Director of Strategic Finance
ABOUT BRAIN CO.
Brain Co. is an applied AI startup co-founded by Jared Kushner and Elad Gil, and backed by leading Silicon Valley builders including Patrick Collison and Andrej Karpathy.
We are building AI applications for the world’s most important institutions, delivering impact on real-world problems across governments, healthcare systems, and critical industries.
Our progress so far:
- Automated construction permitting for a sovereign government → 80% faster, unlocking $375M+ in value
- Optimized supply chains for a leading global energy company → 30% lower cost, 99% reliability, preventing $100M+ in losses
- Streamlined hospital patient care across national health systems → 40% better outcomes, 80% less admin work
Company momentum:
- Raised a $55M Series A from leading investors
- Built a team of 70+ AI experts from Tesla, Google DeepMind, NVIDIA, and Databricks
At Brain Co., we focus on applying frontier AI to real institutional challenges, working alongside governments, healthcare systems, and critical industries to modernize how essential services operate.
We are looking for leaders who want to help bring new technology into institutions that impact millions of people.
ABOUT THE ROLE
This is a foundational leadership role at Brain Co. As our Founding Director of Strategic Finance, you’ll be the company’s first dedicated finance hire, owning FP&A end to end and building the finance function from the ground up.
You’ll join at a pivotal moment: a $55M Series A, a team of 70+, and fast-growing enterprise engagements across governments, healthcare systems, and critical industries. Your mandate is to give the company a clear financial operating picture — forecasting, budgeting, unit economics, and board-grade reporting — and to build the models that drive decisions on hiring, pricing, and capital allocation.
You won’t inherit a mature finance stack or playbook. You’ll build it. That means owning the operating model, standing up pl...