Director, Product Finance (Devices)
About The Position
Axon is hiring a Director, Product Finance to support its Devices business. The role works across the finance organization and with business leaders to improve processes, inform strategic decisions, and strengthen forecasting and analysis capabilities. It supports a fast-paced business team and requires agility, initiative, creative thinking, technical experience, and strong problem-solving skills. The position applies business and financial acumen to operational and financial decision-making, supports product roadmap prioritization, models product design iterations, develops business cases, and conducts cost, headcount, and budget reviews. It also supports R&D and product-spend forecasting, corporate financial planning, strategic portfolio planning, and analysis of product-segment market and P&L performance. The position is based at a U.S. hub in NYC, Boston, Atlanta, Sterling, Seattle, or Scottsdale, and follows a hybrid schedule. Employees are expected to work onsite Tuesday through Friday and may work remotely on Mondays, except where an approved workplace accommodation applies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Financial Accounting.
- At least 7 years of experience in financial modeling, forecasting, and business analytics in a dynamic environment, supporting financial and operational decision-makers.
- A track record of owning projects and driving them to completion cross-functionally.
- Experience driving process improvements focused on quality, timeliness, and efficiency.
- Ability to work independently with concern for quality and deadlines.
- Ability to conduct data analysis and dynamic scenario modeling, research and validate modeling inputs and assumptions, and align them with operational models and strategic goals.
- Technology, software, or SaaS industry experience.
- Manufacturing experience.
- Excellent analytical, oral, and written communication skills for frequent interaction with financial and non-financial business leaders.
- Strong attention to detail, planning, and organizational skills, and ability to multitask, prioritize, and deliver in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit.
Responsibilities
- Provide data, analysis, metrics, process creation and improvement, and operating model alignment to operational and financial decision-makers.
- Support product roadmap prioritization based on profit contribution and engineering resource constraints, partnering with engineering and product leads.
- Model new product design iterations and develop business cases for products and features based on product-market fit and expected cost reduction.
- Lead regular cost reduction, headcount, and budget reviews to ensure alignment with the company plan and product strategy.
- Support corporate forecasting for R&D and product spending and present results to R&D leaders.
- Participate in corporate FP&A meetings, including executive corporate forecast reviews and budget-versus-actuals reviews.
- Support the company-wide Strategic Portfolio Planning Process by helping create investment business cases for new products and strategic initiatives.
- Collaborate cross-functionally on investment business cases, with full P&L exposure.
- Support Product teams in analyzing market and P&L performance for key product segments and contribute data, KPIs, and analysis.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 401(k) with employer match
- Discretionary paid time off
- Paid parental leave for all
- Medical, dental, and vision plans
- Fitness programs
- Emotional and mental wellness support
- Learning and development programs
- Office snacks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
