Strategic Finance Manager, Product - Vercel

About Vercel

Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company. We free people and agents to ship what’s next. As the team behind Next.js, v0, and AI SDK, we create products that help builders move from idea to production with speed, security, and exceptional developer experience.

About the Role

We are hiring a Strategic Finance Manager, Product (EPD) to partner with Engineering and Product to drive unit economics, infrastructure efficiency, and margin expansion across Vercel’s consumption-based platform. This role spans cloud infrastructure, token spend, and emerging AI workloads.

What You Will Do

Infrastructure & AI COGS Ownership

• Own financial visibility into compute, bandwidth, storage, and AI-related costs (inference, GPU/accelerated workloads).
• Translate product and infrastructure usage into clear cost drivers.
• Partner with EPD to drive cost-efficient architecture and scaling decisions.

Cost Visibility & Accountability

• Build self-service cost tooling for Product and Engineering (cost per request, per workload, per AI query).
• Enable teams to own and optimize their infrastructure footprint.
• Standardize cost attribution across products and multi-tenant systems.

Efficiency & Margin Expansion

• Lead infrastructure and AI efficiency initiatives (compute optimization, caching, vendor strategy).
• Define north star metrics (e.g., cost per request, cost per AI call, cost per GB).
• Embed cost efficiency into roadmaps and product decisions.

Cost Allocation & Financial Rigor

• Develop scalable cost allocation frameworks across products, customers, and workloads.
• Improve gross margin visibility, including AI product margins.
• Support auditability and IPO readiness.

Cross-Cutting Workstreams

• Unit Economics: Define product-level unit economics and connect usage to revenue and COGS.
• Forecasting: Build driver-based models linking usage, revenue, and infrastructure costs for PLG & SLG segments.
• Pricing & Packaging: Partner on usage-based and AI pricing models, evaluating tradeoffs between growth and margin.

About You

• 5-8+ years in Strategic Finance, FP&A, IB, or Consulting.
• Experience with consumption-based or cloud infrastructure businesses.
• Strong modeling skills; experience with driver-based forecasting.
• Ability to partner with technical teams and translate usage into financial insight.
• SQL / data tooling experience strongly preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including equity.
• Inclusive Healthcare Package.
• Mentorship and professional development opportunities.
• Flexible Time Off.
• Gear and WFH budget to outfit your space.