Director, Strategic Finance

Superhuman • San Francisco, CA

20h • Hybrid

About The Position

Superhuman is seeking a Director of BU Finance to lead finance partnership across its Mail, Docs, Go, and Agents business units. The role partners with business unit leaders to translate strategy into financial plans, evaluate growth and investment opportunities, and guide resource decisions. It leads and develops the BU Finance team, establishes consistent planning and performance practices, and provides finance support tailored to each business unit. The director connects business unit plans and results to the company outlook and helps leaders respond to opportunities, risks, and trade-offs.

The position leads budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning; oversees Product P&L narratives and key metrics; and directs monthly and quarterly business reviews. It evaluates new products, launches, and growth initiatives from concept through post-launch review, and leads scenario analysis and investment evaluations across functions, channels, and customer segments. The director also partners with GTM Finance, Functional Finance, and Corporate Finance, and uses AI and automation to improve team workflows and analysis while validating outputs with sound judgment.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in strategic finance, investment banking, consulting, or a related field, including significant experience partnering with business leaders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Math, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing finance professionals, including managers or senior individual contributors.
• Track record of influencing senior leaders, building alignment across functions, and helping teams make decisions in ambiguous or rapidly changing environments.
• Strong financial judgment and advanced modeling skills, including experience with product economics, revenue forecasting, scenario analysis, and investment evaluation.
• Ability to set direction for a team, prioritize across competing needs, and drive complex workstreams to completion in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working with complex models and large datasets.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with SQL, Python, or R.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business unit leaders to translate strategy into financial plans and align investments, staffing, and operating priorities with business unit goals and company targets.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning across the business units, including personnel, vendor, and investment assumptions.
• Oversee Product P&L narratives and key metrics, connecting business unit plans and results to the company outlook.
• Lead monthly and quarterly business reviews, explain performance against plan and forecast, assess strategic initiatives, surface risks and opportunities, and recommend actions.
• Guide evaluation of new products, launches, and growth initiatives from concept through post-launch review, including market opportunity, adoption, revenue potential, costs, and expected returns.
• Lead scenario analysis and investment evaluations across Product, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Partnerships, channels, and customer segments to support resource trade-offs.
• Partner with GTM Finance, Functional Finance, and Corporate Finance to align revenue assumptions, resource plans, financial definitions, and business unit impacts.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of four; set priorities and ownership, assign business unit coverage, and establish consistent standards for analysis and business partnership.
• Use AI and automation to improve research, analysis, model review, scenario development, and team workflows, validating outputs with sound judgment.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Medical, dental, vision, mental health, and fertility benefits.
• Disability and life insurance options.
• 401(k) and RRSP matching.
• Paid parental leave.
• 20 days of paid time off per year, 12 days of paid holidays per year, two floating holidays per year, and flexible sick time.
• Stipends for caregiving, pet care, wellness, home office, and other needs.
• Annual professional development budget and opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director