Manager of Strategic Finance (FP&A)

US-Remote

Who we are

Are you passionate about innovating at the intersection of technology and personal security? At Pindrop, we recognize that the human voice is a unique personal identifier, increasingly susceptible to sophisticated fraud, including the threat of deepfakes. We're leading the way in developing cutting-edge authentication, fraud prevention, and deepfake detection. Our mission is to provide seamless and secure digital experiences, safeguarding the most personal aspect of our identity: our voice. Here, you'll be part of a team driven by values of Innovation, Customer Advocacy, Excellence, and Impact. We're not just creating a safer digital landscape by fortifying trust and integrity with those we serve, we’re also building a dynamic, supportive workplace where your contributions make a real difference.

Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Pindrop is backed by world-class investors such as Andreessen-Horowitz, IVP, and CapitalG.

What you’ll do 

Pindrop is looking for a Manager of Strategic Finance, a critical role for an individual who desires outsized business impact and redefining landscapes. Reporting to the Director, Strategic Finance, this role will ensure Pindrop’s financial, strategic, and operational objectives are achieved. We are excited to have you join our team if you desire creating impact and have superpowers in the following areas:

1. Analytical Horsepower for Insight Extraction
2. Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Impact
3. Reporting Automation and Data Capabilities

• Leverage product analytics, performance data, and market trends to build financial projections for all cloud environments such as Google Cloud and AWS
• Own cloud cost modeling to improve forecasting accuracy and lead the annual budget process for all Cloud hosting while providing data-driven decision support to selecting reserved instance commitments
• Appraise product features and monetization opportunities and partnering with Product Management on building business cases for investment thesis and ROI analysis
• Manage the development of sales targets and forecasts while collaborating with Sales Ops to design and implement incentive-based sales compensation plans and assist with process and systems improvements (i.e. SFDC)
• Partner with key stakeholders to build a robust GTM long-range model and planning strategy, including country expansion, sales coverage ratios and productivity, headcount capacity model, CS cost per case, cohort analyses, net dollar retention, etc.
• Partner with Marketing and Partners org to develop a comprehensive view of insightful pipeline analytics and reporting, highlighting areas of strength or weakness across the business, and recommendations for action
• Build cost-to-book (CTB) analysis and develop customer lifetime value (CLV) analysis to better understand cost of maintaining a customer vs acquiring new
• Automate dashboard reporting and repeatable analyses while improving data culture by leveraging SQL and Python

Who you are

• You aspire to take on an active role in building a path to IPO 
• You are a trusted advisor to the business to guide investments and strategic direction
• You are an independent logical thinker comfortable operating in ambiguity while solving problems with analysis, data, and structured arguments 
• You are comfortable presenting data to all levels of the organization including executive teams
• You have a growth-mindset and can handle the current tactical projects while simultaneously maintaining the strategic direction and creating a path forward
• You are resilient in the face of challenges, change, and ambiguity
• You are optimistic and believe that you can make a problem into a solution
• You are resourceful, excited to uncover innovative solutions and teach yourself something new when needed
• You take accountability, do the things you say you’ll do, under-promise and over-deliver
• You are nimble and adaptable when priorities change and continue to see the “forest through the trees” 

Your skill-set: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance and/or Data Science or equivalent experience required
• 5-7 years of total professional experience in Strategic Finance and/or Business Operations combined with investment banking or management consulting experience
• High-growth B2B SaaS company experience required
• Spreadsheet modeling skills including charts, graphs, pivot tables, etc. with both Google Sheets and Excel required 
• Demonstrated proficiency in reporting automation and data visualization (i.e. SQL, Python, Looker, Tableau, etc.) and financial planning tools (i.e. Vareto, Netsuite, Adaptive, TM1, etc.) BigQuery is a plus. 
• Proven ability to create financial and operational models with an understanding in Enterprise SaaS/Usage-based models and operational metrics
• Experience with exit transactions and liquidity events such IPO, M&A, private fundraising, etc. preferred
• Interest in people management opportunities in the future preferred

What’s in it for you:

As a Pindropper, you join a rapidly growing company making technology more human with the power of voice. You will work alongside some of the best and brightest. We’re a passionate group committed to excellence - but that doesn’t stop us from enjoying the journey as a team with chess and poker tournaments, catered lunches and happy hours, wellness programming, and more. Because we take our jobs seriously, we add in time for rest with Unlimited PTO, Focus Thursday, and Company-wide Rest Days. 

Within 30 days you’ll

• Complete onboarding and attend New Employee Orientation sessions with other new Pindroppers
• Familiarize with company products and business model, 
• Complete all initial 1:1s with key stakeholders and team
• Complete Company onboarding along with finance onboarding checklist (finance process, system access, confluence pages, etc.)
• Be part of existing key business meeting cadences and learn our business’s most essential metrics, objectives, challenges, and opportunities
• Get to know your team, conduct 1:1s with key stakeholders and begin to build relationships with your peers, and executives

Within 60 days you’ll

• Contribute by raising questions and assessing opportunities of improvement of current processes, including sales and demand gen forecast, BvA Forecast cycles, system migrations, etc.
• Gain a strong understanding of the monthly finance close cadence, forecasting cycle and gaps by drafting a proposal on key process improvements, including model enhancements and new areas to build upon and support
• Build and refine new dashboards to ensure KPI on track and drive reporting automation
• Lean into partnerships with GTM and Product leaders to drill into opportunities for revenue and cost optimization while building forecast model framework

Within 90 days you’ll 

• Calibrate financial models and minimize forecast variance
• Have had a few wins and shorter term projects completed and integrated into the business - with plans for longer term strategic goals in place
• Own relationship with key stakeholders and build model framework for GTM (i.e. Sales Capacity/Productivity modeling) and Products (i.e. infrastructure cost modeling)
• Create a standard process from 0-1 on data foundation and reporting automation 
• Enhance cost and revenue predictability with new models 
• Become the primary trusted business advisor for GTM and Product orgs

What we offer

As a part of Pindrop, you’ll have a direct impact on our growing list of products and the future of security in the voice-driven economy. We hire great people and take care of them. Here’s a snapshot of the benefits we offer:

• Competitive compensation, including equity for all employees
• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 4 company-wide rest days in 2024 where the entire company rests and recharges!
• Generous health and welfare plans to choose from - including one employer-paid “employee-only” plan!
• Best-in-class Health Savings Account (HSA) employer contribution
• Affordable vision and dental plans for you and your family
• Employer-provided life and disability coverage with additional supplemental options
• Paid Parental Leave - Equal for all parents, including birth, adoptive & foster parents
• One year of diaper delivery for your newest addition to the family! It’s our way of welcoming new Pindroplets to the family!
• Identity protection through Norton LifeLock
• Remote-first culture with opportunities for in-person team events
• Recurring monthly home office allowance
• When we need a break, we keep it fun with happy hours, ping pong and foosball, drinks and snacks, and monthly massages!
• Remote and in-person team activities (think cheese tastings, chess tournaments, talent shows, murder mysteries, and more!)
• Company holidays
• Annual professional development and learning benefit
• Pick your own Apple MacBook Pro
• Retirement plan with competitive 401(k) match
• Wellness Program including Employee Assistance Program, 24/7 Telemedicine

What we live by

At Pindrop, our Core Values are fundamental beliefs at the center of all we do. They are our guiding principles that dictate our actions and behaviors. Our Values are deeply embedded into our culture in big and small ways and even help us decide right from wrong when the path forward is unclear. At Pindrop, we believe in taking accountability to make decisions and act in a way that reflects who we are. We truly believe making decisions and acting with our Core Values in mind will help us to achieve our goals and keep Pindrop a great place to work:    

• Audaciously Innovate - We continue to change the world, and the way people safely engage and interact with technology. As first principle thinkers, we challenge standards, take risks and learn from our mistakes in order to make positive change and continuous improvement. We believe nothing is impossible.
• Evangelical Customers for Life - We delight, inspire and empower customers from day one and for life. We create a partnership and experience that results in a shared passion.   We are champions for our customers, and our customers become our champions, creating a universal commitment to one another. 
• Execution Excellence - We do what we say and say what we do. We are accountable for making the tough decisions and necessary tradeoffs to deliver quality and effective solutions on time.
• Win as a Company - Every time we win, we win as a company. Every time we lose, we lose as a company. We break down silos, support one another, embrace diversity and celebrate our successes. We are better together. 
• Make a Difference - Every day we have the opportunity to make a positive impact. We operate with dedication, passion, and uncompromising integrity, creating a safer, more secure world.

Not sure if this is you?

We want a diverse, global team, with a broad range of experience and perspectives. If this job sounds great, but you’re not sure if you qualify, apply anyway! We carefully consider every application and will either move forward with you, find another team that might be a better fit, keep in touch for future opportunities, or thank you for your time.

Pindrop is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Here at Pindrop, it is our mission to create and maintain a diverse and inclusive work environment. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, disability, marital and/or veteran status.

#LI-Remote

About the Role:

The Tubi Security team is responsible for securing Tubi and Adrise applications and infrastructure. As a member of the Tubi Security team, the Staff Cloud Security Engineer will be responsible for securing the cloud infrastructure of both applications. Candidates for this should have a passion for reducing security risks in a cloud environment while building great partnerships with key stakeholders and engineers. 

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain secure architecture and infrastructure components, including networks, systems, and cloud environments, in accordance with industry best practices and regulatory requirements
• Develop and deploy security controls and monitoring systems to detect and prevent security threats, intrusions, and vulnerabilities
• Conduct and perform security reviews, threat models, and security assessments to identify and remediate security weaknesses
• Build automation and tools for security fixes and policy enforcement
• Participate in incident response, red/blue team exercises, and vulnerability triage 

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity with a focus on cloud and infrastructure security
• Deep understanding of cloud security architecture (AWS preferred) and network security
• Hands-on experience with SIEM, WAF and DDOS prevention tools
• An understanding of security best practices, frameworks and principles such as OWASP Top 10, NIST CSF, SLSA Framework, and zero-trust
• Great understanding of modern cloud technology components and deployment pattern such as containers, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, etc
• Experience performing threat models and risk assessments
• Familiarity with compliance and privacy regulations such as SOX and GDPR
• Excellent communication and problem solving skills with proven ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders

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About the Role

Vectra AI’s Security Research Team represents the core security knowledge and research capability within the company – tasked with powering our groundbreaking technologies and aiding customers. You will be part of a highly qualified organisation and respected authority on security threats and attack techniques.

Serving in the role of Senior Security Researcher - Cloud, you will have a direct impact on the direction of the company by researching threats, understanding how they appear in the cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and helping technically shape the product direction.

This role could be based in Ireland, UK, Spain or Italy.

At a Glance

As the researcher tasked with inventing and improving cloud focused security detection technologies, an integral part of our success. You are encouraged to research new security topics, engage in bug-hunts, develop new tactics and techniques relevant to our product areas.

• Identify and develop a deep understanding of cyber threats facing cloud-enabled organisations
• Apply your expert insights and experience to research, develop, and classify new threats, detection capabilities, and related mitigation techniques
• Collaborate across Vectra to develop new detection models – working hand-in-hand with members of the data science and engineering teams
• Pursue security research topics that contribute to the knowledge about and enumeration of new threats
• Provide an attackers-eye-view to the evidence presented by Vectra products

What Will Impress Us

• You are an authority on AWS, GCP, Azure, or Cloud Identity Service Providers with a demonstrable understanding of the threat models and attacker methodologies within these environments
• 5+ years direct experience in areas of security research, malware analysis, or cloud security architecture/development/analysis
• Solid grasp of cloud systems and security concepts for SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, including their respective threat models and risks
• 5+ years of attack and penetration testing experience; or incident response and threat analysis experience
• Knowledge of exploitation techniques!
• Knowledge of network and application protocols, and traffic analysis (network forensics)
• Proficiency with network traffic analysis and network forensics tools such as Wireshark and tcpdump
• Knowledge of corporate security investigation and incident response processes, along with threat detection and mitigation technologies
• Solid programming skills with scripting languages such as Python and query languages like KQL/SQL/Presto

Preferred

• Professional or academic research in advanced security threats, particularly against cloud environments
• Operational experience in InfoSec as an incident handler, administrator, or internal consultant

Overview

About the Role -You will help lead the development of the Android applications running on our groundbreaking AI solutions for the brick-and-mortar store to revolutionize the overall in-store experience on the Caper Cart

Instacart’s goal has always been to support grocers and give retailers of all sizes an edge in an increasingly competitive industry, while creating a seamless experience for customers and shoppers. With Caper AI we bring together online and offline shopping to create a completely new in-store shopping experience for both customers and Instacart shoppers alike.

To be successful in this role, you should have extensive experience in customer-facing Android application development,  and you must also be an innovator, learner and team player. You need to have experience leading a small to medium-sized diverse team of developers and managing projects with cross-functional partners.

About the Team -Caper.ai is a subsidiary of Instacart and an AI company. It leverages cutting-edge AI and computer vision technology to bring the autonomous shopping experience to in-store. Its product, the Caper Cart - an AI-powered smart cart equipped with scales, sensors, touchscreens, and computer vision technology, is the cornerstone of the Instacart Platform Connected Stores initiative.

Caper’s unique technology is a plug-and-play solution that does not require retail store renovation, operational overhaul, heavy compute, and endless image labeling & training. Retailers simply purchase smart shopping carts and the entire store is upgraded with cashier-less capabilities!

Caper is one of the fastest-growing retail automation technology products in the market, costs less than 1% of our competitions’ infrastructure and is already widely adopted in the marketplace. Our cross-functional and durable Product team solves hard customer & business problems in ways that our customers love.

About the Job 

• Hands-on technical leadership of a medium-sized (7-10) Android development team at Caper.ai focused on the core shopping experience
• Work closely with eng, product, design, and hardware to deliver complex projects with ambitious deadlines
• Drive the team’s strategy, roadmap,and technical decisions to deliver innovative production solutions on a sector-defining product 
• Up-level your team by introducing best practices for development and testing of your team’s applications
• Adapt the team’s focus in concert with evolving business needs
• Work with some of the best Android engineers who have crafted apps recognized by Google as best-in-class for design.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in software development, with at least 4 years working on Android applications (Java, Kotlin)
• Currently managing a team of 5+ developers for at least one year
• Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment making difficult prioritization decisions
• Proactive, motivated, and self-driven.
• Experience with performance optimization on Android
• Solid expertise in Android development technologies such as Kotlin and Java
• Familiarity with distributed system design and gRPC
• Strong project management skills
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with development of kiosk applications/hardware products
• Experience with Point-of-Sale systems and/or Payment Terminals
• Familiarity with No-SQL databases, specifically MongoDB/Realm
• Experience with Datadog or other Observability systems
• Familiarity with Snowflake
• Experience with Internet-of-Things technologies (e.g., AWS IoT offerings) and protocols (e.g., MQTT)

Principal Software Engineer

Looking for an innovative, high-growth company in one of the hottest segments of the security market? Look no further than Veracode!

Veracode is recognized as a premier provider of SaaS-based software security solutions, transforming the way companies secure applications in today’s software-driven world. Veracode recently acquired Longbow Security, a pioneer in security risk management for cloud-native environments, underscoring our commitment to help organizations effectively manage and reduce application risk across the growing attack surface. Learn more about us at www.veracode.com!

What you will be responsible for:

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain critical improvements across the Longbow product resulting in a highly stable and performant platform.
• Diagnose complex issues, evaluate competing solutions, and execute the best path forward.
• Ensure that security measures are incorporated into every aspect of the platform.
• Continuously extend the Longbow product with new features that solve real-world security problems based on your experience and feedback from customers.
• Provide input into the architecture and design of the product/platform; collaborating with the entire team in solving the problems the correct way.
• Identify opportunities for technical innovation and improvements.
• Collaborate with other team members, both junior and senior, to help increase their technical capabilities, drive results-oriented execution, and create an environment of open innovation and creativity.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant technical experience.
• 8+ years of software development experience in Java, Python, or Go (ideally, or other software languages).
• Proven ability to quickly learn new programming languages, frameworks, platforms and tools.
• Experience in designing, deploying, and maintaining micro-services and cloud-native services (AWS preferably) in a production environment and scaling them quickly.
• Knowledge/experience designing and implementing data-intensive, distributed, streaming systems.
• Solid understanding of software design principles, concurrency, data structures and algorithms.
• Strong knowledge and experience with building REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Appetite for learning new technologies and curiosity about how things work.
• Track record of owning projects from ideation to production and being able to competently and smoothly hand-off your work to others.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, capable of engaging with both technical and non-technical audiences at all levels.
• Experience with the cybersecurity domain (advantage).

What we offer you

• Outstanding Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage to meet all your healthcare needs. 
• Wellness benefits to help you focus on what’s most important.
• “Take What You Need” time off policy.
• Extensive development and training offerings to help you grow your career at Veracode.
• Generous 401k match to help save for your future.
• Amazing community of professionals who take pride in what we do every day.

Compensation Transparency

In accordance with U.S. pay transparency laws, Veracode provides compensation transparency for roles based in the United States. Click here to view our compensation ranges by grade. Please note, specific compensation may be influenced by various factors including candidates experience, education, and work location.

Job Grade: Principal

Employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.