross-functional teams to achieve flawless execution, timely delivery, and operational excellence. Your skills in project management, process engineering, and manufacturing readiness will be pivotal in driving the success of our product launches and the expansion of our business. Given our rapid growth, this role offers the potential to evolve into overseeing several medium-sized projects and/or products as business demands dictate.In a fast-paced, hands-on setting, you will work closely with design and manufacturing engineering, supply chain, quality, and operations teams. As a trusted leader, you will foster collaboration, tackle complex challenges, and ensure every product launch adheres to cost, quality, and scheduling targets. This position requires onsite presence.

Stellic is on an exciting trajectory of growth! We are seeking a Platform Lead to spearhead the technical vision of our architectural systems. With significant investments in AI capabilities, search infrastructure, and shared platform primitives, we require a visionary technical leader who can define not only the solutions we develop but also how our engineering teams build upon them. ABOUT USAt Stellic, we are dedicated to creating a future where every student navigates their educational journey with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Our platform revolutionizes the student experience, equipping them with the essential tools to make informed decisions regarding their degree paths, monitor their progress, and establish personalized education and career trajectories.As a rapidly expanding startup supported by prominent social impact investors, we collaborate with esteemed institutions such as Cornell, Columbia, UVA, and Ohio State to empower over 1 million students across 7 countries. As we scale our services for universities worldwide, we remain steadfast in our mission, driven by our core values and focused on cultivating a high-performance team that is committed to making a significant impact on both students' lives and the landscape of higher education. STELLIC ENGINEERSThe engineers at Stellic embody a unique combination of curiosity, creativity, and business insight, enabling them to deliver effective solutions with remarkable speed and uncompromised quality. Our mission to assist students remains at the forefront of their development efforts. THE PLATFORM TEAMThe Platform Team is tasked with creating essential infrastructure and key product interfaces that drive Stellic's core functionalities. We manage critical systems such as search, which is fundamental to user experience, alongside an expanding suite of AI-driven features, including AI Analytics and the AI platform. These systems encompass both user-facing functionalities and internal components utilized across our products.In addition to overseeing features from inception to completion, our team develops shared primitives like workflow infrastructure and AI systems that are leveraged widely within the engineering domain. Currently, we are focused on enhancing the reliability and scalability of these systems while continuing to innovate new capabilities that broaden the horizons of what our platform can achieve.As the technical lead for the Platform, your influence will extend across teams and the overall product, shaping both the systems we create and how other teams interact with and build upon them.

We are seeking an ambitious and driven Growth Lead to join our dynamic team at maxima. In this pivotal role, you will spearhead our growth initiatives and drive strategic marketing efforts aimed at expanding our market presence. Your expertise in identifying growth opportunities and implementing innovative strategies will be crucial for our success.

Join our growing team at Stellic as an Integration Lead. In this pivotal role, you will oversee the essential systems that connect university Student Information Systems (SIS) to our innovative platform, ensuring data integrity and reliability that underpin our product's functionality. We are seeking a technical leader who can advance our integration architecture to new heights. ABOUT USAt Stellic, we are dedicated to transforming the educational journey for students, providing them with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Our platform empowers students to make informed decisions regarding their degree plans and career paths.As a fast-growing startup fueled by prominent social impact investors, we collaborate with esteemed institutions such as Cornell, Columbia, UVA, and Ohio State, impacting over 1 million students across 7 countries. Our commitment to this mission is unwavering as we scale our efforts globally, driven by our core values and a focus on building a high-performance team that makes a meaningful difference in higher education. STELLIC ENGINEERSOur engineers blend curiosity, creativity, and business insight, delivering practical solutions swiftly and with the highest quality. Keeping our mission to help students at the forefront, they continuously innovate as they develop our platform. THE INTEGRATION TEAMThe Integration team serves as a critical link between university SIS and Stellic, ensuring that our data remains accurate, current, and dependable. This team manages the entire integration process, including pipelines, data models, and the interfaces that facilitate external data access throughout our product. You will need to navigate various external systems, each with unique complexities, and create standardized internal representations that our product can depend on.Additionally, you will drive the evolution of Stellic's integration strategy, refining multiple legacy patterns into a cohesive standard that supports both scalability and future product development.As the Integration Lead, your contributions will directly enhance how external data flows through Stellic, significantly impacting the platform's reliability and trustworthiness.