Senior Manager, Finance and Strategy

Samsara • San Francisco, CA

2d • Remote

About The Position

Samsara is looking for a Senior Manager, Finance and Strategy, to partner with our Research & Development (R&D) organization. Samsara’s R&D organization creates the industry-leading IoT products and features that power our customer experience. In this role, you will partner with business leaders to set and achieve corporate goals. You will drive quantitative and qualitative analysis to inform strategic judgements and identify optimization opportunities. You will support corporate financial goals by driving forecast models and providing accurate guidance to our leaders and investors. You also will lead our financial planning and analysis (FP&A) processes across Samsara’s R&D organization. This role can be office-based in our San Francisco office or fully remote.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in Corporate Finance, financial planning and analysis, or strategic finance experience
• 3+ years of People management and development experience
• Strong financial modeling and analysis capabilities
• Ability to work collaboratively and cross-functionally
• Strong communication and presentation skills; comfortable presenting to senior management

Nice To Haves

• Experience at a high-growth tech company
• Prior partnership with technical leaders
• Ability to lead teams and drive longer-term initiatives while balancing delivering results
• Willingness and ability to build new financial processes and mechanisms
• Ability to thrive in a fast-growing environment with high degrees of ambiguity
• Experience with AI tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.)
• Familiarity with AWS cloud cost management
• Expertise working with systems (e.g., Adaptive Planning, NetSuite, Salesforce, Workday, etc.)
• Experience working with large datasets and technical data management and analysis skills (e.g., SQL, Tableau, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Serve as the finance lead for Samsara's R&D organization, partnering directly with C-level leaders on budget trade-offs, headcount decisions, and infrastructure investment
• Own FP&A for R&D and Supply Chain Operations — monthly BvA reviews with VP-level leaders, quarterly reforecasts, and the annual operating plan across Software, Firmware, and Hardware Engineering, Product Management, and Supply Chain Operations
• Own forecasting and controllership across Samsara's largest cost drivers: COGS and Gross Margin, cloud and cell infrastructure, hardware costs (including cash and COGS), employee expenses, total compensation economics, and AI infrastructure spend
• Build scalable financial processes and use AI tools to automate reporting, accelerate analysis, and deliver real-time visibility to R&D leadership
• Lead, develop, and manage a high-performing team
• Hire, develop and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high performing team

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed