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INTRODUCTION As we scale toward a generational structured AI company, we’re hiring our Founding Head of Finance to lead Strategic Finance, Capital Markets, FP&A, and Company-Wide Performance Architecture. This role is for a finance leader who wants to help build a generational company—designing the financial engine, raising capital, and creating a performance model tied directly to long-term value creation. WHAT YOU’LL OWN CAPITAL STRATEGY & FUNDRAISING - Partner with the CEO to lead $50M–$100M+ growth rounds across Series B+. - Own the long-range financial model, capital strategy, and investor narrative. - Build and manage relationships with top-tier venture, growth, and crossover investors. - Lead diligence, investor Q&A, and board-level financial communications. STRATEGIC FINANCE, FP&A & SYSTEMS - Build forecasting, scenario modeling, pricing, and long-range planning systems. - Establish the operating discipline required to scale through Series B, C, D → IPO. - Drive analysis across unit economics, GTM efficiency, R&D leverage, and infra cost modeling. - Partner with Product, Engineering, and Sales to align economics with roadmap and GTM scale. ENTERPRISE ECONOMICS - Translate Granica’s system-level and technical value into CFO-relevant outcomes: infrastructure cost reduction, margin expansion, and multi-year cost predictability. - Apply firsthand experience evaluating large-scale data, cloud, or infrastructure spend to pressure-test pricing, ROI models, and replacement economics versus incumbent providers. - Act as an internal proxy for enterprise CFO decision-making, anticipating concerns around switching costs, procurement, risk, and budget governance. - Inform early design-partner conversations and commercial structuring by embedding economic-buyer judgment into product, pricing, and GTM strategy. - Ensure Granica’s financial story resonates under both investor diligence and enterprise customer scrutiny. PERFORMANCE & COMPENSATION ARCHITECTURE - Design and operationalize a company-wide performance-based compensation system (NPUs). - Build KPI-driven models for engineering, research, GTM, and operations. - Own governance, payout logic, and transparency across total rewards. OPERATIONAL & STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP - Lead planning cycles, resource allocation, and financial readiness. - Build global reporting and financial systems that scale with enterprise demand. - Partner with the CEO on board materials, product strategy, pricing, and market expansion. RISK, CONTROLS & IPO READINESS - Build audit, compliance, and governance frameworks for late-stage scale. - Drive S-1 readiness, revenue recognition compliance, and investor-grade reporting. TEAM BUILDING - Hire and scale FP&A, accounting/controllership, revenue operations, and analytics. - Transition from outsourced support to a high-velocity internal team. WHAT YOU BRING - Experience raising $50M–$100M+ for a high-growth startup. - Scaled a company from Series B/C → Series D → IPO readiness. - Deep expertise in performance-based compensation systems across technical and GTM teams. - Hands-on ownership of FP&A, pricing, forecasting, and model optimization. - Strong understanding of SaaS/AI infrastructure economics (usage-based preferred). - Ability to operate at founder altitude with clarity, speed, and disciplined execution. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS - Competitive salary, meaningful equity, and performance bonus for top performers - 401(k) with company match, comprehensive health coverage, and unlimited PTO - Daily catered meals in our Mountain View office - Support for research, publication, and conference participation At Granica, you'll help build the next generation of enterprise AI—from exabyte-scale data infrastructure, Large Tabular Models (LTMs), and stateful AI agents. Together, we're creating the infrastructure that enables enter