Vice President Controller, LaunchDarkly
$287-464k
OTE
Salary dependent on location. Salary shown inclusive of 20% bonus. Plus RSUs.
Feature management for software teams
Open for applications
Feature management for software teams
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$287-464k
OTE
Salary dependent on location. Salary shown inclusive of 20% bonus. Plus RSUs.
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower all teams to deliver and control their software.
Role
Who you are
- 12+ years of progressive accounting leadership experience
- Prior VP Accounting or senior Controller experience at a B2B SaaS company
- Direct experience operating at ~$200M+ ARR (or clear evidence of readiness for that scale)
- Hands-on ownership of revenue recognition in a subscription-based model
- Deep expertise in U.S. GAAP, especially ASC 606
- Strong understanding of internal controls, audits, and accounting systems
- Ability to balance technical correctness with business pragmatism
- Big 4 public accounting background (3–5 years) strongly preferred (nice-to-have)
- Operates autonomously with sound judgment and high integrity
- Clear, confident communicator with credibility across executives and the Board
- Willing to challenge assumptions and elevate standards when required
- Strong collaborator who builds trust across functions and improves partnership with G&A leaders (Legal, People, etc.)
What the job involves
- LaunchDarkly is hiring a Vice President, Controller to serve as the single accountable leader for company-wide accounting integrity, revenue recognition, close discipline, and internal controls as the business scales from ~$200M ARR toward $400M+ and increased external scrutiny
- This role exists to elevate Accounting from a historically back-office function into a collaborative, business-facing partner—one that delivers rigor and accuracy without becoming a gatekeeper or slowing execution
- A key reason for this leadership change is to strengthen cross-functional partnership and collaboration with GTM, Legal, People, and G&A leaders
- Reporting to the CFO, the VP, Controller will independently run a complex accounting organization at a $200M–$400M ARR scale, while building the foundation for future public-company readiness in a pragmatic, staged way (IPO timeline is measured in years, not quarters)
- This leader will partner closely with FP&A, Legal, GTM, IT, and Data & Analytics to ensure financial reporting is accurate, timely, scalable, and trusted
- Operate the accounting function with minimal executive oversight, while maintaining CFO-level rigor and judgment
- Deliver accurate, timely, confidence-inspiring financials every period through strong close discipline
- Establish Accounting as a trusted business partner to functional leaders—not a back-office service desk or gatekeeper
- Own and continuously improve revenue recognition and contract accounting discipline, reducing downstream complexity through upstream clarity
- Build a scalable accounting operating model suitable for a $200M–$400M+ ARR SaaS company, including thoughtful progress toward SOX/public-company readiness without premature over-engineering
- Own all core accounting functions including general ledger, month-end and quarter-end close, treasury, tax coordination, equity accounting, and external audit management
- Ensure financial statements are accurate, complete, and produced on a predictable, accelerated close timeline
- Serve as the company’s technical accounting authority and escalation point
- Own ASC 606 revenue recognition policies, processes, and judgments
- Partner closely with Legal, Sales Ops, and GTM leadership on contract structure, deal terms, and revenue implications
- Ensure contracts are accounted for correctly, consistently, and defensibly
- Reduce downstream accounting complexity through upstream clarity and discipline
- Design and implement a right-sized internal control framework suitable for a high-growth private SaaS company
- Strengthen controls around revenue, close processes, approvals, and data integrity
- Begin foundational work for future SOX readiness without introducing unnecessary friction
- Own the relationship with external auditors and advisors
- Ensure smooth audits with minimal disruption to the business
- Oversee tax compliance in partnership with external firms (income tax, sales/use tax, international considerations)
- Support future 409A process, M&A diligence, financing events, and external reporting requirements
- Partner with FP&A, IT, and Data & Analytics to improve automation, data flow, and accounting systems
- Reduce manual processes and spreadsheet dependency
- Ensure accounting data is clean, auditable, and aligned with company-wide metrics and dashboards
- Lead, develop, and upgrade the accounting organization as needed
- Set clear ownership, accountability, and performance expectations
- Build a team capable of operating at a materially larger scale than today
- Foster a culture of precision, accountability, and business partnership
Our take
Feature flags are a powerful software development tool, allowing teams to modify system behavior without changing code, therefore minimizing risk. If a business has a new feature they want to test, they can then roll it out to a small set of users before letting it go live. These companies can, for example, get quick feedback on the new feature and fix any bugs, or roll back any changes.
LaunchDarkly allows companies to run tests like this by activating the new code for only a small set of users prior to launch. Typically running these tests requires lots of developer time - a daunting and expensive prospect for most rapidly growing businesses - and can risk disruption to the user experience if testing takes place on the live product.
Demonstrating its value to businesses, the platform is used by the likes of IBM, Intuit and Atlassian. Recently it has seemed to focus on further scaling its growth as it develops towards being a leading business in the feature management space.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2021
$200m
SERIES D
Jan 2020
$54m
LATE VC
Total funding: $330.3m
Company benefits
- Full Vision
- Full Dental
- Full Medical
- Flexible Schedule
- Healthy Lunches & Snacks
- Conference & Meetup Access
- Education Stipend
- Personalized Work Station
- Close to Public Transportation
- Bike Parking
- Team Activities
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Lakeside, Oakland, CA
Leadership
Edith Harbaugh
(Co-founder, Executive Chair & CEO)Worked as a Product Manager at Vignette, Monster Worldwide, and PlantSense. Previously Product Director at TripIt.
John Kodumal
(Co-founder & CTO)Prior to co-founding LaunchDarkly was Software Development Manager at Atlassian and Bytecode Anaylsis Architect for Coverity.
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