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

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually the posting includes "About AiDASH" description, then "The Role", then "How you'll make an impact:" with bullet points, then "What we're looking for:" bullet list, then "What you'll love:" bullet list (benefits). Also location, pay range. Need to use

for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. But we must only include sections when posting has real specific content. We need to map content to these headings. We have: - About AiDASH: description of company. Could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is typical heading for role description. But we have "About AiDASH" which is company overview. Could map to "About the role"? Not exactly. The instruction: use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should use those exact headings if we have content. We need to decide which sections we have content for. We have: - Role description: "Reporting to the CFO..." etc. That's responsibilities. So we can put under

Responsibilities

with prose and maybe lists. - Requirements/Qualifications: "What we're looking for:" list of experience etc. That's qualifications/requirements. Could split into Requirements and Qualifications? Probably combine under Requirements or Qualifications. We'll choose Requirements. - Skills: maybe not explicit separate list; but we could put under Skills if we have skill list. The "What we're looking for:" includes skills like financial modeling, negotiation, etc. Could be Skills. - Benefits: "What you'll love:" list of benefits. So Benefits section. - Pay: compensation range given. So Pay section. - Schedule: location hybrid, 2-3 days per week in office. That's schedule info. So Schedule section. - About the role: maybe we could have a brief summary paragraph about the role before responsibilities. Could use About the role heading with a short paragraph summarizing the role. The posting includes "The Role Reporting to the CFO..." which is more detail; we could treat that as About the role (overview) and then Responsibilities as separate? But we risk duplication. Better to follow typical structure: About the role (overview), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (qualifications), Skills (maybe), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to avoid repeating job title as heading. Not needed. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, privacy policy, etc. Remove those. We must preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can reorganize into sections. Let's extract substantive content: Company overview (About AiDASH) - maybe not needed as a section but could be included under About the role? The instruction says use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, etc. It didn't forbid adding other headings, but we should stick to those. However we could include company overview under About the role as a brief paragraph. That seems okay. Let's parse: About AiDASH paragraph: "AiDASH is leading the PreventionFirst™movement for electric utilities and transforming grid resilience through its pioneering platform that unifies vegetation, asset, storm, and wildfire intelligence. Powered by SatelliteFirst™ Inspection & Monitoring, AiDASH delivers comprehensive visibility across the entire grid at the right frequency and budget, using the right data modality. More than 200 customers trust AiDASH to keep the lights on, spend where it counts, and defend every decision, Securing Tomorrow across every mile of the grid. Learn more at www.aidash.com. The PreventionFirst movement is growing, and so is the recognition behind it. In 2026, Forbes named AiDASH one of America's Best Startup Employers for the 4th consecutive year, and TIME included AiDASH among America's Top GreenTech Companies for the 3rd year in a row. Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ ranked AiDASH No. 12 in the San Francisco Bay Area, and No. 59 overall in their selection of the top 500 for 2024. Join us in Securing Tomorrow Together!" That's company info. Could be placed under About the role? Might be odd but okay. Then "The Role Reporting to the CFO, this leader will own the finance partnership with AiDASH's R&D (Engineering, Product, Data Science, and AI Data Ops), and Professional Services teams. Their role will span R&D investment and launch economics, infrastructure cost management and reduction targets, partnering with procurement strategy, and owning the corporate operating model. They will help determine 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. This is a highly operational finance leadership role for someone who wants to influence and partner on product strategy, accelerate launches, improve gross margins, and shape investment allocation decisions alongside the executive team. As the primary finance partner to R&D leadership, this person will translate product roadmaps into forecast impact, turning launch velocity into on-schedule ARR. This position will partner with R&D to accelerate launch economics and pricing, cloud infrastructure and strategic vendor negotiations, quarterly planning and forecasting, headcount governance, and the executive narrative around R&D performance. The ideal candidate combines strategic finance expertise with a hands-on operating style, a proven track record of negotiating infrastructure and data costs, and the credibility to influence leaders across R&D and the executive team." That's a mix of overview and responsibilities. We'll split: About the role: brief overview (first sentence maybe). Responsibilities: bullet list of duties. Then "How you'll make an impact:" with subheadings: Immediate, Ongoing R&D and Finance Partnership, Launch Economics & Pricing, Infrastructure & Cloud COGS Management, Corporate Model & Planning Governance, Executive Communication, M&A & Integration Support. Each with bullet points. Those are responsibilities details. We'll incorporate them under Responsibilities as a list. Then "What we're looking for:" list of requirements. Then "What you'll love:" list of benefits. Then location: "Location: This is a hybrid role based in Palo Alto, CA, requiring 2-3 days per week in the office." Pay: "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 also have some other lines about equal opportunity, privacy policy, accommodation request - we must remove. Now craft HTML. We'll produce:

About the role

[company overview + brief role overview]

Responsibilities

• ... each duty as separate li

We need to ensure we preserve all substantive information. So we need to include each bullet from How you'll make an impact sections. Let's extract those bullets: 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 trusted finance partnership with R&D leadership by joining sprint-close cadences and establishing monthly workstream reviews with GTM and Delivery Ongoing R&D and Finance Partnership: - 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 Launch Economics & Pricing: - Partner with R&D on launch economics across the product portfolio, including business cases, pricing and packaging strategy, and post-launch revenue performance - 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 Infrastructure & Cloud COGS Management: - Partner with R&D on commercial strategy for cloud, infrastructure, imagery, and strategic technology vendors, ensuring scalable economics as the business grows and developing and achieving BoM down targets - Negotiate long-term infrastructure and platform commitments that improve unit economics, aligning to Company Gross Margin targets, and support future scale with the R&D team - Manage infrastructure COGS as a strategic operating metric, delivering measurable savings while improving gross margin Corporate Model & Planning Governance: - 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 Executive Communication: - 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 M&A & Integration Support: - Lead finance support for the Schneider Electric integration, including synergy tracking, operating model alignment, reporting harmonization, day-one readiness, and continuity of the planning cycle through close Now responsibilities also include earlier paragraph: "Their role will span R&D investment and launch economics, infrastructure cost management and reduction targets, partnering with procurement strategy, and owning the corporate operating model. They will help determine 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. This is a highly operational finance leadership role for someone who wants to influence and partner on product strategy, accelerate launches, improve gross margins, and shape investment allocation decisions alongside the executive team. As the primary finance partner to R&D leadership, this person will translate product roadmaps into forecast impact, turning launch velocity into on-schedule ARR. This position will partner with R&D to accelerate launch economics and pricing, cloud infrastructure and strategic vendor negotiations, quarterly planning and forecasting, headcount governance, and the executive narrative around R&D performance. The ideal candidate combines strategic finance expertise with a hands-on operating style, a proven track record of negotiating infrastructure and data costs, and the credibility to influence leaders across R&D and the executive team." Some of that overlaps with responsibilities; we can incorporate as prose before list or as list items. To avoid duplication, we could keep the prose as a summary paragraph under Responsibilities, then the detailed list. Now Requirements/Qualifications: "What we're looking for:" list: - 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 - Experience in investment banking or private equity followed by strategic finance leadership within a venture-backed or late-stage SaaS company preferred - Proven operator in cloud, infrastructure, or data cost management, with a track record of negotiating commercial agreements that delivered measurable savings - Experience partnering directly with R&D leadership, with a strong understanding of sprint cadences, roadmap prioritization, and technical cost drivers such as cloud infrastructure, AI model training, and data pipelines - 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 - Fluent 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