Senior Finance Manager, Product & Engineering

Mixpanel•San Francisco, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

About the Role We are seeking a Senior Finance Manager to serve as a key partner to Mixpanel’s Engineering, Product, and Design (EPD) organizations. This person will own infrastructure cost, EPD opex, and headcount planning while building scalable systems to improve visibility and decision-making, as well as the analytical frameworks that guide how Mixpanel deploys capital and allocates resources across these areas. You’ll partner cross-functionally with Engineering and Product leadership, People, and Finance to ensure investments are intentional, efficient, and aligned with long-term company strategy.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in FP&A or strategic finance at a high-growth technology company.
Proven to be a partner to Engineering leaders – You’ve supported technical teams and corporate functions, understanding how product velocity and operational infrastructure translate into financial outcomes.
Fluency in infrastructure and SaaS cost drivers – You understand cloud economics, AI/compute scaling, enterprise tooling, and how architecture and vendor decisions impact margins.
Strong workforce planning – You’ve managed complex headcount models across multiple departments, aligning hiring pace with financial guardrails.
Advanced financial modeling – You build scenario-driven models with clear assumptions and sensitivity analysis that stand up to executive scrutiny.
Strong analytical judgment and the ability to identify the few variables that matter most within large and complex datasets.
Ability to operate independently through ambiguity and bring structure to problems that do not have an established playbook.
Excellent executive communication skills, including the ability to simplify complex financial and technical topics and develop polished, executive ready deliverables.
A high say/do ratio, strong attention to detail, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment where priorities, assumptions, and technology can change quickly.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience with Pigment.

Responsibilities

Own the Product investment envelope – Manage OpEx and headcount budgets across EPD. Ensure investments align with company strategy while maintaining efficient spend and margin targets.
Drive rigorous workforce planning across technical and corporate teams – Build bottoms-up headcount models by function and level. Partner with Engineering leaders to sequence hiring against roadmap needs, compliance requirements, and operational scale.
Model infrastructure and internal systems economics – Develop clear forecasting models for cloud hosting, AI/compute, internal tooling, SaaS applications, and enterprise systems. Identify optimization opportunities across both product infrastructure and corporate tech stack.
Translate roadmap and corporate priorities into financial tradeoffs – Evaluate build vs. buy decisions, capitalizable vs. expensed R&D, and vendor investments across EPD. Provide clear recommendations grounded in ROI and long-term cost structure impact.
Elevate budget vs. actuals rigor across the organization – Lead monthly BvA reviews for EPD. Automate reporting, improve accrual accuracy, and surface actionable insights—not just variance explanations.