# Strategic Finance Lead - Compute at Perplexity

- Company: Perplexity
- What the company does: Backed by Accel, Bessemer and NEA.
- Company website: http://www.perplexity.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $190K to $240K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-16
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/perplexity/39250c5d-1670-4a63-8a66-bfd495c85e6f
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/perplexity-strategic-finance-lead-compute/

## About the role

We are seeking a Strategic Finance Lead for our GPU compute fleet. In this role, you will be a key partner to our inference and infrastructure teams, providing financial expertise to optimize our compute investments and drive capacity decisions.

## What they're looking for

- Exceptional analytical skills with an ability to synthesize data into compelling insights and develop complex financial operating models
- Extraordinary problem-solving and critical thinking abilities to develop new frameworks for assessing utilization and capital efficiency in a rapidly evolving industry
- Attention to detail and patience for getting to the source of truth on complex and interconnected contract and usage data
- Comfort being the finance person in the room with engineering leads and vendor counterparts, and adept at communicating complex financial information to non-finance audiences
- A proven track record of partnering with technical teams to drive financial optimization initiatives, building enough trust to become indispensable to their roadmap and resourcing decisions
- A bias toward action, strong work ethic, and experience driving operational outcomes under tight timelines

Tags: Finance