About the Job:
LaunchDarkly is hiring a Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis to serve as the single accountable leader for company-wide planning, forecasting, and financial decision support as the business scales from ~$200M ARR toward its next phase of growth.
This role exists to ensure LaunchDarkly has credible, forward-looking financial plans, fast and disciplined decision-making, and an FP&A function that operates as a strategic enabler of the business—not a reporting or budget-policing function.
Reporting to the CFO, the VP FP&A will independently own the annual plan, multi-year strategic plan, rolling forecasts, and executive financial narratives, while partnering deeply with GTM, Product, Engineering, and G&A leaders. This leader will materially improve the speed, clarity, and confidence with which the company makes resourcing, investment, and trade-off decisions.
The VP FP&A will:
- Operate FP&A with minimal executive oversight, while maintaining CFO-level rigor and judgment
- Deliver credible, decision-useful plans and forecasts that executives and the Board trust
- Enable faster, more confident decisions on hiring, spend, and investment trade-offs
- Establish FP&A as a true business partner to functional leaders, not a gatekeeper
- Build a scalable FP&A operating model suitable for a $200M–$400M+ ARR SaaS company
Responsibilities:
Company-Wide Planning & Forecasting Ownership
- Own the annual operating plan, rolling forecasts, and long-range (multi-year) financial plan
- Ensure plans are internally consistent, strategically grounded, and clearly tied to operating drivers
- Translate strategy into actionable financial frameworks that guide execution over time
Strategic Business Partnership
- Serve as a trusted financial partner to GTM, Product, Engineering, and G&A leaders
- Improve decision velocity around hiring, spend, and investment while maintaining fiscal discipline
- Help functional leaders understand trade-offs, ROI, and second-order impacts of decisions
Executive & Board Financial Narrative
- Own the financial story presented to the executive team and Board
- Clearly articulate performance, risks, opportunities, and forward-looking implications while ensuring forecasts and plans are explainable, defensible, and decision-oriented
- In partnership with the CFO, play a leading role in preparation, analysis, and communication with analysts, banks, and potential investors.
Cost Management & Resource Allocation
- Build and maintain clear models for headcount, operating spend, and margin evolution
- Establish pragmatic guardrails that balance growth enablement with financial responsibility, including financial governance and decision support for purchasing and vendor spend
- Enable dynamic reallocation of resources as business priorities evolve
FP&A Operating Model & Team Leadership
- Lead and develop a high-performing FP&A team (including existing team members)
- Expand capacity thoughtfully, including leveraging lower-cost regions where appropriate
- Establish clear FP&A processes that scale without adding unnecessary friction or bureaucracy
Partnership with Data & Analytics
- Partner closely with the Head of Data & Analytics to ensure plans and forecasts are grounded in trusted, watertight metrics
- Align planning models with certified definitions of ARR, NRR, GRR, FCF, and other company-critical metrics
- Help identify leading indicators that improve forecast accuracy and early-warning capabilities
Qualifications:
SaaS & Scale Experience
- Proven FP&A leadership experience in a B2B SaaS company at ~$200M+ ARR
- Direct experience supporting executive teams and Boards with planning and forecasting
- Demonstrated ability to operate at a scale where ambiguity, trade-offs, and speed matter
Strategic & Operational FP&A Leadership
- Track record of building credible multi-year plans that guide company strategy
- Ability to independently run FP&A end-to-end, not merely manage budgeting cycles
- Strong business judgment and comfort making recommendations with incomplete data
Executive Presence & Business Partnership
- Trusted advisor style; collaborative, pragmatic, and easy to work with
- Ability to influence without authority and integrate seamlessly with functional leaders
- Clear communicator who elevates discussions rather than adding noise or complexity
Analytical & Financial Rigor
- Deep understanding of SaaS financial models, unit economics, and growth drivers
- Ability to connect detailed analysis to executive-level implications
- High integrity and appreciation for the accountability associated with company-critical plans
Pay:
Target pay ranges based on Geographic Zones* for Level E1:
- Zone 1: San Francisco/Bay Area or NYC Metropolitan Area, Boston, Seattle - $301,000 - $414,000 **
- Zone 2: Irvine, LA, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Austin, Portland, Philadelphia, Chicago - $271,000 - $373,000**
- Zone 3: All other US locations - $256,000 - $352,000**
- (Inclusive of 20% Bonus Target)
LaunchDarkly operates from a place of high trust and transparency; we are happy to state the pay range for our open roles to best align with your needs. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
*Within the United States, our geographic pay zones are defined by counties surrounding major metropolitan areas.
**Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), health, vision, and dental insurance, and mental health benefits in addition to salary.
About LaunchDarkly:
Modern software delivery was supposed to be the foundation for a thriving digital business but reality has proven otherwise. Slow, inefficient development cycles, costly outages, and fragmented customer experiences are preventing developers from building their best software. The LaunchDarkly platform helps developers innovate on new features faster while protecting them with a safety valve to instantly rewind when things go wrong. Developers can target product experiences to any customer segment and maximize the business impact of every feature. And by gradually rolling out new application components, they escape nightmare "big-bang" technology migrations.
The LaunchDarkly platform was built to guide engineers to the next frontier of DevOps by:
- Improving the velocity and stability of software releases, without the fear of end customer outages
- Delivering targeted experiences by easily personalizing features to customer cohorts
- Maximizing the business impact of every feature through the ability to experiment and optimize
- Coordinating the release and optimization of software to provide consistent experiences across mobile platforms and device types
- Improving the effectiveness and productivity of engineering teams, by providing insights into engineering cadence and stability
At LaunchDarkly, we believe in the power of teams. We're building a team that is humble, open, collaborative, respectful and kind. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. LD invites any applicant to review our written Affirmative Action Plan. To do so, contact People Ops at hr@launchdarkly.com.
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