Vice President, Strategic Finance

Your Impact at LILA

Reporting to the SVP, Finance & Operations, the Vice President, Strategic Finance will own financial planning, forecasting, and business partnering across Lila. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives at the intersection of finance, strategy, and operations: someone who can build rigorous models one day and present a board-ready strategic narrative the next.

You will lead the strategic finance function, partner closely with department leaders to drive sound resource allocation, and shape Lila's most important capital and operating decisions as we scale.

What You'll Be Building

Own the annual operating plan, long-range plan, and rolling forecast across the company

Build and maintain the integrated three-statement financial model and scenario planning

Partner with the ELT to translate plans into financial implications and trade-offs

Prepare materials for the Board, investors, and audit committee, including quarterly decks

Own headcount planning and compensation modeling in partnership with People Ops

Build and lead a high-performing strategic finance team, setting cadence and rigor to scale

What You'll Need to Succeed

10+ years of progressive experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, private equity, or management consulting

3+ years in a high-growth, R&D-intensive company

Exceptional financial modeling skills and a track record of models that drove real business decisions

Direct experience supporting fundraising rounds, board reporting, or M&A transactions

Strong business acumen with the ability to translate financial complexity for non-finance leaders

Excellent communication and executive presence; comfortable with CEO, board, and investors

Player-coach mindset: builds from scratch, executes hands-on, and scales a team over time

Bonus Points For

MBA, CFA, or CPA

Experience scaling finance at a Series B to Series D company

Experience scaling finance at a public company

Familiarity with deep-tech, hardware, or scientific R&D cost structures

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related field

Compensation

We offer competitive base compensation with bonus potential and generous early-stage equity. Your final offer will reflect your background, expertise, and expected impact.

U.S. Benefits. Full-time U.S. employees receive a comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, and vision coverage; employer-paid life and disability insurance; flexible time off with generous company wide holidays; paid parental leave; an educational assistance program; commuter benefits, including bike share memberships for office based employees; and a company subsidized lunch program.

International Benefits. Full-time employees outside the U.S. receive a comprehensive benefits program tailored to their region. USD salary ranges apply only to U.S.-based positions; international salaries are set to local market.

Expected Base Salary Range $280,000 — $350,000 USD

About LILA

Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. We believe science is the most inspiring frontier for AI. Rather than hard-coding expert knowledge into tools, LILA builds systems that can learn for themselves.

LILA combines advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory™ instruments into an operating system for science that executes the entire scientific method autonomously, accelerating discovery at unprecedented speed, scale, and impact across medicine, materials, and energy. Learn more at www.lila.ai.

Guided by our core values of truth, trust, curiosity, grit, and velocity, we move with startup speed while tackling problems of historic importance. If this sounds like an environment you'd love to work in, even if you don't meet every qualification listed above, we encourage you to apply.

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