Gimlet Labs is an applied research lab focused on building high performance AI systems. Backed by Menlo and Sapphire.
About the role
As Director of FP&A, you will build Gimlet’s FP&A function and help shape the financial decisions behind our growth. You will own the consolidated financial model, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis for a rapidly scaling AI infrastructure business. Cash burn, liquidity, runway, and the economics of deploying compute will be central to your work. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Approximately 8–10+ years of experience in FP&A, strategic finance, or investment banking combined with operating finance
- Demonstrated ownership of consolidated models, budgets, forecasts, and budget-versus-actual analysis
- Strong modeling skills, including independently developing assumptions, evaluating scenarios, and identifying key business drivers
- Substantial exposure to data centers or large-scale infrastructure capex, including planning and monitoring major investments
- An understanding of how hardware capex, deployment costs, power, cooling, and operating expenses affect margins, depreciation, and cash flow
- Strong data analytics skills and the ability to translate complex information into clear recommendations
More about this role
Gimlet is building the first multi-silicon neocloud designed for fast, efficient AI inference.
We combine large-scale compute infrastructure with an execution platform that partitions AI workloads and maps each stage to the hardware best suited to run it.
We work with foundation labs, hyperscalers, and AI-native companies, giving our team access to technical problems spanning frontier models, production infrastructure, and emerging hardware.
As Director of FP&A, you will build Gimlet’s FP&A function and help shape the financial decisions behind our growth. You will own the consolidated financial model, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis for a rapidly scaling AI infrastructure business. Cash burn, liquidity, runway, and the economics of deploying compute will be central to your work.
You will partner with executive leadership, Strategic Finance, Infrastructure, and GTM to translate company strategy into operating plans and capital allocation decisions. You will build models that connect customer demand, infrastructure investment, and operating costs, giving leadership clear visibility into the assumptions, risks, and tradeoffs behind each plan.
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