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About the role
Benchling is rebuilding biotech for the AI era. Our platform brings together scientific data, workflows, and AI to help biotechnology companies move from research to breakthrough faster. We’re looking for a Head of Strategic Finance to help shape Benchling’s next stage of growth. You will work closely with our CFO, executive team and leaders across the company to translate strategy into financial plans, guide our most important investment decisions, and create a clear view of business performance.
What they're looking for
- Significant experience in strategic finance, FP&A, or a related finance leadership role within enterprise software or another complex, high-growth business - experience at a growth-stage enterprise SaaS company is a plus
- Deep fluency in SaaS business models and the metrics that drive durable growth, retention, and operating efficiency
- Experience supporting a company through significant scale, business-model evolution, or preparation for the public markets
- A tech-forward mindset that enthusiastically explores new tools and processes as means to improve business insight and team experience
- Led company-wide planning, forecasting, and long-range modeling in partnership with executives and functional leaders
- Track record of influencing major business decisions through clear analysis, strong judgment, and business acumen
More about this role
We are rebuilding biotech for the AI era.
When a breakthrough is delayed, the world waits. Getting a molecule from discovery to patients, or a crop from lab to field, involves thousands of slow, manual, disconnected steps. AI has the potential to change this, compressing decades of R&D work into years. But that only happens when clean, structured scientific data and AI are built into how science gets done.
Benchling is the AI platform for biotech R&D. Scientists use Benchling to design experiments, capture structured data, and run AI agents and models directly in their workflows. Over 200,000 scientists around the world trust Benchling to power their most important work, from academic labs to Sanofi, Moderna, and more than half of the world's top 50 biopharma.
We’re building an AI scientist for our customers. We can’t do that if we haven’t built the muscle ourselves. AI fluency is the foundation we build on; it's core to how we work, and we're committed to helping every new hire integrate it into their day-to-day. As part of our interview process, you'll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about and use AI to drive impact in your...
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