Senior Manager, Finance and Strategy - R&D

Samsara is looking for a Senior Manager, Finance and Strategy, to partner with our Research & Development (R&D) organization. In this role, you will partner with business leaders to set and achieve corporate goals, drive quantitative and qualitative analysis, and support corporate financial goals by driving forecast models. You will lead financial planning and analysis (FP&A) processes across Samsara's R&D organization.

• Serve as the finance lead for Samsara's R&D organization, partnering directly with C-level leaders on budget trade-offs, headcount decisions, and infrastructure investment
• Own FP&A for R&D — monthly BvA reviews with VP-level leaders, quarterly reforecasts, and the annual operating plan across Software, Firmware, Hardware Engineering, and Product Management
• Own forecasting and controllership across COGS and Gross Margin, employee expenses, and total compensation economics
• Build scalable financial processes and use AI tools to automate reporting, accelerate analysis, and deliver real-time visibility to R&D leadership
• Lead, develop, and manage a high-performing team member

• 8+ years of experience in Corporate Finance, financial planning and analysis, or strategic finance experience
• 2+ years of People management and development experience
• Strong financial modeling and analysis capabilities
• Ability to work collaboratively and cross-functionally
• Strong communication and presentation skills; comfortable presenting to senior management
• Experience with AI tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.)

• Experience at a high-growth tech company
• Prior partnership with technical leaders
• Ability to lead teams and drive longer-term initiatives while balancing delivering results
• Willingness and ability to build new financial processes and mechanisms
• Ability to thrive in a fast-growing environment with high degrees of ambiguity
• Expertise working with systems (e.g., Adaptive Planning, NetSuite, Salesforce, Workday, etc.)
• Experience working with large datasets and technical data management and analysis skills (e.g., SQL, Tableau, etc.)

Annual base salary range: $118,800—$163,350 CAD. This role is also eligible for an initial RSU grant with no vesting cliff, and ongoing refresh opportunities tied to performance. Samsara offers a flexible, employee-led remote model, a professional development stipend, comprehensive health and parental leave plans, and more.

Apply through the Samsara careers page. For accommodations, email accessibleinterviewing@samsara.com.