Vice President, Strategic Finance (R&D, Procurement & Corporate Model)

Role Overview

The role reports to the CFO and is responsible for owning the finance partnership with AiDASH’s R&D (Engineering, Product, Data Science, and AI Data Ops), and Professional Services teams. Key responsibilities include:

• Determining where the company invests, how products are priced, and how innovation translates into profitable growth through the Schneider Electric integration and the company's next phase of scale.
• Translating product roadmaps into forecast impact, turning launch velocity into on-schedule ARR.
• Partnering with R&D leadership to evaluate roadmap trade-offs, investment priorities, and resource allocation.
• Accelerating launch economics and pricing, cloud infrastructure and strategic vendor negotiations, quarterly planning and forecasting, headcount governance, and shaping investment allocation decisions alongside the executive team.

Key Responsibilities

Immediate:

• Become deeply familiar with AiDASH's products (IVMS, CRIS, AIMS, and BNGAI), R&D organization and sprint cadence, infrastructure footprint, Schneider Electric integration, financial model, and strategic priorities.
• Build a trusted finance partnership with R&D leadership by joining sprint-close cadences and establishing monthly workstream reviews with GTM and Delivery.

Ongoing:

• Own R&D financial management, including capitalization policy, department-level cost visibility, AI initiative ROI, and build-versus-buy analysis.
• Partner with R&D leadership to evaluate roadmap trade-offs, investment priorities, and resource allocation.
• Track sales readiness, delivery commitments, and roadmap execution to ensure launches convert into ARR on schedule.
• Monitor roadmap slippage with R&D leadership and key delivery risks, escalating issues and recommendations to the executive team.
• Manage infrastructure COGS as a strategic operating metric, delivering measurable savings while improving gross margin.
• Own the corporate driver-based model and quarterly reforecast, enabling disciplined capital allocation, operating expense decisions, and scenario planning.
• Lead headcount and requisition governance, maintaining a single source of truth for approved, open, and frozen roles while ensuring AI automation is evaluated before incremental hiring.
• Own the R&D financial narrative for the CFO and CEO, translating complex operating performance into clear business insights, strategic recommendations, and forward-looking perspectives.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in Strategic Finance, FP&A leadership, corporate development, investment banking, private equity, or related investment roles, with meaningful experience in high-growth enterprise SaaS or data-intensive product companies.
• Proven operator in cloud, infrastructure, or data cost management, with a track record of negotiating commercial agreements that delivered measurable savings.
• Proven track record building driver-based operating models that guide investment decisions, forecasting, and company planning.
• Strong executive communication skills, with experience developing Board, investor, and executive-level presentations.
• Exceptional analytical and process design skills, with the ability to improve productivity, predictability, scalability, and operational rigor.
• Fluency in AI-enabled finance workflows with an automation-first mindset; SQL or Python experience is a plus.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, integrations, or complex cross-functional transformation initiatives is strongly preferred; experience supporting global operations (US, India, UK) is a plus.
• Comfortable challenging assumptions and influencing the executive team through data, sound judgment, and thoughtful debate, while aligning fully behind decisions once made.
• Founder mentality with high ownership, unquestionable integrity, and a roll-up-your-sleeves approach. Thrives in ambitious, fast-moving environments, develops strong teams, and earns trust through intelligence, hard work, and empathy.

Company Culture

AiDASH is committed to embracing diversity and inclusion in our hiring practices, and we promote a work environment where everyone, from any race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, can do their best work. We offer a competitive total cash compensation range for this full-time position, between $260,000 and $350,000 annually, inclusive of base salary and annual performance bonus. We strive to ensure our compensation packages are equitable and aligned with industry standards. Your recruiter can share more details about compensation during the hiring process.

We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible interview experience for all candidates. Please let us know if you require any accommodation during the interview process, and we will make every effort to meet your needs.