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About the Role We’re looking for a senior Strategic Finance Lead to help shape and execute OpenAI’s financial strategy across some of the company’s most important long-term investments and growth priorities. This high-impact role sits at the intersection of corporate finance, capital markets, treasury, and cross-functional execution. In this role, you will: Shape financial strategy for major long-term investments, capital structure decisions, and broader strategic decision-making. Build rigorous financial models and scalable frameworks to evaluate strategic initiatives, funding options, tradeoffs, and risk. Structure and help execute complex strategic initiatives in partnership with cross-functional teams. Translate ambiguous technical and business inputs into clear recommendations and decision-ready materials for executives, the board, and other senior stakeholders. Lead high-priority cross-functional workstreams from concept through execution, bringing strong judgment, ownership, and communication in fast-moving situations. Help build an AI-native finance organization by applying AI to improve workflows, decision-making, and execution across finance processes. You might thrive in this role if you have: 12+ years of experience across strategic finance, corporate finance, capital markets, investment banking, infrastructure finance, or related fields. A strong understanding of capital structure, financing strategy, debt markets, and large-scale investment evaluation. Experience operating in high-growth, high-complexity environments with the ability to navigate ambiguity and move quickly. Exceptional financial modeling, strategic thinking, and problem-solving capabilities. Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate clearly across investors, executives, and technical stakeholders. A high-agency operating style that combines strategic perspective with a willingness to build directly. Excitement around using AI as a core operating advantage, with a mindset

We are building the Finance team to help make data-driven and financially sound decisions for Scale. The team is responsible for improving strategic, financial, and operational decisions by partnering with the leadership team in making critical decisions across Scale. The Corporate Finance team is responsible for owning the company’s budget, helping to drive monthly forecasts and annual planning processes, allocating and deploying the company’s resources efficiently, and performing financial analyses in partnership with all departments. As AI reshapes the competitive landscape, Corporate Finance sits at the center of decisions about where Scale invests, how quickly we scale, and which bets we make. You will have a unique opportunity to work closely with department heads on real-time, high-priority business issues and use quantitative insights to drive better decision making across Scale. The ideal candidate will not only have the technical skills to support their recommendations but also strong interpersonal skills to manage various stakeholders. What You’ll Do Provide analysis to support short and long-term decisions regarding workforce planning across the company. Own tools (such as the company's workforce planning system, TeamOhana) to automate and streamline reporting and headcount processes Partner cross-functionally with HR, Recruiting, Compensation, and Analytics teams to drive scalable analyses and insights. Define and maintain KPIs to measure impact on strategic initiatives and resource allocation. Manage the development, implementation, and administration of our financial forecasting system (Pigment) Partner with finance and accounting to drive process improvements (e.g. month-end close and reporting) Implement enhancements to forecasting tools, processes, and reporting deliverables that reduce manual work and improve data integration Support management, Board business, and financial planning, including presentations and key analysis requests Help execute

ABOUT BASETEN Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F , led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products. THE ROLE We’re looking for a high-performing strategic finance professional to join our growing Finance team. This role is ideal for someone with 3 - 4 years of experience across investment banking, venture capital, private equity and/or strategic finance who wants broad exposure to company-building inside a fast-scaling AI infrastructure company. Experience in strategic finance is a plus, but not required. You’ll work closely with Finance leadership and partner cross-functionally across the Finance leadership team. THE RESPONSIBILITIES Support company-wide financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes Build and maintain operating and financial models across revenue, infrastructure costs, hiring, and strategic initiatives Help prepare board materials, investor updates, and fundraising analyses Partner with business leaders to evaluate investments, acquisitions, pricing, growth initiatives, and operational tradeoffs Analyze consumption and infrastructure metrics including ARR, gross margin, usage trends, retention, and efficiency metrics Drive ad hoc strategic projects including market analysis and scenario planning Improve financial reporting processes, dashboards, and operational rigor as the company scales Act as key data and modeling lead on reporting and analysis Assist with finance operations, procurement, and vendor management as needed Work cross-functionally to turn ambiguous business questions into

The Compute & Infrastructure Strategy team handles strategy and execution of OpenAI’s compute roadmap. This team’s key responsibilities span financial analysis & reporting, capacity planning, commercial and business development, and strategic partnerships. We partner across the business to allocate and deploy our resources for the highest impact outcomes. About the Role Compute is central to OpenAI’s roadmap and vision. We are seeking an Associate to support financial and strategic work across our compute and infrastructure portfolio. This is a finance generalist role that includes core FP&A responsibilities as well as investment analysis, commercial decision support, and strategic planning. You will own analyses and workstreams, partner closely with technical and finance teams, and help shape decisions about how OpenAI invests in and manages compute. In this role, you will be given direction on the objective and expected to independently structure the problem, work through incomplete information, and deliver a high-quality analysis and recommendation. In this role, you will: Build and maintain financial models across different elements of compute, including GPUs, CPUs, storage, networking, data centers, and power Support planning, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and variance analysis across compute and infrastructure Perform investment analysis and evaluate commercial decisions and strategic initiatives Prepare high-quality analyses, recommendations, and Exec and Board-facing presentations Support business partners across compute infrastructure, FP&A, and strategic finance Help improve the team’s processes, tools, and ways of working, and identify opportunities for OpenAI to continue leading in compute You might thrive in this role if you have: 3+ years of experience across private/growth equity, investment banking, or strategic finance, or 3+ years in a finance operating role at a high-growth technology company Background in infrastructure, data

About Stripe Stripe builds financial tools and economic infrastructure for the internet. We’re helping ambitious startups and the world’s most successful companies build products, create new business models, and scale their efforts globally. In pursuit of this mission, the Global Partnerships team develops, executes, and manages partnerships and strategic initiatives that enable Stripe’s product and payments ecosystem. About the team The Strategic Payments Partnerships team develops and manages relationships with payment methods and ecosystem partners that enable Stripe’s product strategy and deliver new capabilities to Stripe users. The team executes high-impact, cross-functional initiatives across new products, geographic expansion, user advocacy, and policy. These partnerships materially affect Stripe and the products used by millions of Stripe users. What you’ll do We’re looking for a Partner Development Manager to own and grow priority payment method partnerships, with a focus on strategic wallets, buy now, pay later (BNPL) providers, and related payment partners. You will manage day-to-day partner relationships and distribution initiatives, lead defined commercial and product initiatives, and work across Stripe to increase payment method adoption and deliver better experiences for users. This role requires sound commercial judgment, a structured approach to execution, and the ability to bring together internal and external stakeholders with different priorities. You will develop deep expertise in your partners and the payment method ecosystem, using that context to identify opportunities, inform Stripe’s decisions, and execute initiatives that support Stripe’s product and business goals. You will: Manage one or more priority payment method partnerships, with a focus on driving joint initiatives and launching new offerings that benefit Stripe users. Manage go-to-market strategy and enablement for defined payment method partners, products, and/or geographies, cr

About the Team OpenAI’s Tax and Trade team sits at the center of OpenAI’s global growth, shaping how cutting-edge AI products, partnerships, and infrastructure scale across borders while navigating complex tax, trade, and regulatory regimes. We operate as strategic operators, not just compliance experts, embedding early in product, finance, policy, and infrastructure decisions to manage risk, unlock incentives, and enable OpenAI to grow responsibly and competitively worldwide. About the Role We’re hiring a Tax Director to help shape some of OpenAI’s most important business, product, infrastructure, and financing initiatives. This role will sit at the intersection of tax, finance, technology, and commercial strategy, advising on the investments, products, partnerships, and operating decisions that enable OpenAI to scale. You will serve as a senior tax business partner to Finance, Legal, Infrastructure, Treasury, Accounting, Product, and commercial teams. Your work will span compute and infrastructure investments, structured financings, commercial contracting, product strategy, new business models, and international expansion. This is a broad, highly commercial role for someone who enjoys solving new problems and influencing business decisions. The ideal candidate combines strong tax judgment with financial acumen, intellectual curiosity, and an understanding of transaction economics, contractual risk allocation, and business operations. You will engage early in strategic initiatives, help teams evaluate possibilities, and develop practical structures that support OpenAI’s growth. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance. In this role, you will: Serve as a senior tax business partner across OpenAI, advising on strategic business decisions, product development, commercial models, infrastructure investments, financing initiatives, and international growth. Serve as the lead tax a

The Lead - Strategy is responsible for driving strategic initiatives, decision-making frameworks, and feasibility assessments for various projects within NMDPL. This role involves extensive research, stakeholder engagement, financial modeling, and charter development to support informed decision-making. The role will oversee project visibility, product mix strategies, industrial resettlement, and financial planning while ensuring alignment with business objectives and stakeholder expectations. Source: Adani Group | Job ID: 50810

The Role MongoDB is seeking a Staff Product Manager to lead strategic initiatives across Identity and Security. In this role, you will serve as the senior product leader shaping the next generation of authentication, authorization, and access control across MongoDB Atlas, the core database engine, and emerging developer platforms. You will lead the strategy for non-human identity—spanning workload identity federation, zero-trust passwordless access, Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations, and autonomous AI agentic identity. You will partner closely with engineering, UX, product marketing, and enterprise customers to build identity experiences that are enterprise-grade, seamless for developers, and secure by default. Responsibilities Set and champion a multi-year product strategy across interrelated identity areas, aligning dependencies and investments to MongoDB’s broader objectives Identify cross-cutting customer and market opportunities, build business cases for investment, and bring a clear point of view to senior stakeholders Lead workload identity federation and programmatic access initiatives across cloud and enterprise identity environments Define secure authorization approaches for AI agents and MCP clients, including delegation, identity lifecycle, policy, and administrative controls Drive developer-first access management, ensuring security controls enhance rather than obstruct developer velocity Partner with engineering, design, GTM, and cross-functional leadership to validate enterprise requirements, prioritize initiatives, and measure feature adoption Stay ahead of evolving cloud security paradigms, emerging standards (e.g., SPIFFE/SPIRE, O4AA), and AI access patterns to guide executive decision-making Represent MongoDB’s security and identity vision at industry events, customer advisory boards, and executive briefings Demonstrate creativity, an innovative spirit, and a bias towards action Requirements 8+ years (or equivalent experience) in Pro

The Role MongoDB is seeking a Staff Product Manager to lead strategic initiatives across Identity and Security. In this role, you will serve as the senior product leader shaping the next generation of authentication, authorization, and access control across MongoDB Atlas, the core database engine, and emerging developer platforms. You will lead the strategy for non-human identity—spanning workload identity federation, zero-trust passwordless access, Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations, and autonomous AI agentic identity. You will partner closely with engineering, UX, product marketing, and enterprise customers to build identity experiences that are enterprise-grade, seamless for developers, and secure by default. Responsibilities Set and champion a multi-year product strategy across interrelated identity areas, aligning dependencies and investments to MongoDB’s broader objectives Identify cross-cutting customer and market opportunities, build business cases for investment, and bring a clear point of view to senior stakeholders Lead workload identity federation and programmatic access initiatives across cloud and enterprise identity environments Define secure authorization approaches for AI agents and MCP clients, including delegation, identity lifecycle, policy, and administrative controls Drive developer-first access management, ensuring security controls enhance rather than obstruct developer velocity Partner with engineering, design, GTM, and cross-functional leadership to validate enterprise requirements, prioritize initiatives, and measure feature adoption Stay ahead of evolving cloud security paradigms, emerging standards (e.g., SPIFFE/SPIRE, O4AA), and AI access patterns to guide executive decision-making Represent MongoDB’s security and identity vision at industry events, customer advisory boards, and executive briefings Demonstrate creativity, an innovative spirit, and a bias towards action Requirements 8+ years (or equivalent experience) in Pro

We’re looking for a strategic operator to help advance OpenAI’s life sciences capabilities and translate them into meaningful scientific and commercial impact. Working closely with research teams and external partners, you’ll identify opportunities to improve AI models, products, and supporting infrastructure, and lead partnerships and strategic initiatives that bring these capabilities into real scientific workflows. This role combines partnership development, strategic judgment, and hands-on execution. You’ll help determine where OpenAI can make the greatest contribution, identify the expertise and resources needed, and bring together the right partners to move from an idea to demonstrated impact. In this role, you will: Shape capability priorities. Work with research and cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize new life sciences capabilities, balancing scientific value, technical feasibility, and commercial potential. Build and execute partnerships. Develop data, research, and commercial partnerships with biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical organizations, and other participants in the life sciences ecosystem. Translate capabilities into real-world applications. Partner with external organizations to apply OpenAI’s technology in scientific workflows, evaluate its usefulness, and use those learnings to inform further development. Structure effective collaborations. Work with legal, finance, research, and other teams to define partnership scope, align incentives, and navigate data access, intellectual property, commercial terms, and governance. Lead strategic initiatives. Identify and own projects that advance scientific capabilities and create long-term value for OpenAI, including licensing, joint development, and new applications of AI. Drive operational execution. Establish clear objectives, milestones, and ownership; coordinate resources; and resolve obstacles across internal teams and external partners. Expand access to expertise. Identify gaps in

The Mid-Corp Relationship Manager is a strategic professional who closely follows latest trends in own field and adapts them for application within own job and the business. Typically a small number of people within the business that provide the same level of expertise. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Accountable for significant direct business results or authoritative advice regarding the operations of the business. Necessitates a degree of responsibility over technical strategy. Primarily affects a sub-function. Responsible for handling staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team/project. Responsibilities: Calls on clients to deepen relationships and proactively owns, responds to, uncovers and anticipates future needs, roadblocks or risks and expectations Introduces solutions to clients in building and strengthening an effective portfolio; Works with product specialists and subject matter experts to structure innovative and customized solutions that meet clients’ individual needs Works closely with Case Manager on the on-boarding and retention of clients, ensuring the appropriate “Know Your Client” (KYC) and other compliance deliverables are met; Identifies cross-sell opportunities to deepen and increase share of wallet; Maximizes client experience by proactive sharing markets updates, trend and intelligence Drives innovation in the solutions we provide clients and further developing our business where necessary and appropriate Execution of strategic initiatives launched centrally at all levels (Group, Bank, commercial market and EIB) Networks with clients to identify

The Mid-Corp Relationship Manager is a strategic professional who closely follows latest trends in own field and adapts them for application within own job and the business. Typically a small number of people within the business that provide the same level of expertise. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Accountable for significant direct business results or authoritative advice regarding the operations of the business. Necessitates a degree of responsibility over technical strategy. Primarily affects a sub-function. Responsible for handling staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team/project. Responsibilities: Calls on clients to deepen relationships and proactively owns, responds to, uncovers and anticipates future needs, roadblocks or risks and expectations Introduces solutions to clients in building and strengthening an effective portfolio; Works with product specialists and subject matter experts to structure innovative and customized solutions that meet clients’ individual needs Works closely with Case Manager on the on-boarding and retention of clients, ensuring the appropriate “Know Your Client” (KYC) and other compliance deliverables are met; Identifies cross-sell opportunities to deepen and increase share of wallet; Maximizes client experience by proactive sharing markets updates, trend and intelligence Drives innovation in the solutions we provide clients and further developing our business where necessary and appropriate Execution of strategic initiatives launched centrally at all levels (Group, Bank, commercial market and EIB) Networks with clients to identify

As a Vice President within this global team, you will own key analytical workstreams, drive strategic client-level initiatives, and execute optimization agendas. Your primary responsibilities will include: Client Analytics & Optimization: Develop client-level analytics to identify and pursue opportunities for optimization. Stakeholder Management: Lead the agenda with Client Treasurer and Client Analytics teams regarding allocation methodologies and strategy. Technology Implementation: Manage the end-to-end tech implementation of new analytics, metrics, and reporting tools. Project Management: Oversee the lifecycle of analytical projects, from data acquisition to final delivery and follow-up. Data Acquisition and Analysis: Perform deep data acquisition and analysis to generate actionable insights and support strategic initiatives. Data Quality Management: Lead the escalation and follow-up process for data quality issues to ensure the integrity of underlying data. Metric Development: Design, develop, and implement new metrics to track performance and drive business outcomes. Ad-hoc Pricing: Provide analytical support and ad-hoc pricing for global clients to ensure optimal returns. System Ownership: Act as the module owner of GSIB, and Client Financials modules in our LMS data-mart (Clearview), driving their development and effective use. As an integral part of the broader Pricing and Optimization team, you will also contribute to a range of activities spanning subject matter expertise on client liquidity value, client pricing, client financials, and Services data architecture. Also, some activities related to product development, which include technical coordination, control execution, and performance monitoring, alongside ad-hoc tasks like issue management, UAT testing, and stakeholder coordinat

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way . Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward. What this job involves Provide support of Integrated Facilities and Property Management clients and internal stakeholders related to optimization of JLL managed services operations and sourcing strategies. Responsible for delivering market, supplier and operational intelligence of services operations; Identifying and leading appropriate field resources to execute strategic initiatives. *This position will be supporting our client FM account teams but not designated to specific client. Be subject matter expert in support of JLL sourcing strategies, supplier relationships and program management. Closely participate in and with clients and Jones Lang LaSalle Sourcing, Facility and Property Management teams to drive both immediate and sustained benefits to the client. Perform periodic market trend analysis in the specific categories; analysing supplier base, industry changes, etc. Report analysis to Supply Chain and business stakeholders in a client ready form. Responsible for implementation, coordination and communication of regional and national programs. Support Category Management team’s supplier relationship and performance programs with key suppliers. Provide management, instruction and follow-up in support of operations teams RFP/bid, contracting and operational

Responsibility Partner with Product / Business / Tech owners and Design & Operation Leaders in understanding long-term capabilities / initiatives that need to be managed in-line with the Organizational strategic choices Review the business case and Own E2E (starting with solutioning till go-live) execution of one or more top level key strategic initiatives on need basis partnering with senior leadership team Besides managing and executing Strategic Programs, need to drive the Strategy Setting & Review exercises like OKR Finalisation, Quarterly/Monthly OKR Reviews Skills/Competencies required Education - B.Tech/B.E, MBA , PMP Certified Understanding of eCommerce industry and hands-on experience in driving complex strategic initiatives 7-10 Years of seasoned experience professional in project/ program management, preferable in supply chain, e-commerce business domains. Strong people skills: ability to influence people, negotiate and be unflustered in crucial conversations Strong affinity for data-based decision-making; adept at designing useful measurements Ability to thrive in an evolving/ambiguous environment and ability to deal with lack of clarity and vagueness Experience in partnering with Senior Leadership & driving Strategic Initiatives Good understanding of SDLC methodologies, in particular Agile methodologies and a know-how in adapting them