Senior Director of Strategic Planning and Analysis

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Director of Strategic Planning and Analysis based in the United States.

The Senior Director of Strategic Planning and Analysis will play a pivotal role in shaping financial strategy, long-term business planning, and executive decision-making. Reporting to senior finance leadership, you will own the long-range planning process and transform complex financial and operational data into actionable insights that support sustainable growth. You will leverage artificial intelligence to modernize financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analytical processes, driving greater efficiency, accuracy, and strategic value.

Working closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams, you will influence investment priorities, financial performance, and business strategy. You will also contribute to investor communications and Board-level reporting, ensuring financial narratives are clear, consistent, and data-driven. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for an experienced strategic finance professional in a dynamic, technology-driven, and AI-focused environment, with the potential to build and lead a team as the function expands.

• Lead long-range strategic planning:
  Own and continuously evolve the long-range planning (LRP) process, including its framework, financial assumptions, models, and regular updates in collaboration with executive leadership and Corporate FP&A.
• Translate strategy into financial objectives:
  Convert corporate strategy into measurable financial and operational targets, multi-year forecasts, investment priorities, and scenarios that support profitable and sustainable growth.
• Develop integrated financial models:
  Partner with Go-To-Market and Corporate FP&A leaders to build an annual recurring revenue (ARR)-based planning model covering new bookings, customer churn, product and geographic performance, sales volumes, and average selling prices. Ensure this model supports alignment across Product, Sales, and Finance and informs both long-range planning and annual operating plans.
• Drive scenario planning and financial analysis:
  Lead sensitivity analyses, financial modeling, and business scenario assessments to evaluate strategic alternatives, identify risks, support capital allocation, and guide executive decisions.
• Transform financial planning through AI:
  Modernize planning, forecasting, and analytical processes through artificial intelligence, including automated scenario generation, variance explanations, financial insights, and narrative reporting.
• Build AI-enabled solutions:
  Develop and deploy scalable AI-powered financial models, analytical workflows, and automation tools, leveraging internal technology platforms where appropriate while maintaining accuracy, transparency, auditability, and public-company standards.
• Establish responsible AI practices:
  Evaluate emerging AI technologies in collaboration with Finance Systems, IT, and Data teams, establish appropriate standards for responsible AI adoption, and support the integration of AI into everyday financial planning and analysis.
• Improve reporting and analytics:
  Develop scalable financial models, data structures, business intelligence solutions, and self-service reporting capabilities that improve analytical quality, accessibility, and decision-making speed.
• Provide strategic business partnership:
  Collaborate with leaders across Product, Engineering, General and Administrative functions, and Go-To-Market teams to align financial plans, investments, and business outcomes with corporate priorities.
• Deliver financial and operational insights:
  Analyze revenue…