Finance and Strategy Director, Grafana Labs
USA
$185-220k
+ RSUs
Open & composable observability platform
Be an early applicant
Open & composable observability platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$185-220k
+ RSUs
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unite data, no matter where it lives, and empower its users to analyze, take action, and make smart decisions.
Role
Who you are
- You may not meet every requirement, and that’s okay. If this role excites you, we’d love you to raise your hand for what could be a truly career-defining opportunity
- 10+ years of progressive experience in Finance, Strategy, FP&A, or Corporate Finance within high-growth SaaS or technology companies
- Proven experience partnering with executive leadership to influence strategic business decisions
- Strong financial modeling, planning, forecasting, and scenario analysis expertise
- Experience building scalable finance processes and improving operational efficiency through automation
- Passion for leveraging AI, automation, and modern technologies to transform Finance
- Strong understanding of SaaS business models and key metrics, including ARR, NRR, GRR, CAC, and LTV
- Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and business judgment with the ability to simplify complex decisions
- Strong communication and executive storytelling skills with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization
- Experience collaborating across Sales, Customer Success, Product, Operations, and Data teams in a fast-paced environment
- High integrity, ownership, curiosity, and a continuous improvement mindset
What the job involves
- We're looking for a strategic finance leader to partner with GTM executives and help shape the future of the Finance & Strategy organization. This role combines financial leadership, business partnership, data-driven decision making, and finance transformation to improve business outcomes and scale the organization
- This is a senior individual contributor role — you'll lead through influence and expertise rather than direct reports. It reports to the Senior Director, GTM Finance & Strategy
- Partner with GTM leadership to translate business strategy into financial plans, investment decisions, and measurable outcomes
- Lead annual planning, forecasting, long-range planning, and driver-based financial models across GTM
- Deliver actionable financial insights, scenario analysis, and executive recommendations that influence strategic decisions
- Modernize Finance through AI, automation, and scalable planning processes that improve speed, quality, and forecast accuracy
- Partner with Data & Analytics to improve financial metrics, data quality, dashboards, and self-service reporting
- Drive strategic investment analysis, resource allocation, and performance management across the business
- Support complex commercial decisions and strategic initiatives through financial modeling and cross-functional partnership
- Continuously improve finance processes, reporting, and operating leverage through technology and automation
Our take
Observability plays a crucial role in software development, where dashboards are pivotal for monitoring the health of IT infrastructure across an organization. However, for developers, the frustration of spending unnecessary time navigating between different dashboards to find the latest information detracts from valuable programming time.
Grafana creates customizable observability platforms for its clients, to enhance the efficiency of this process. Its offerings include cloud-based data structures, dashboards, API plugins, and collaboration tools. The company boasts over 25 million users globally, with a customer base exceeding 5,000 and including prominent names like Bloomberg, PJ Morgan Chase, eBay, PayPal and Sony.
While Grafana provides free plans with a simplified tool package, the Grafana Enterprise Stack offers customized solutions on a monthly subscription. The company's continues to improve to meet the evolving needs of its users, enhancing functionality with each iteration. It also fosters community engagement by enabling users to share their Grafana dashboards with the broader open-source community.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
49% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2024
$270m
SERIES D
Apr 2022
$240m
SERIES D
Total funding: $805.2m
Company benefits
- Vacation: Balance is key. Our team enjoys 30 days of paid vacation each year on top of national holidays, parental leave, and sick leave. We also take a breather on a number of Grafana Shutdown Days each year
- Healthcare: We’re proud to provide health coverage or stipends for our colleagues in the US, UK, Canada, the Netherlands, Sweden, Singapore, and India
- Retirement planning: There’s no time like the present to start saving for your future. We make employer contributions into the pension pots of our team members in the US, UK, Canada, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Germany
- Professional development: On top of a $1,500 annual learning and development stipend, Grafanistas have thousands of on-demand courses at their fingertips to help them grow professionally. Want to attend a conference or training? Go ahead. Just pass on what you learned
- Work location: Vast majority of our roles are fully remote, focused on hiring the best talent and allowing you to perform from the comfort of your home. If you fancy a change of scene, we’ll also reimburse you up to $175 a month for a personal co-working space
- Choice of tech: There’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to the tech required to do your job. Choose the laptop and accessories you need when you join us, and we’ll refresh them every three years
- Mindfulness: When you join the team, you can sign up for a complimentary subscription to Headspace to take advantage of the benefits of mindfulness and meditation. Our wellbeing resource group also organize sessions run by fellow Grafanistas or external trainers
- Paid parental leave: Grafana offers paid parental leave to all eligible new parents. This offers Grafanistas time to bond with and care for their children in the first year after birth or adoption
- Global Employee Assistance Program: We offer all team members a 100% confidential support service with 24/7 365 access to professionally qualified counsellors and specialists
Company HQ
Financial District, New York, NY
Leadership
Raj Dutt
(CEO & Co-Founder)Currently a Board Member at NSONE. Previously founded Voxel where they served as the CEO for 12 years. They also served as the Senior Vice President of Technology at Internap Network Services.
Torkel Ödegaard
(Co-Founder)Graduated from Mälardalen University with a Master's in Computer Science. Founder of Coding Instinct. Previously worked as a Consultant at H&M, Avega, and Ebay.
Anthony Wood
(Co-Founder)Previously worked at Visa and Voxel as a Senior Systems Engineer. They also have Systems Engineering experience at PalVision and iiNet.
Share this job
View 73 more jobs at Grafana Labs