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FP&a Manager

Product/R&D & Cloud Strategy

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BigPanda

BigPanda

201-500 employees

AI platform for automating IT operations

Data & Analytics
Consulting
Consumer Software
Enterprise Software
Cybersecurity
AI & Machine Learning

Compensation Overview

$133k - $165kAnnually

+ Bonus + Equity

Senior, Expert

San Carlos, CA, USA

Category
Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)
Finance & Banking
Required Skills
Salesforce
Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or comparable quantitative field
  • 8+ years of FP&A, Finance, or related experience (e.g Investment Banking, Management Consulting), with a focus on technology; familiarity with the software industry and SaaS business-models is a must.
  • Experience working with Product/R&D/DevOps organizations, managing complex budgets, knowledge of best practices, and building processes for scale.
  • Experience in developing, maintaining and enhancing various types of capacity and forecast models, such as SaaS infrastructure costs, Product/R&D productivity & efficiency KPI’s.
  • Superb financial modeling skills and quantitative analysis experience, with ability to distill complex subject matter into curated executive summaries.
  • Ideally experience operating and working with systems such as Adaptive, Netsuite, Salesforce, BambooHR and Snowflake.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with constant change; agility, flexibility, and capacity to balance multiple priorities at once.
  • Resourceful and not afraid to roll up your sleeves.
Responsibilities
  • Partner with the Product/R&D and DevOps organizations to develop capacity models, forecasts, manage budgets, build reports and analysis to understand, influence and lead strategic discussions regarding business-critical optimizations, growth investments and tradeoffs, building new product business cases and P&Ls and involvement in M&A casework and due diligence.
  • Participate in month end close processes and prepare content for monthly analytical presentations, providing executive leadership with strategic insights that shows further understanding of expense levers, organizational efficiencies, and return on investment.
  • Manage headcount and overall expense budgets by engaging with various operations teams across the organization to forecast expenses within 2% accuracy, explaining material variances against expectations and developing recommendations based on data driven insights.
  • Build relationships with important partners and senior leaders across the organization to strengthen processes, cross functional dependencies, produce insights and be the connective tissue between cross functional teams and organizations.

BigPanda offers an AI platform that automates IT Operations (ITOps) by using machine learning to identify critical alerts and reduce alert noise by over 95%. This proactive approach helps teams detect issues before they escalate, minimizing downtime and speeding up resolution times. The company's Open Integration Hub differentiates it from competitors by consolidating various IT monitoring tools into one platform, enhancing operational awareness and workflow efficiency. BigPanda's goal is to improve the reliability of IT systems and deliver significant value to clients quickly.

Company Stage

Series E

Total Funding

$312.5M

Headquarters

Redwood City, California

Founded

2012

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-2%

1 year growth

-2%

2 year growth

-3%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • BigPanda's recognition by industry experts like Gartner and Forrester validates its leadership and innovation in the ITOps sector.
  • The appointment of experienced leaders like Tom Melzl and Joanna Johnston strengthens BigPanda's strategic direction and customer focus.
  • Winning the 2022-23 Cloud Award for Best Cloud Automation Solution highlights BigPanda's excellence and industry impact.

What critics are saying

  • The competitive landscape in AI-driven ITOps is intense, with numerous players vying for market share.
  • Integrating new technologies like Generative AI may pose challenges in terms of adoption and performance consistency.

What makes BigPanda unique

  • BigPanda's platform leverages advanced AI and ML algorithms to reduce IT alert noise by over 95%, a significant improvement over traditional ITOps solutions.
  • The Open Integration Hub centralizes various IT monitoring and management tools, providing unparalleled operational awareness and optimization capabilities.
  • BigPanda's recent introduction of Generative AI for Automated Incident Analysis sets it apart by offering fast, accurate, and clear incident management solutions.