Summary
Google DeepMind are looking for a talented Business Finance Program Manager at their Mountain View office. This role sits at the heart of strategic decision-making, translating technical R&D milestones into financial roadmaps and bottom-up annual plans. You'll work directly with leadership to shape the company's direction in the cinema and simulation markets.
About the Role
This role is a hands-on, mid-level Finance Program Manager position embedded directly within the Google DeepMind Robotics team in Mountain View, California. Unlike a traditional corporate finance role, you will work "seat-to-seat" with researchers and engineers to translate technical R&D milestones into financial roadmaps and bottom-up annual plans. You will be responsible for the end-to-end financial health of the team, which includes selecting and evolving budget tooling, managing dynamic rolling forecasts for hardware and prototypes, performing complex "build vs. buy" scenario modeling, and tracking and reporting granular spend across Opex and Capex on a quarterly and yearly basis.
Accountabilities
- Conduct in-depth market research across cinema and simulation sectors, identifying emerging trends, competitive threats, and partnership opportunities that directly inform the company's quarterly strategic planning sessions
- Manage monthly and quarterly rolling forecasts. Because this is R&D and Hardware, you will need to adjust forecasts rapidly as timelines shift and prototypes evolve
- Build financial models to support decision-making (e.g., "Build vs. Buy" decisions, R&D allocation, and resource capacity planning)
The Candidate we're looking for
Experience:
- Significant experience as a finance manager in fast-paced tech, manufacturing or hardware industries, having successfully managed multi-million $ budgets
Technical skills:
- Expert-level program and project management skills, with the ability to manage several complex projects concurrently and a flexible approach when working under pressure
Personal attributes:
- A deep and demonstrable interest in AI, technology, and its societal and cultural impact
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Bonus
- Equity
- Benefits
- Professional development opportunities
- Financial benefits (bonus, equity, pension, etc.)
- Cultural perks (team events, office amenities, etc.)
