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Director, Finance, GTM & Infrastructure Operations

Mission:

The Director, Finance, GTM & Infrastructure Operations will serve as a strategic finance partner to the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and GTM leadership team, the VP of Operations and Operations leadership team, and Finance peers.

This role will focus on enabling growth—helping the GTM team accelerate revenue, scale the business, and remove financial barriers to execution—while also supporting Operations to ensure Groq can efficiently deliver AI Inference at scale to customers.

Responsibilities & opportunities in this role:

Go-To-Market (GTM) Finance – Enabling Growth

Partner with GTM leaders to support strategic initiatives that drive customer acquisition, expansion, revenue acceleration and Sales Contribution.
Provide financial insights, modeling, and scenario planning to help the team pursue new markets, pricing strategies, and sales motions.
Support partnership development, helping structure and evaluate deals that unlock new channels and scale distribution.
Optimize deal structuring by balancing customer needs, strategic value, and long-term growth potential.
Develop headcount and resource planning models, ensuring GTM teams have the investment needed to execute.
Help shape pricing and offering strategies, supporting sales teams in testing and iterating on new approaches.

Operations Finance – Enabling Scalable Execution

Bridge GTM and Operations planning, aligning supply and demand to minimize bottlenecks and optimize revenue realization.
Support supply chain, fulfillment and capacity planning, ensuring Groq can meet customer demand and scale delivery efficiently.
Assess data center profitability, tracking operational costs and their impact on Groq’s strategy.
Lead real estate and data center financial planning, ensuring Groq’s infrastructure can scale in line with business growth.
Partner with IT and InfoSec leadership to evaluate vendor contracts, cost structures, and efficiency opportunities.
Corporate Finance & Planning
Serve as a key input into corporate planning cycles, coordinating GTM and Operations execution with Groq’s financial objectives.
Collaborate with FP&A, Accounting, and Investor Relations, contributing insights for Board reporting and investor communications.
Support cross-functional finance initiatives, driving alignment across revenue, operations, and corporate functions.

Ideal candidates have/are:

10+ years of experience in Strategic Finance, FP&A, or Business Operations Finance, ideally in high-growth tech, AI, SaaS, or hardware.
Deep understanding of GTM finance, including sales models, partnerships, pricing, and scaling revenue operations.
Strong experience in operations finance, particularly in supply chain, logistics, IT, and data center planning.
Ability to partner with GTM, Operations, and Finance leaders to drive strategic decision-making.
Highly analytical with expertise in financial modeling, scenario analysis, and forecasting.
Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, balancing strategic priorities with tactical execution.
Strong communication and influencing skills to translate financial insights into business impact.

Attributes of a Groqster:

Humility - Egos are checked at the door
Collaborative & Team Savvy - We make up the smartest person in the room, together
Growth & Giver Mindset - Learn it all versus know it all, we share knowledge generously
Curious & Innovative - Take a creative approach to projects, problems, and design
Passion, Grit, & Boldness - no limit thinking, fueling informed risk taking

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

Compensation:

At Groq, a competitive base salary is part of our comprehensive compensation package, which includes equity and benefits. For this role, the base salary range is $188,870 - $255,530, determined by your skills, qualifications, experience and internal benchmarks.

Location:

Groq is a geo-agnostic company, meaning you work where you are. Exceptional candidates will thrive in asynchronous partnerships and remote collaboration methods. Some roles may require being located near our primary sites, as indicated in the job description.

At Groq:

Our goal is to hire and promote an exceptional workforce as diverse as the global populations we serve. Groq is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and belonging in all aspects of our organization. We value and celebrate diversity in thought, beliefs, talent, expression, and backgrounds. We know that our individual differences make us better.

Groq is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Groq complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any protected characteristic.

Groq is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application or to participate in the hiring process, please contact us at talent@groq.com. This contact is for accommodation requests only, which will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

All offers of employment are contingent upon verification of the applicant’s identity and employment authorization in accordance with federal law.

Groq encourages people with criminal record histories to apply for employment, and values diverse experiences, including prior contact with the criminal legal system. To that end, Groq welcomes such applicants in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles City Fair Chance Act Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Act Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Act Ordinance. Philadelphia applicants can review information pertaining to Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance here: https://www.phila.gov/documents/fair-chance-hiring-law-poster.

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