Strategic Finance, GTM

Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F, led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital.

About the role

We’re looking for a high-performing strategic finance professional to join our growing GTM Finance team. Our business grows with our customers' usage, which makes the finance function highly strategic at Baseten: growth, pricing, margin, and capacity decisions are business model decisions. You'll sit at the center of them, partnering directly with GTM leadership and reporting into a finance team with a seat at the table for the calls that shape the company's trajectory.

This role is ideal for someone with 3 to 7 years of experience across strategic finance, investing, and/or investment banking who wants broad exposure to company-building inside a fast-scaling AI infrastructure company. Experience at a usage-based software company is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes for the GTM org
• Build and maintain financial models across revenue, S&M spend, headcount, and strategic bets
• Analyze the metrics that define a usage-based business – ARR, gross margin, consumption trends, retention, and GTM efficiency
• Partner with GTM leaders to set targets, evaluate growth initiatives, shape pricing, and design sales compensation
• Help prepare board materials, investor updates, and fundraising analyses
• Improve financial reporting, dashboards, and operational rigor so our infrastructure scales as fast as our revenue
• Work cross-functionally to turn ambiguous business questions into actionable insights

Requirements

• 3 to 7 years of experience in strategic finance at a high-growth company, PE/VC investing, and/or investment banking
• Excellent financial modeling and analytical skills
• Ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations for executives
• Comfortable operating as a generalist in a fast-moving environment
• Strong attention to detail with a bias toward ownership and execution
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• High intellectual curiosity and interest in AI / infrastructure / developer tooling
• Advanced Excel / Google Sheets skills; familiarity with SQL or BI tools is a plus

Skills

• Experience in sales finance and/or sales compensation
• Experience in AI/ML, cloud infrastructure, or SaaS
• Familiarity with usage-based business models

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity
• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
• Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot
• Company-facilitated 401(k)
• Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities

Pay

Compensation Range: $165K - $190K