Senior Director of Finance, Superhuman
$200-250k
+ Company stock options; +Bonus
AI productivity suite
Job no longer available
AI productivity suite
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$200-250k
+ Company stock options; +Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock the superhuman potential in everyone.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of Finance + operations experience with 4+ years in leadership
- Track record managing SaaS metrics and capital efficiency
- History of managing accounting teams and controls
- M&A experience
- Strategic Mindset: Connects operational decisions to long-term business strategy while balancing efficiency and growth through data-driven planning
- People Leadership: Builds and develops high-performing teams by setting clear expectations, coaching for growth, and creating a culture of ownership
- Accounting Leadership: Builds scalable accounting operations with strong controls and efficiency through systematic design
- Systems Design: Creates integrated financial systems that streamline quote-to-cash processes and enable scale
- Operational Excellence: Develops efficient processes that reduce friction and enable rapid growth with strong controls
- Business Partnership: Influences outcomes through strategic counsel, financial insights, and operational enablement
- Communication: Translates complex operational concepts into clear, actionable insights for all stakeholders
- And is excited to learn and uphold our core values and operating principles:
- Create Delight: Creates moments of joy and fulfillment for customers and employees by building intentional experiences that deliver pleasant surprises
- Deliver Remarkable Quality: Approaches everything with exceptional quality and simplicity, setting new standards that compel others to share our work
- Embrace the Extraordinary: Forms bold visions that push limits and defy status quo, using ambitious goals to drive rapid learning and ultimate success
- Bias for Action: Takes rapid, calculated steps forward in the face of uncertainty to catalyze progress and growth through fast iteration and decisive movement
- Start-to-Finish Ownership: Takes full responsibility for success by understanding problems holistically, finding solutions proactively, and driving outcomes completely
- Customer Zeal: Deeply listens to and understands customer needs, developing empathy through both quantitative data and qualitative stories
- Care Deeply, Challenge Directly: Builds trust through genuine care while having the courage to engage in hard conversations and open debate
What the job involves
- Build and scale world-class finance and operations to drive efficient growth through operational excellence, capital efficiency, and strategic investments
- Outcome #1: Maximize ROI through efficient resource allocation and scalable growth strategies
- Keep the burn multiple < 1 by prioritizing high-ROI investments that drive growth and sustainability
- Implement ROI-driven frameworks to evaluate and prioritize investments in alignment with company goals
- Partner with Marketing and Sales leadership to optimize the SaaS Magic Number, ensuring cost-efficient revenue generation
- Develop dynamic forecasting and scenario-planning models with Analytics to guide strategic decision-making
- Outcome #2: Build scalable, accurate, and compliant accounting operations
- Automate quote-to-cash processes to improve efficiency and prepare for growth
- Maintain accurate revenue recognition as revenue streams diversify, ensuring compliance and scalability
- Proactively integrate GAAP-compliant, audit-ready best practices into operations
- Outcome #3: Drive Corporate Development and maximize Board ROI
- Deliver clear, compelling board and investor communications tied to operational progress and strategic vision
- Identify and execute high-impact M&A opportunities and strategic partnerships aligned with long-term growth
- Develop forward-looking board materials that demonstrate progress and inspire confidence
- Build an investor relations framework that aligns communication with growth milestones and strategy
- Outcome #4: Build scalable, future-ready operational systems
- Implement enterprise-grade IT and security systems that balance growth with risk management
- Establish flexible legal and compliance frameworks to support global expansion and regulatory changes
- Optimize vendor relationships to drive cost savings and maintain service quality
- Automate and innovate operational processes to eliminate inefficiencies and increase agility
- Outcome #5: Build and lead high-performing, growth-aligned teams
- Attract, develop, and retain diverse, top-tier talent across Finance, Accounting, Legal, and IT
- Foster a high-performance, collaborative team culture that aligns with company values and drives innovation
- Empower decision-making and accountability by building leadership capacity within the team
- Lead with coaching, prioritization, and clear communication, embodying Superhuman’s core values
- Build the infrastructure and capabilities needed to support sustainable organizational growth
- This role reports directly to our Head of Operations while leading and managing our Finance, Legal, and Compliance teams
Our take
Most of us spend our workday jumping between emails, documents, meetings, and endless browser tabs. The problem isn't just the amount of work but the constant switching between tools that breaks focus and wastes time. Instead of getting things done, we're searching for information, rewriting messages, and trying to remember what happened in yesterday's meeting. And now, as AI becomes more common, it brings with it a new issue: every app has its own assistant, but they rarely work together.
That's the problem Superhuman wants to solve. Rather than being just another AI chatbot, it's building an AI-powered productivity platform that connects the tools people already use. Its new assistant, Superhuman Go, works across more than 100 apps to draft emails, surface meeting notes, pull information from different tools, and suggest what to do next. Simply, it helps users spend less time managing software and more time doing meaningful work.
The company's recent evolution reflects this ambition too. After Grammarly acquired Superhuman Mail and Coda, it rebranded the combined business as Superhuman, bringing email, documents, and AI assistance into one platforms. Rather than focusing only on writing, the company aims to become the AI layer that connects modern work. If it can successfully unite these products and grow its ecosystem of AI agents, then it very well could become a central hub for workplace productivity.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
37% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Aug 2021
$75m
SERIES C
May 2019
$38.5m
SERIES B
Total funding: $113.5m
Company benefits
- Tiered lifestyle & wellness stipends: Every team member enjoys lifestyle and wellness stipends they can use for gym memberships and exercise classes, grocery delivery, cleaning services, childcare, and more. On top of that, we offer larger stipends depending on how often you commute to a hub.
- Commuting support & work-from-home budget: We help offset commuting costs through commuter benefits, and we offer an annual work-from-home budget so you can create a workspace that works for you.
- Lunch (and snacks) on us: When you’re in the hub, lunch is on us. And every hub is stocked with snacks and drinks throughout the day.
- Medical insurance & mental health resources: We provide comprehensive medical insurance plans and access to mental health resources. But our approach to wellness doesn’t stop here. We offer a wide range of holistic resources that vary by region.
- Support for professional growth: We provide an annual professional development budget to support learning and growth. Use it for conferences, books, online courses, coaching, or other opportunities that help you move forward in your career.
- Generous time off & Supercharge Sabbaticals: Our approach to time off supports meaningful rest and real time away, giving you the space to recharge and make room for life as it happens. At your 5- and 10-year anniversaries, you’ll also unlock a Supercharge Sabbatical, which gives you an additional 20 or 40 days off to fully step away and reset.
- Connecting through Superhuman Circles: Superhuman Circles are resource groups that foster connection, community, and inclusivity. Join an existing circle or start one of your own to help co-create a culture of belonging.
- Parental & family support: We support parents and families across different life stages with benefits that often extend beyond legal requirements depending on location. Caregivers have access to a reimbursable budget to help offset pet care and childcare expenses when traveling for work.
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Rahul Vohra
(Co-Founder & CEO)Before founding Superhuman, Rahul was a Technical Advisor for BOLDstart Ventures, which provides seed and first-round funding to early-stage internet companies. Rahul has also been an investor in Partender, sendwithus, EasyPost, Placer and YesGraph.
Conrad Irwin
(Co-Founder & CTO)After founding Rapportive, which added context and transparency to emails, Conrad worked as a Senior Software Engineer for Linkedin. Before co-founding Superhuman, they were the VP of Engineering for Bugsnag, an automatic crash detector for web and mobile apps.
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