Finance & BizOps, Strategic Partnerships

Corporate Strategy and Planning Lead

Asana

Asana’s Corporate Strategy team drives clarity and focus in Asana’s long-range growth strategy. As a member of this team, you will provide direct consulting support to our C-suite, handle high-priority work from our CEO, and apply a BizOps lens to build more rigor around how we run the business, including MBRs. You will also execute on work when other teams are at capacity and help fill critical gaps. This is a high-visibility role where you will partner with stakeholders across Product, Finance, GTM, and G&A teams to translate vision into executable growth bets. This role is based in our San Francisco office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. The standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Most Asanas have the option to work from home on Wednesdays. Working from home on Fridays depends on the type of work you do and the teams with which you partner. If you're interviewing for this role, your recruiter will share more about the in-office requirements. WHAT YOU’LL ACHIEVE * New Product Incubation (NPI) & Investment: Lead market analysis to support "big bets," shape M&A strategy, and develop rigorous investment evaluation frameworks to guide portfolio decisions. * Commercial Strategy: Work with cross-functional teams to set our product portfolio up for success, including assessing and evaluating opportunities to refine our GTM motions. * Long-Range Planning: Drive H2/H3 (Horizon 2 and Horizon 3) planning efforts, identifying long-term opportunities to ensure sustainable growth. * Strategic Threat & Opportunity Analysis: Evaluate existential threats and market opportunities through robust scenario analyses to inform executive decision-making. * Strategic Partnerships: Identify and evaluate strategic partnership opportunities that align with Asana’s long-term vision. * Operating Model and Org Design: Work with leadership to architect the organizational design and internal operating models required to execute against our corporate priorities. * Special Projects: Lead bespoke, non-BAU analyses for high-priority initiatives that sit outside traditional functional homes. * Cross-Functional Alignment: Drive alignment across Product, Finance, and GTM teams to ensure strategic initiatives are resourced and executed effectively. ABOUT YOU * Demonstrates curiosity about AI tools and emerging technologies, with a willingness to learn and leverage them to enhance productivity, collaboration, or decision-making. * 6+ years of experience in corporate, product, or GTM strategy, in a B2B SaaS company, ideally one with both PLG and SLG motions, or prior strategy consulting experience. * with a strong focus on driving portfolio investment decisions and new product incubation. * Deep understanding of SaaS business models and GTM motions, with preferred experience navigating complex M&A or strategic partnership evaluations. * Strong analytical and cross-functional skills, with the ability to bridge Product, Finance, and Go-to-Market teams to translate vision into executable growth bets. * Proven track record of successfully leading complex strategic initiatives from conception to recommendation and execution. * Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and align diverse stakeholders at all levels. * Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously. * Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related quantitative field. WHAT WE’LL OFFER Our comprehensive compensation package plays a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to achieving our mission. We believe that compensation should be reflective of the value you create relative to the market value of your role. To ensure pay is fair and not impacted by biases, we're committed to looking at market value which is why we check ourselves and conduct a yearly pay equity audit. For this role, the estimated base salary range is between $182,000 - $207,000. The actual base salary will vary based on various factors, including market and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. The listed range above is a guideline, and the base salary range for this role may be modified. In addition to base salary, your compensation package may include additional components such as equity, sales incentive pay (for most sales roles), and benefits. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your recruiter to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role. We strive to provide equitable and competitive benefits packages that support our employees worldwide and include: * Mental health, wellness & fitness benefits * Career coaching & support * Inclusive family building benefits * Long-term savings or retirement plans * In-office culinary options to cater to your dietary preferences These are just some of the benefits we offer, and benefits may vary based on role, country, and local regulations. If you're interviewing for this role, speak with your Talent Acquisition Partner to learn more about the total compensation and benefits for this role. #LI-Hybrid About us Asana is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration. Millions of teams around the world rely on Asana to achieve their most important goals, faster. Asana has been named to Fortune's Best Workplaces for 7+ years and recognized by Fast Company, Forbes, and Gartner for excellence in workplace culture and innovation. We offer an exceptional office-centric culture while adopting the best elements of hybrid models to ensure that every one of our global team members can work together effortlessly. With 13+ offices all over the world, we are always looking for individuals who care about building technology that drives positive change in the world and a culture where everyone feels that they belong. Join Asana’s Talent Network to stay up to date on job opportunities and life at Asana.

Finance Business Operations Manager

Lyft

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive. We are building out Finance business operations to drive disciplined execution of both organic and inorganic initiatives, including M&A integration, strategic programs (AVs, Luxury), and other new product initiatives (NPIs). This is a strategy-to-execution role that requires strong judgment, cross-functional leadership, and the ability to drive outcomes in ambiguous, high-stakes environments.  We are seeking a high-impact Finance BizOps leader to sit at the center of this effort, owning finance integration execution (in partnership with Lyft’s Corp Dev IMO), NPI financial readiness, and the intake/governance layer that connects Finance to the company’s most strategic initiatives. This role is the operating backbone for Finance – ensuring acquisitions integrate seamlessly, new products launch cleanly, and Finance work is prioritized with rigor and transparency.  As the company scales, the volume and complexity of strategic initiatives—M&A, new products, and cross-functional programs—continues to increase. This role establishes a centralized operating model that ensures: * Strategic initiatives are executed with discipline and completeness * Finance is embedded early and effectively ensuring strong planning to execution across multiple teams to deliver strong customer and business results * The organization scales without accumulating operational debt or technical debt RESPONSIBILITIES: * Strategic program Readiness  * Act as the central Finance lead for new product initiatives and large strategic programs  * Build strong working relationships with key product and business leaders and stay “in the know” on planned launches  * Partner with Finance SMEs, Product, Engineering, and GTM teams to ensure: * Financial workflows and requirements are defined  * Systems, processes, and finance stakeholders are ready for launch * Risks and tradeoffs are surfaced early * Translate ambiguous product requirements into clear Finance implications and execution plans * Track implementation and establish Finance governance to enable global launch and scalability  * Drive alignment and decision-making across stakeholders * Help ensure launches do not create downstream operational or technical debt * Finance M&A Integration * Support end-to-end Finance integration across global acquisitions, from Finance integration strategy during diligence to post-close integration * Partner with Corp Dev IMO, Product and Finance leadership to: * Understand product integration plans and identify impacts on Finance processes, systems, and org * Define Finance integration strategy and scope * Build integrated finance roadmaps with clear dependencies and critical path * Stand up governance, reporting, and escalation frameworks * Prepare and lead leadership readouts on Finance integration status of deals in scope * Drive cross-functional execution across Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, Tax, etc; manage key dependencies with IT/Systems, HR, and Legal * Implement and manage synergy tracking and value realization mechanisms * Codify repeatable finance integration playbooks to improve speed, quality, and predictability * Program Leadership & Execution * Act as the control tower across concurrent initiatives and Ensure the right work is resourced and sequenced appropriately across teams * Drive execution across multiple complex, cross-functional programs simultaneously * Build and manage integrated plans, milestones, and KPIs * Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks * Hold teams accountable while maintaining strong cross-functional relationships * Ensure high-quality documentation, decision logs, and scalable processes * Centralization and coordination for Finance-related initiatives (M&A, NPIs, strategic projects) * Define criteria (impact, risk, effort, strategic alignment) * Provide visibility into pipeline and tradeoffsFacilitate prioritization discussions with Finance leadership * Operating Model & Capability Building * Help stand up and evolve the Finance bizops function and define best practices and processes for: * M&A Integration governance * NPI Finance engagement model * Cross-functional operating rhythms * Introduce structure without slowing teams down—balancing rigor with speed * Build repeatable frameworks that scale with company growth EXPERIENCE: * 5+ years in BizOps, Finance Ops, Product Ops, or Consulting * Direct experience in M&A integration, large-scale program management, or product launches * Strong understanding of Finance functions (Accounting, FP&A, Treasury) and financial workflows (QTC, rev rec, billing); BS in Accounting/Finance preferred * Ability to operate in ambiguity and drive clarity across senior stakeholders * Proven track record of driving execution across cross-functional teams, across Finance, Business, and Technical teams * Strong systems thinking—understanding how processes, systems, and people connect * Exceptional communication and executive presence BENEFITS: * Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled * Mental health benefits * Family building benefits * Child care and pet benefits * 401(k) plan with company match to help save for your future * In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off * 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible * Subsidized commuter benefits * Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership Lyft is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid The expected base pay range for this position in the San Francisco area is $132,000 - $165,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.

Staff Data Scientist, Forecasting

Pinterest

About Pinterest: Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI. Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here. What you’ll do: * Be the technical lead for the forecasting team. Own the strategy and implementation of forecasting models of key company metrics (e.g., monthly active users), delivering accurate, interpretable forecasts at scale. * Lead the full modeling lifecycle end to end: problem framing, feature engineering, model development and prototyping, experimentation and backtesting, deployment, monitoring/drift detection, and explainability. * Set the forecasting technical vision. Define model architectures and standards, and partner with Engineering to shape the forecasting platform for efficient training/inference today and the scalability needed for the next generation of models. * Translate forecasts into decisions. Present outputs, scenario analyses, and recommendation frameworks to senior leadership with clarity and brevity. This is a high‑visibility role with regular VP-level exposure. * Drive broader time‑series impact beyond point forecasts—e.g., anomaly detection, automated root‑cause analysis, campaign/channel attribution, and early‑warning signals for business health. * Embed forecasting into the business. Partner with BizOps/Finance and product teams to integrate forecasts and insights into operational rhythms,  executive decision-making, and strategic planning. * Lead and mentor. Guide the work of at least two data scientists, raising the bar on technical quality, execution, and impact through candid, continuous feedback and coaching.   What we’re looking for: * 8+ years of combined post-graduate academic and industry experience building and shipping production time‑series/forecasting models with web‑scale data.  * A track record of delivering adjustable, well‑calibrated, and explainable forecasting systems that informing decision-making. * Strong background in time‑series modeling and applied statistics/econometrics; advanced degree (MS or PhD) preferred. * Expertise in at least one scripting language (ideally Python). * Strong SQL skills (Hive/Presto/Spark SQL) and experience building reliable data pipelines/workflows (e.g., Airflow). * Business acumen and ownership mindset—able to simplify complex problems, connect model outputs to business levers, and prioritize for impact. * Excellent communication skills—able to distill complex analyses and uncertainty into concise narratives for executive audiences. * Proven technical leadership—success leading critical projects and materially influencing the scope and output of other contributors.   Relocation Statement: * This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.   In-Office Requirement Statement: * We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection. * This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.   #LI-NM4 #LI-REMOTE At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise. Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here. US based applicants only $164,695—$339,078 USD Our Commitment to Inclusion: Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.   By submitting this application, I certify that all information submitted in my application and throughout the hiring process is true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that any false statement, omission, or misrepresentation may disqualify me from employment consideration or result in termination if discovered after hire.