Granica
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Services
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Granica is an AI research and infrastructure company focused on reliable, steerable representations for enterprise data.
We earn trust through Crunch, a policy-driven health layer that keeps large tabular datasets efficient, reliable, and reversible. On this foundation, we’re building Large Tabular Models—systems that learn cross-column and relational structure to deliver trustworthy answers and automation with built-in provenance and governance.
As we scale toward a generational structured AI company, we’re hiring our Founding Head of Finance to lead Strategic Finance, Capital Markets, FP&A, and Company-Wide Performance Architecture.
This role is for a finance leader who wants to help build a generational company—designing the financial engine, raising capital, and creating a performance model tied directly to long-term value creation.
Partner with the CEO to lead $50M–$100M+ growth rounds across Series B+.
Own the long-range financial model, capital strategy, and investor narrative.
Build and manage relationships with top-tier venture, growth, and crossover investors.
Lead diligence, investor Q&A, and board-level financial communications.
Build forecasting, scenario modeling, pricing, and long-range planning systems.
Establish the operating discipline required to scale through Series B, C, D → IPO.
Drive analysis across unit economics, GTM efficiency, R&D leverage, and infra cost modeling.
Partner with Product, Engineering, and Sales to align economics with roadmap and GTM scale.
Translate Granica’s system-level and technical value into CFO-relevant outcomes: infrastructure cost reduction, margin expansion, and multi-year cost predictability.
Apply firsthand experience evaluating large-scale data, cloud, or infrastructure spend to pressure-test pricing, ROI models, and replacement economics versus incumbent providers.
Act as an internal proxy for enterprise CFO decision-making, anticipating concerns around switching costs, procurement, risk, and budget governance.
Inform early design-partner conversations and commercial structuring by embedding economic-buyer judgment into product, pricing, and GTM strategy.
Ensure Granica’s financial story resonates under both investor diligence and enterprise customer scrutiny.
Design and operationalize a company-wide performance-based compensation system (NPUs).
Build KPI-driven models for engineering, research, GTM, and operations.
Own governance, payout logic, and transparency across total rewards.
Lead planning cycles, resource allocation, and financial readiness.
Build global reporting and financial systems that scale with enterprise demand.
Partner with the CEO on board materials, product strategy, pricing, and market expansion.
Build audit, compliance, and governance frameworks for late-stage scale.
Drive S-1 readiness, revenue recognition compliance, and investor-grade reporting.
Hire and scale FP&A, accounting/controllership, revenue operations, and analytics.
Transition from outsourced support to a high-velocity internal team.
Experience raising $50M–$100M+ for a high-growth startup.
Scaled a company from Series B/C → Series D → IPO readiness.
Deep expertise in performance-based compensation systems across technical and GTM teams.
Hands-on ownership of FP&A, pricing, forecasting, and model optimization.
Strong understanding of SaaS/AI infrastructure economics (usage-based preferred).
Ability to operate at founder altitude with clarity, speed, and disciplined execution.
Fundamental Research Meets Enterprise Impact. Work at the intersection of science and engineering, turning foundational research into deployed systems serving enterprise workloads at exabyte scale.
AI by Design. Build the infrastructure that defines how efficiently the world can create and apply intelligence.
Real Ownership. Design primitives that will underpin the next decade of AI infrastructure.
High-Trust Environment. Deep technical work, minimal bureaucracy, shared mission.
Enduring Horizon. Backed by NEA, Bain Capital, and various luminaries from tech and business. We are building a generational company for decades, not quarters or a product cycle.
Competitive salary, meaningful equity, and substantial bonus for top performers
Flexible time off plus comprehensive health coverage for you and your family
Support for research, publication, and deep technical exploration
At Granica, you will shape the fundamental infrastructure that makes intelligence itself efficient, structured, and enduring. Join us to build the foundational data systems that power the future of enterprise AI!
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