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ConstructConnect

Construction information and preconstruction software platform

Vice President Financial Planning & Analysis

Full-TimeDeadline 9/15/27
No salary listed
Expert
Bachelor's, MBA
Cincinnati, OH, USA
HybridHybrid schedule requires in-office work every Tuesday and Wednesday for team members within commuting distance.
Finance & BankingCorporate Finance & FP&A

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree is required.
  • At least 12 years of progressive FP&A, corporate finance, or related experience, including 3–5 years in a senior leadership role.
  • Proven experience managing and developing high-performing finance teams.
  • Deep expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, and scenario analysis.
  • Fluency in SaaS revenue metrics, including annual recurring revenue, net revenue retention, churn, lifetime value, and customer acquisition cost.
  • Demonstrated experience leveraging artificial intelligence tools, automation, or advanced analytics in a finance context, with the ability to lead a team in adopting an AI-first mindset.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power Query, Power Pivot, and Power BI.
  • All team members must reside and perform their work within the United States.
Responsibilities
  • Own all forecasting, budgeting, and reporting requirements, including the Annual Operating Plan and multi-year planning cycles.
  • Own all external reporting deliverables to Roper, including board-level financial packages, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and executive-ready quality.
  • Oversee financial models that drive reporting and forecasting, continuously improving their accuracy, scalability, and relevance.
  • Drive development of executive-facing dashboards and financial reporting through Power BI and other business intelligence tools.
  • Champion an AI-first approach to financial planning and analysis by identifying, piloting, and scaling AI and automation tools that improve speed, accuracy, and insight generation.
  • Lead the team in adopting emerging technologies and modern FP&A platforms to move from reactive reporting to proactive, predictive finance.
  • Drive continuous process improvement across the finance function and in collaboration with other business units.
  • Directly manage a team of five FP&A analysts at senior and junior levels.
  • Own a formal FP&A talent development program, including structured learning paths, mentorship, skills training, and career progression frameworks.
  • Set clear goals and priorities across the team, provide ongoing coaching and feedback, and conduct regular performance reviews.
  • Recruit and develop finance talent as the organization scales.
Desired Qualifications
  • MBA or CPA.
  • Experience in SaaS or subscription-based business models.
  • Proficiency in SQL, Python, or other programming and data tools.
  • Experience with mergers and acquisitions, strategic finance, or corporate development.

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ConstructConnect

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ConstructConnect provides construction information and technology to help commercial construction firms streamline the preconstruction phase. Its software suite connects a large network with the most accurate project information and includes integrated takeoffs, enabling users to estimate and bid efficiently. The platform stands out by offering a broad, connected dataset and tools that cover the entire preconstruction workflow, from project discovery to cost estimation, in one system. The goal is to help firms win more work and reduce risk by making preconstruction faster, more accurate, and more collaborative.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Cincinnati, Ohio

Founded

1991

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What believers are saying

  • Jay Rouse joined September 1, 2026, to scale revenue and customer success.
  • Melanie Dow’s August 4, 2026 promotion strengthens retention after 2026 Top Workplace awards.
  • Takeoff Boost on Google Cloud already processes plans in seconds, speeding bids.

What critics are saying

  • The July 31, 2026 MBI partnership ended, removing a local distribution channel.
  • Autodesk BuildingConnected still controls invite-based subcontractor workflows, squeezing ConstructConnect’s bid-management share.
  • If 400 researchers miss updates, ConstructConnect’s data moat collapses and customers churn within months.

What makes ConstructConnect unique

  • ConstructConnect’s 400+ researchers update 825,000+ active projects daily, beating invite-only networks.
  • Takeoff Boost launched April 22, 2026, uniting project data, AI takeoff, and estimating.
  • Roper-owned ConstructConnect spans project intelligence, bid management, and takeoff across one workflow.

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  • Hybrid Work Options
  • Remote Work Options

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Headcount

6 month growth

4%

1 year growth

4%

2 year growth

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PR Newswire
Sep 1st, 2026
Jay Rouse joins ConstructConnect as chief revenue officer to drive growth

ConstructConnect has appointed Jay Rouse as executive vice president and chief revenue officer. Rouse will oversee sales, customer success, and go-to-market operations, reporting to CEO Buck Brody. The construction software provider offers project intelligence, bid management, and AI-powered estimating tools. Its Takeoff Boost feature delivers first-draft takeoffs up to 95% faster than manual methods. Rouse joins from Paycor, where he spent nearly 30 years and served as chief revenue officer. During his tenure, he helped scale the company from $5 million to over $700 million in revenue and played a key role in its IPO. At Paycor, he led an organisation of more than 600 people. ConstructConnect is part of Roper Technologies' Network Software segment and has served the construction industry for over 100 years.

DeadFront AI
Sep 1st, 2026
September 2026 AI construction roundup: A robotics surge, Procore's $845M drone bet, and cheaper AI takeoff.

September 2026 AI construction roundup: A robotics surge, Procore's $845M drone bet, and cheaper AI takeoff. The AI and construction-tech news that actually matters to contractors this month: Procore's $845M DroneDeploy acquisition, autonomous excavators on live jobsites, Fluxco's $26M for transformer procurement, and AI takeoff moving downmarket. DeadFront Team Construction AI Research Welcome back to its monthly roundup of AI and construction-technology news worth a contractor's attention. The filter hasn't changed: does this actually move anything for the people estimating jobs, chasing bids, or running the work? Deadfront skip the hype, verify every item against a primary or reputable source, and give you a plain read on what it means. August was a heavy robotics month and a busy one for deals - here's what landed over the past five weeks or so. ConstructConnect expanded its Takeoff Boost suite with two features slated for August 2026: Auto Scale, which reads a plan set and applies the correct page scale automatically, and AI-Powered Auto Name, which names project elements to cut down setup time. They join the suite's existing Auto Takeoff, Auto Count, Auto Link, and Auto Bookmark tools. What it means for you: These are unglamorous features, and that's the point. Scale setup and project naming are the tedious first ten minutes of every takeoff - the part nobody bills for and everybody rushes. Getting scale wrong at the start quietly poisons every measurement downstream, so an auto-scale step that's actually reliable is worth more than its demo makes it look. If you already run Takeoff Boost, the sane test is to let Auto Scale set a sheet you've already scaled by hand and confirm the numbers match before you trust it on a live bid. A new entrant, ContractorCounter, launched a browser-based takeoff and estimating platform on August 28 with AI-assisted quantity measurement aimed squarely at subcontractors, trades, and small builders. It runs in the browser on iPad, Android, Mac, or Windows with no install, takes plain-English instructions ("count the doors," "measure the slab"), and pushes quantities straight into a bill of quantities for pricing. Pricing starts at $14 a month, with a $249 lifetime option - the founder's pitch is that "estimators shouldn't need a desktop licence and a training course to count doors and measure a slab." What it means for you: Treat this one as a signal about direction more than a vendor recommendation - it's an early, self-announced launch, so kick the tires before you bet a bid on it. But the trend is real: AI-assisted takeoff is sliding down-market from enterprise seats toward the one- and two-person estimating shops that have historically made do with a PDF markup tool and a calculator. If you're a small sub who's been counting devices by hand because Bluebeam or PlanSwift felt like overkill, cheap browser-based options are finally worth a look. Just apply the same rule you'd apply to any of them: pilot it against a job you've already estimated the old way, and check the counts. On July 30, Procore announced an $845 million all-cash deal to acquire DroneDeploy, the reality-capture and visual-intelligence platform used in more than 180 countries. Procore's rationale is data: pair DroneDeploy's aerial capture and its library of labeled site imagery - including more than 100,000 tagged safety issues - with Procore's own trove of roughly 400 million photos and 126 million-plus drawings, and you have the fuel for the "digital coworker" AI agents Procore has been rolling out. The deal is expected to close later this year. What it means for you: This is the clearest sign yet that the big platforms see proprietary jobsite data, not clever models, as the moat. For contractors already on Procore, expect reality capture and progress tracking to get pulled deeper into the core product over the next year - potentially useful if you're paying separately for drone documentation today. The quieter question worth asking your platform rep: as these acquisitions stack up, what exactly happens to the photos, drawings, and site data you've been feeding in, and how is it used to train the AI you're now being sold? Austin-based Fluxco closed a $26 million seed round co-led by 8VC and Congruent Ventures, with Trust Ventures and Overture Ventures joining. Founded in 2025, Fluxco runs an AI procurement platform for electrical grid equipment: it parses complicated utility transformer specifications, matches them against competitive bids from more than 150 global OEMs within days, and then handles leasing, logistics, and servicing. The company says it has already moved orders for 1,000-plus transformers across 34 projects and about $30 million in orders in its first four months. What it means for you: Anyone building data centers, substations, or anything that ties into the grid knows transformers are the long-lead item that can stall a whole schedule - quoted in months, sometimes north of a year. Fluxco is a narrow bet on one brutal procurement pain point, and it's early, but the shape of it matters: AI turning a dense spec into a matched, sourced order is exactly the kind of procurement work that eats preconstruction and purchasing hours across every trade. Electrical contractors and anyone chasing energy-infrastructure work should watch whether "spec in, sourced quote out" tooling shows up for the equipment they wait on too. August was the month jobsite robotics stopped being a demo reel. Bedrock Robotics, founded by Waymo alumni, put fully autonomous excavators to work on real jobsites for two established contractors - Sundt Construction and Zachry Construction - in an announcement dated August 19. Bedrock raised a $270 million Series B back in February, with Nvidia's venture arm and Tishman Speyer among the backers. A day earlier, Gravis Robotics landed a $200 million Series A from SoftBank, and FieldAI (backed by Nvidia and Bill Gates) has now pulled in $405 million across two rounds. By Construction Dive's count, the earthmoving-robotics field has raised close to $1 billion, and among contractors surveyed, robotics use grew 45% year over year. What it means for you: "Autonomous excavator on a Sundt and Zachry site" is a different sentence than "pilot program," and that's the news. This is still limited to large, repetitive earthwork on big-budget jobs, so most GCs don't need to react this quarter. But if you self-perform sitework or dirt, it's worth understanding how these machines get priced and scheduled - by the hour, by the yard, as a rental with a supervisor - because that's the model that will eventually show up in a competitor's bid on a big pad or highway job. The labor story here is augmentation of a thin operator pool, not replacement, at least for now. Burns & McDonnell and robotics firm Gritt announced a partnership on August 25 to deploy AI-powered robotics on utility-scale solar construction (PV Tech has more). Gritt's approach is to bolt intelligent, self-learning systems onto standard construction equipment so it can autonomously handle repetitive installation work - placing and assembling solar arrays, pouring concrete, and laying rebar. The two say they've spent the past year testing the technology at multiple real utility-scale sites, and they're framing it as complementing crews on repetitive tasks rather than replacing them. What it means for you: The detail worth noting is "attaches to standard equipment." A robotics play that upgrades machines you already own is a very different adoption curve than one that asks you to buy a fleet of purpose-built robots. For contractors doing renewables and other large, repetitive-array work, the near-term watch item is whether an owner's engineer like Burns & McDonnell starts writing this kind of automation into how projects get planned and priced - which is how a pilot quietly becomes a bid expectation. If August had a theme, it's that AI in construction is getting physical and getting consolidated at the same time. On one side, autonomous machines moved from staged pilots onto real GC jobsites and kept raising nine-figure rounds. On the other, the platform giants are buying up the data and the drones to feed their agents, while procurement and takeoff tools chip away at the office side of the business - including, finally, for the small shops that couldn't afford the enterprise stuff. None of it changes the fundamentals of a good bid. The contractors getting value out of this wave, in its experience building specification-analysis tools, still aren't the ones chasing every launch - they're the ones picking one painful workflow, piloting a tool against a job they already know the answer to, and measuring before they scale. A robot on a solar array and an AI on a takeoff both live or die on the same question: does the output survive a second look from someone who knows the work? Ask that first, and most of the noise sorts itself out. If specification review is the workflow eating your preconstruction hours, Deadfront'd like to show you what purpose-built AI does with your actual bid documents - the non-standard clauses, the buried requirements, the risk hiding on page 400. Every item above was verified against a primary or reputable source as of publication. Sources are linked inline. Last updated: September 1, 2026. New public-works electrical and utility bids across WA, ID, OR, and MT - each with an AI mini-brief of due dates, bonds, and gotchas. Free, every Monday, unsubscribe anytime. Ready to catch million-dollar mistakes? See how DeadFront.AI automates specification review and prevents costly errors.

ConstructConnect
Aug 4th, 2026
ConstructConnect's Melanie Dow promoted to EVP, Chief People Officer.

ConstructConnect's Melanie Dow promoted to EVP, Chief People Officer. Subscribe. Aug 4, 2026 Cincinnati, Ohio - ConstructConnect, a leading provider of software solutions for the construction industry, announced today that Melanie Dow has been promoted to EVP, Chief People Officer. In her new role, Mel will lead efforts to strengthen the company's organizational culture, foster team member engagement, and shape the company's people strategy. "We are excited to congratulate Mel on her new role as ConstructConnect's Chief People Officer," said ConstructConnect President & CEO Buck Brody. "Her ability to connect across all organizational levels is a perfect fit for our commitment to fostering growth and unlocking the full potential of our people. As ConstructConnect continues to grow, I'm confident that Mel's leadership will be instrumental in strengthening our culture and empowering our team to drive innovation for our customers." In 2026, ConstructConnect has been recognized as a Top Workplace USA, a Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Top Workplace, a Top Workplace in the Technology Industry, an Innovation Top Workplace, and a Gallup Exceptional Workplace. Mel started with ConstructConnect in 2018 and has held progressively advanced positions within the People & Culture team, including eight months as Acting Chief People Officer. As Sr. Director, Talent & Organizational Development, she was focused on building the talent, leadership, and organizational foundations that help team members and the business grow, with an emphasis on talent acquisition, talent strategy, leadership development, and organizational health. Prior to that, Mel served as a business partner and talent acquisition leader. Mel graduated from Miami University with a bachelor's degree in public health with a double minor in marketing and management. "As ConstructConnect's Chief People Officer, I'm excited to support meaningful growth and development for our people and enable our teams to stay innovative, adaptable, and customer-focused," said Mel. "I also believe that bringing energy and enjoyment into the workplace matters. When people like working together, they collaborate better and do their best work." About ConstructConnect At ConstructConnect, its software solutions provide the information that construction professionals need to start every project on a solid foundation. For more than 100 years, its keen insights and market intelligence have empowered commercial firms, building product manufacturers, trade contractors, and architects to make data-driven decisions, streamline preconstruction workflows, and maximize their productivity. Its newest offerings - including its comprehensive, AI-assisted software - help its clients find, bid, and win more projects. Visit ConstructConnect.com to learn more. For further information contact: ConstructConnect Media Relations Team [email protected]

ConstructConnect
Jul 31st, 2026
Update on ConstructConnect and Master Builders of Iowa.

Update on ConstructConnect and Master Builders of Iowa. Subscribe. Jul 31, 2026 On July 31, 2026, ConstructConnect and Master Builders of Iowa (MBI) will conclude its formal partnership. This change does not affect ConstructConnect's project coverage or its commitment to customers in Iowa and across the U.S. and Canada. Delivering comprehensive, high-quality project content is a core function and differentiator of ConstructConnect, and that will continue unchanged. You will continue to have uninterrupted access to the ConstructConnect products you use today, while supporting its broader product suite, including: * ConstructConnect Project Intelligence and ConstructConnect Insight * Bid Management (SmartBid, iSqFt, and ConstructConnect Bid Management) * ConstructConnect Takeoff (CCTO) and On Center, PlanSwift, and Quotesoft Brands Behind these products are hundreds of dedicated team members who identify, update, and manage project data - from planning through award - across both publicly available information and private content, while actively nurturing and expanding its source relationships. You can continue to expect uninterrupted coverage for Iowa (and beyond if you need it) project documents and details, including addenda, bidders lists, bid tabulations, award information, and more. If you currently engaged with ConstructConnect via MBI, its team will ensure a smooth transition and ongoing continuity of service. Your existing ConstructConnect contacts remain your primary points of support. Please do not hesitate to reach out to your Customer Success Manager with any questions.

Logicity
Jul 22nd, 2026
Cascade raises $3.5M to help builders find projects faster.

Cascade raises $3.5M to help builders find projects faster. Key takeaways. * Cascade raised $3.5M from Andreessen Horowitz Speedrun, Ada Ventures, and Snowball VC * The platform uses AI to predict which developers are likely to win upcoming construction projects * Customers include firms that built JFK airport, La Guardia, and Four Seasons hotels Cascade, a startup that helps architecture, engineering, and construction firms find and win projects, has closed a $3.5 million seed round. Andreessen Horowitz Speedrun led the investment alongside Ada Ventures and Snowball VC. The funding will go toward market expansion, industry events, and engineering hires. Advertisements Why construction firms still hunt for work manually. Finding construction projects in the U.S. is fragmented. Firms must log into portals run by individual states, cities, counties, districts, and federal agencies. There is no unified marketplace. A company specializing in suspension bridges, for example, must search dozens of disconnected systems to locate relevant opportunities. Co-founders Hannia Zia and Joana Ferreira both saw this problem up close. Ferreira's mother sold materials to construction companies, while her uncle built mansions in the Middle East. "They're incredible at their craft but just don't have access to the right tools to get more work," Ferreira told TechCrunch. Zia's father tried starting a construction business in Pakistan but couldn't secure enough projects to stay afloat. How Cascade's AI actually works. Cascade aggregates tender data from U.S. state, local, private, and federal sources. When a company signs up, the platform uses AI to assess which upcoming projects match that firm's strengths and track record. It then predicts winners. The prediction engine relies on historical patterns. If a state announces a $100 million affordable housing grant, Cascade analyzes which developers won similar grants in the past. It then tells customers: "Most likely one of these five developers will win this newly announced grant, so go start talking to them to win projects." Ferreira claims this feedback loop makes the model smarter over time. "Every time a customer wins a bid, they give feedback, so the system keeps getting smarter. Over time, we'll have a complete map of the industry that our AI can traverse to predict the best projects and leads for each customer." a16z Speedrun's stamp of approval. Zia and Ferreira applied to Andreessen Horowitz's Speedrun accelerator in September 2025. They credit the program's demo-day pressure and peer environment with helping them close contracts with large firms. Their current customer roster includes companies that built the JFK and La Guardia airports, Four Seasons hotels, and data centers. "Speedrun gave us visibility and a stamp of approval to close big deals." - Hannia Zia, Cascade co-founder Advertisements How Cascade stacks up against GovWin and ConstructConnect. Cascade is not the first to tackle construction lead generation. GovWin IQ, owned by Deltek, focuses on government contracting intelligence, while ConstructConnect provides bid management and project leads for commercial construction. Both are established players with broad datasets. Ferreira argues Cascade is more AI-native. Where incumbents offer searchable databases, Cascade actively predicts which firms are likely to win and surfaces outreach targets. Whether that differentiation holds as incumbents add their own machine-learning layers remains an open question. Logicity's take. Construction is a $1.8 trillion industry in the U.S. alone, yet its sales cycles still run on cold calls and portal logins. Cascade's bet is that predictive lead scoring, already standard in B2B SaaS, can translate to brick-and-mortar trades. The risk: construction firms are notoriously slow to adopt software, and the incumbents have decades of data. Still, if Cascade's feedback loop genuinely sharpens predictions, the compounding advantage could be difficult to replicate. For founders building vertical software, the playbook here is clear: solve an unglamorous workflow problem, win a few marquee logos, and let those names close the next deal. What the $3.5M will fund. Cascade plans to invest the seed capital across three areas: go-to-market efforts, industry events to build credibility with contractors, and engineering talent to expand the product's data coverage and prediction accuracy. Given the fragmented nature of U.S. construction permitting and bidding, geographic expansion alone will require significant engineering work. Each state and municipality structures its tender data differently, and the startup will need to keep those integrations current as agencies update their portals. Frequently asked questions. What does Cascade do? Cascade is a platform that helps architecture, engineering, and construction firms discover upcoming projects and predicts which developers are most likely to win them, so firms can target the right partnerships. Who invested in Cascade's seed round? Andreessen Horowitz Speedrun led the $3.5 million round, with participation from Ada Ventures and Snowball VC. How does Cascade's prediction model work? Cascade analyzes historical tender data to identify patterns in who wins specific grant types or project categories, then alerts customers when similar opportunities arise. Who are Cascade's competitors? GovWin IQ and ConstructConnect both provide construction project leads and bid management, though Cascade claims a more AI-native approach to predictions. When was Cascade founded? Cascade launched in 2025 and went through a16z Speedrun in September of that year. Need help implementing this? If you're building a vertical SaaS product or exploring AI-powered lead generation for an underserved industry, reach out to Logicity's editorial team. Logicity Pvt Ltd cover the playbooks and pitfalls of founder-led sales, AI integrations, and go-to-market strategy for technical products. Advertisements Manaal Khan Tech & Innovation Writer Produced with AI assistance and reviewed by the Logicity editorial team. Learn more in its Editorial Policy.