Strategic Finance

The role

You will partner with executive, R&D, and GTM teams to drive financial modeling and analysis. You will evaluate product ROI, drive pricing strategies, and optimize unit economics to inform operational decisions.

What you will do

• Partner with Product, Research, and Engineering leadership to evaluate financial ROI of new product lines and R&D investments.
• Drive pricing and packaging strategies.
• Collaborate with Sales and Marketing leaders to analyze unit economics, sales efficiency, pipeline health, and customer retention.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to improve operational efficiency and optimize resource allocation.
• Translate operational plans into financial models.
• Identify risks and opportunities.
• Hold teams accountable to KPIs.
• Own the KPI infrastructure connecting product and revenue metrics to financial outcomes.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience.
• Foundational analyst experience in investment banking or financial services.
• High-impact operating experience in Strategic Finance, BizOps, or Corporate Finance at a high-growth technology company.
• Experience building and leveraging AI tools for yourself and for cross-functional use.
• Track record of operating through rapid scale.
• Strong fundamentals in financial modeling.
• Exceptional communication skills.
• High bar for operational excellence.
• Ability to translate complex, ambiguous business questions to a clear plan of action.
• A genuine interest in AI and its implications for industry and society.

About the company

Runway is building AI to simulate the world through merging art and science. The team aims to build world models to solve problems in robotics, disease, and scientific discovery.