As the Director of Strategic Finance, you will be leading FP&A for all R&D and Product strategy, and will partner closely with key members of the R&D and Product Leadership team, including the CPO and Chief R&D. 

You will be a valued business partner in driving cross-functional, strategic planning and delivering business insights for all R&D and Product functions. You will partner with various functions in leading strategic projects as well as report on meaningful financial and operational metrics to drive insightful and data-led business decisions.

You will play an active role in defining strategic investments that favor the long term and set up Gong for continued success. You will have high visibility into the vision and goals of R&D and Product divisions, as you evaluate and support key metrics that will drive profitable growth at scale. 

You will be responsible for:

• Manage, develop, and grow the strategic finance function for Product & R&D to help drive Gong’s growth through innovation
• Partner with the Product and R&D leadership teams in thinking through and modeling long-term P&L trajectory
• Strategically influence ongoing analysis on compute, product adoption, and optimization 
• Lead forecasting and budgeting, partnering with department leaders on monthly, quarterly, and annual analysis
• Prepare and analyze management presentations, including monthly reporting, BOD, QBR, and Finance Review 
• Partner with the Accounting Team to support the month-end close process
• Build complex financial models and analyses, including competitive analysis, gross margin analysis, pro forma models, scenario-based models with sensitivities, and consumption-based product models.
• Provide financial expertise to help support headcount planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning.
• Develop and implement scalable, efficient financial processes, leveraging AI and automation across FP&A to enhance reporting, forecast accuracy, and overall team productivity in support of our rapidly growing business.
• Partner with FinOps and Engineering to manage and optimize cloud infrastructure spend, balancing cost efficiency, performance, and scalability

You should apply if you have:

• 10+ years of experience in FP&A, investment banking, equity research, strategy consulting, or strategic/corp finance, preferably at either a high-tech or enterprise software company
• 4+ years of experience building and managing high-performing teams
• Proven business partnership experience with C-suite executives and demonstrated ability to provide thought leadership to various functions. 
• Deep experience with various financial applications, including ERP, CRM, and financial planning applications (Salesforce, Netsuite, Excel, etc.)
• Understanding of both traditional SaaS and consumption/outcome-based business models
• Familiarity with Enterprise Software (SaaS preferred) metrics, ideally including both seat-based and consumption-based product models, with a focus on AI native technologies
• Experience working in a startup environment, with an ability to balance strategic initiatives and operational execution
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or related discipline

What makes working at Gong unique?

At Gong, we empower our employees with ownership to solve complex problems, make impactful decisions, and build cutting-edge products. We call this “Own. Solve. Impact.”

About us

Here at Gong, we encourage our employees to express their personality and identity (whether gender, ethnic, religious, or sexual), and we ensure fairness and equal opportunities. We follow a hybrid working model that combines working from home, on the go, or at the office. This allows us: flexibility, autonomy, positive work relationships, and effective work habits. If these considerations are important to you when choosing a workplace, we'd love to see you with us.

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*This position requires Israeli residence

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About Us

Riskified empowers businesses to unleash ecommerce growth by taking risk off the table. Many of the world’s biggest brands and publicly traded companies selling online rely on Riskified for guaranteed protection against chargebacks, to fight fraud and policy abuse at scale, and to improve customer retention. Developed and managed by the largest team of ecommerce risk analysts, data scientists and researchers, Riskified’s AI-powered fraud and risk intelligence platform analyzes the individual behind each interaction to provide real-time decisions and robust identity-based insights. Riskified is proud to work with incredible companies in virtually all industries including Booking.com, Acer, Gucci, Lorna Jane, GoPro, and many more.

We thrive in a collaborative work setting, alongside great people, to build and enhance products that matter. Abundant opportunities to create and contribute provide us with a sense of purpose that extends beyond ourselves, leaving a lasting impact. These sentiments capture why we choose Riskified every day. 

About the Role

Riskified’s Product team plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of commerce by building innovative, AI-driven risk intelligence solutions that power the world’s largest eCommerce brands. As we continue to scale globally and expand our product portfolio, we are investing in long-term product strategy to unlock our next waves of growth.

We are looking for a Product Strategy leader to focus on long term Product vision and Roadmap opportunities. This role will operate at the intersection of product, corporate strategy and GTM teams. Identifying emerging market opportunities, assessing major investment initiatives, and shaping Riskified’s long-term product vision.

You will work closely with executive leadership, Product, Data Science, GTM, Finance, and external ecosystem partners to define where Riskified should play, and how we continue to win in the evolving commerce and Fintech landscape.

Being part of our team means working alongside smart, results driven colleagues who combine analytical rigor with bold thinking. We hold ourselves to high standards, take end-to-end ownership, and are not afraid to challenge assumptions as we define the future of our company and our industry.

What You'll Be Doing

Long-Term Product Vision & Strategy

• Define and continuously refine Riskified’s long term product vision, grounded in market trends, customer needs, regulatory shifts, and technological evolution (AI, identity, payments infrastructure).
• Identify adjacencies and expansion vectors across eCommerce, payments, fraud prevention, Identity, Banking partnerships, and more.
• Translate macro fintech trends (agentic commerce, open banking, real-time payments, digital wallets, network tokenization, alternative payment methods, etc.) into concrete strategic opportunities.
  
  

Market & Investment Analysis

• Conduct deep market assessments to identify high-impact growth opportunities, including TAM/SAM analysis and competitive landscape evaluation.
• Evaluate build/partner/buy options and lead product-related strategic investments and partnerships.
• Develop business cases for major product bets, balancing growth potential and risk.
  Represent Product in executive-level conversations with partners and key customers.
  
  

Strategic Roadmapping

• Ensure near-term roadmaps align with long-term strategic direction.
  Partner with domain Product leaders to connect annual objectives and roadmaps with multi-year strategic pillars.
• Facilitate executive alignment around major product moves and cross-domain initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Strategy, or Corporate Strategy within high-growth B2B SaaS or Fintech companies.
• Proven experience defining and driving multi-year product vision and strategy.
• Deep understanding of the fintech eco-system, including:
• eCommerce infrastructure
• Online payments and PSPs
• Banking and issuer ecosystems
• Fraud prevention and Identity management 
• Strong business understanding with demonstrated ability to evaluate and prioritize major investment opportunities.
• Experience working with data-driven and algorithmic products.
• Experience partnering with GTM organizations to bring new products to market in existing and new product categories.
• Exceptional analytical, strategic thinking, and storytelling skills.
• Strong executive presence and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• MBA or equivalent strategic training — advantage.

Life at Riskified

We are a fast-growing and dynamic tech company with 750+ team members globally. We value collaboration and innovative thinking. We’re looking for bright, driven, and passionate people to grow with us.

Our Tel-Aviv team is currently working in a hybrid of remote and in-office work. We have recently moved to our new space in Tel Aviv - check it out here! 

Some of our Tel Aviv Benefits & Perks:

• Equity for all employees, Keren Hishtalmut, pension
• Private medical insurance, extra time off for parents and caregivers
• Commuter and parking benefits
• Team events, fully-stocked kitchen,lunch stipend, happy hours, yoga, pilates, functional training, basketball, soccer
• Wide-ranging opportunities to volunteer and make an impact
• Commitment to your professional development with global onboarding, skills-based courses, full access to Udemy, lunch & learns
• Awesome Riskified gifts and swag! 

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Riskified is deeply committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all individuals. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.