Finance Manager - Product/Revenue & Margin

Company Overview

Ambiq is on a mission to enable intelligence everywhere — powering the AI edge revolution with the world's lowest-power semiconductor solutions. Built on our proprietary sub- and near-threshold technology, our chips deliver multi-fold improvements in energy efficiency without costly process scaling. Since 2010, we've shipped over 300 million units to customers building smarter wearables, medical devices, IoT products, and AI‑powered edge applications. Our cross‑functional teams span design, research, development, production, marketing, sales, and operations across Austin, Hsinchu, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Singapore. We move fast, tackle hard problems, and create space for people to grow through complex, meaningful work that shapes the future of technology.

Role Overview

This on‑site role (5 days a week in NW Austin) will shape the financial strategy behind our product roadmap and manufacturing operations. As a Strategic Finance Manager you will serve as the financial translator between Ambiq's chip business and leadership, owning product margin and revenue forecasting end‑to‑end and building the business cases behind R&D investment decisions. You will influence company profitability through gross‑margin optimization and R&D investment prioritization, working directly with Sales, Marketing, R&D, Product Management, and Operations leadership. The position offers direct exposure to executive leadership, investor relations, and a clear runway to grow into broader FP&A leadership. Travel to Taiwan is expected to work with our operations counterparts, including occasional late‑night calls across time zones.

Responsibilities

• In partnership with the leadership team, develop the annual and long‑range plan for revenue and margin.
• Own the product margin forecast and support Marketing and Sales in optimizing the revenue forecast to maximize gross profits.
• Proactively identify and resolve risks to revenue and margin projections by working with Department VPs.
• Partner with Accounting to reconcile actual to forecast costs and develop cost metrics for variable expenses.
• Lead the monthly budget‑to‑actual process for revenue and margin, and own the Quarterly Revised Forecast — using analytical techniques to support financial reporting and investor relations by explaining the drivers behind changes in the Company’s results.
• Partner with Manufacturing and Operations to develop, evaluate, and prioritize business metrics (inventory management, product cost, ROI analysis), and support prioritization of yield‑improvement projects based on pareto analysis.
• Build financial models and business cases for R&D investment decisions — including ROI, payback period, and sensitivity analysis — to interpret business impact and inform management decisions; perform ad‑hoc margin analysis, ROI, and forecasts as needed.
• Build deep expertise in the company’s products, customers, sales pipeline, and cost structure, becoming a trusted, go‑to resource across the organization.
• Serve as the financial partner to Ambiq’s Taiwan‑based operations counterparts, including periodic travel to Taiwan and occasional late‑night calls to align across time zones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance (MBA a plus).
• 8+ years in a strategic finance role in FP&A or strategic finance supporting semiconductor manufacturing or operations specifically.
• Demonstrated product cost/margin exposure in chip or hardware manufacturing.
• Has built and owned forecast models end‑to‑end — not just contributed to someone else’s — plus a track record of business cases and ROI analyses that influenced real business decisions.
• Experience building R&D investment business cases, including ROI, payback period, and sensitivity analysis.
• Strong business‑partnering skills — comfortable in a room with engineers, operators, and executives alike, and able to translate financial complexity into a clear story.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, verifiable via a modeling exercise or portfolio walkthrough.
• A detail‑oriented, analytical mindset paired with the initiative to drive things to closure in a fast‑paced, high‑volume environment.

Must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer. We do not sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas (now or in the future) for this role.