Head of Strategic Finance

6x faster initiative planning with AI - Introducing Productboard Spark.

We’re looking for a seasoned and forward-thinking finance leader to play a pivotal role in shaping the company’s future amid an exciting era of AI-driven innovation that’s creating powerful opportunities for our business. As our Head of Strategic Finance, you’ll work closely with the CFO and executive team to translate strategy into execution, building robust financial plans, driving insights, and guiding decisions that accelerate growth and long-term value creation.

This is a high-impact, highly visible role for someone who thrives at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and execution. You’ll bring structure to ambiguity, scale our planning processes, and be a trusted advisor to leaders across Product, GTM, and Operations.

If you’re energized by complex business challenges, love building scalable systems, and want to have a direct impact on the trajectory of a global organization, we’d love to meet you.

What You’ll Do

Lead strategic planning and forecasting — Oversee annual, quarterly, and long-range planning cycles to align company goals, resource allocation, and strategic priorities.

Build strategic frameworks and scenario models — Develop forward-looking models that quantify strategic options and inform executive decision-making.

Drive performance visibility — Build dashboards and reporting frameworks that highlight performance trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.

Shape strategic decision-making — Deliver actionable insights that guide prioritization, resource allocation, and GTM execution.

Tell the financial story — Translate complex financial data into clear, compelling narratives for executives, the board, and investors.

Support board and investor communications — Partner with the CFO to prepare board materials, investor updates, and long-term financial narratives that align strategy and performance.

Enhance financial systems and processes — Partner with Accounting, IT, and Data to scale financial planning infrastructure and improve forecast accuracy.

Lead high-impact strategic initiatives — Collaborate cross-functionally on projects such as pricing, monetization, M&A evaluation, and AI enablement.

Build and lead a high-impact team — Recruit, develop, and support Strategic Finance professionals in a culture that values curiosity, accountability, and collaboration.

What You Bring

10+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity, consulting, or strategic finance — ideally with exposure to high-growth SaaS or technology companies.

4+ years in corporate FP&A or Strategic Finance with direct business partnership experience.

Proven ability to lead strategic planning, forecasting, and financial analysis across complex, multi-product, or multi-region organizations.

• Exceptional analytical and financial modeling skills — you can turn data into insight and insight into action.
• Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to influence senior executives and simplify complex topics.
• Deep understanding of SaaS unit economics (ARR, CAC, CLTV, churn, payback, gross margin, etc.) and drivers of enterprise value.

Strong balance of strategic vision and hands-on execution — comfortable driving longer-term direction while staying deeply engaged in the details that matter.

Experience with Oracle NetSuite, Looker, SQL, or modern planning tools is a plus.

You can look forward to the following benefits :

🏝 Flexible PTO and 9 paid sick days

💛 1 Volunteer Day per year for you to help causes close to your heart

🍀 Mental Wellness Program to support your well-being and self-care

🏋 Company stipend towards gym and wellness membership

❤️ Company sponsored best-in-class health benefits

The expected base pay range for this position in the San Francisco area is $155,200 - $263,000. In addition to the base pay, this role is eligible for variable compensation, competitive equity awards, and benefits.

Productboard's pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate’s starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future

About Productboard

At Productboard, we’re on a mission to help product teams build exceptional products with clarity and confidence. As the leading intelligent product management platform, we empower over 4,000 companies, including Salesforce, SAP, Autodesk, and Kroger, to understand what customers need, prioritize what to build next, and align everyone around a shared roadmap.

Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Prague and Brno, Czechia, we’re backed by some of the world’s most respected investors, including Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Tiger Global, and Dragoneer.

We’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the best places to work by BuiltIn and Comparably, and to count ourselves among the world’s leading unicorn companies. Well-funded and financially disciplined, we have the stability and runway to build boldly for the long term.

Over the past few years, we’ve rearchitected our platform from the ground up to serve enterprise scale and set the foundation for the next era of product management. Now we’re entering an exciting new phase with Productboard Spark, our AI-first, agentic experience that transforms how product teams work. Spark is a true collaborator that deeply understands your product context, company strategy, and customer needs, helping teams move faster and make smarter, more confident decisions.

Join us as we build the future of product management.

About our culture

Imagine working in a place where everything matters — most importantly, you. At Productboard, values aren’t just something we like to talk about, they’re something we live and breathe. We believe in creating a work environment where :

Forming our company values was a group effort, with every employee allowed to contribute. From profit-sharing initiatives, like stock options, to open calendars and communication, we don’t waste time on politics or ego. We champion openness by sharing our goals, successes, and failures.

Join colleagues who are passionate about what they do. Team members who are invested in their work environment, and the future of Productboard. Help shape our company, culture, and product!

We are an equal opportunity employer and champion equity. We aim to help people from all backgrounds, cultures, and groups realize their full potential at Productboard. We do not tolerate any discrimination or harassment based on gender identity, race, color, religion, age, sexual orientation, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other bias covered by appropriate law. All aspects of employment, including hiring, training, promotion, and terminations, are based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We are committed to an inclusive hiring process and provide all candidates with equal opportunity to demonstrate their abilities. Togetherness is one of our core values, and our Diversity Council helps to ensure that we uphold the values of authenticity, humanity, and diversity to create an environment where every person matters. We are committed to leading by example to drive societal change.

#J-18808-Ljbffr