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TRM Labs

Strategic Finance Lead, R&D

TRM Labs

. Build an AI-assisted, driver-based economic model connecting usage and billing data across hundreds of SKUs to forecasts and investment decisions .

Posted 10/2/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in strategic finance and FP&A, with a strong focus on AI-assisted modeling and infrastructure optimization. Proven ability to partner with technical leaders and deliver actionable insights through data-informed decision-making.

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Strategic Finance ExperienceAI-Assisted ModelingData-Informed ForecastingCloud Cost AnalysisCollaboration with Engineering

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Hard Skills
Driver-Based ForecastingInvestment Case DevelopmentCapacity ModelingAI FluencyData Analysis
Soft Skills
JudgmentCommunicationCuriosityProblem-SolvingComfort with Ambiguity
Tools & Technologies
GCP CloudPigmentAutomation Tools
Industry Keywords
R&D FinanceFP&ABusiness OperationsInfrastructure OptimizationUsage-Based Technology

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CloudGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Build an AI-assisted, driver-based economic model connecting usage and billing data across hundreds of SKUs to forecasts and investment decisions
  • Identify infrastructure-spend optimization opportunities and partner with Engineering to reduce R&D costs without slowing product velocity
  • Define TRM's AI spend strategy with the Head of AI and track spend against ROI by tool and workload
  • Own planning, forecasting, and the R&D headcount capacity model, with automated workflows to flag risks
  • Lead infrastructure and R&D investment cases from business case through decision and measurement
  • Create executive and board narratives explaining R&D performance, changes, causes, and recommended decisions
  • Rebuild R&D finance using AI, automation, and Pigment
  • Partner with the CTO and R&D leadership; report to the Head of Strategic Finance and FP&A
  • Deliver an initial AI-assisted GCP cloud forecast within 30 days, an AI spend strategy within 60 days, and an integrated R&D capacity model within 90 days
  • Participate in regular CTO/R&D working sessions, monthly cost and forecast reviews, quarterly headcount-capacity planning, and annual Pigment planning cycles

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 7+ years across strategic finance, FP&A, business operations, or a related role
  • Experience owning consequential work end to end, from framing ambiguous questions through recommendations and action
  • Strong data-informed modeling skills, including driver-based forecasts, investment cases, and capacity models built from incomplete or complex data
  • Hands-on experience analyzing cloud, compute, AI, or other usage-based technology costs
  • Experience partnering with Engineering, Product, Data, AI, or Infrastructure leaders
  • Judgment and communication skills to become a trusted partner to senior technical leaders
  • Applied AI fluency, including using AI to improve modeling, research, or recurring workflows and checking output reliability
  • Curiosity to learn technical systems quickly and translate AI products and modern infrastructure into financial insight
  • Comfort with ambiguity, rapid change, high ownership, collaboration, and creative problem-solving

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive benefits, wellness programs, and time away from work, varying by country and local employment requirements
  • Distributed-first/remote work environment
  • Substantial ownership from day one
  • Direct exposure to the CTO and executive team
  • Opportunity to shape R&D finance operations
  • Potential opportunity to build a team as the mandate grows