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Ambiq is a semiconductor company on a mission to enable intelligence everywhere by powering the AI edge revolution with ultra-low-power chip solutions. Since 2010, the company has shipped over 300 million units to customers building smarter wearables, medical devices, IoT products, and AI-powered edge applications. The company operates across Austin, Hsinchu, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Singapore.
You will serve as a Strategic Finance Manager, acting as the financial translator between Ambiq's chip business and leadership. This is a high-visibility role with direct exposure to executive leadership and investor relations. You will own product margin and revenue forecasting end-to-end and build the business cases behind R&D investment decisions, influencing company profitability on two fronts: gross margin optimization and R&D investment prioritization.
Key responsibilities include:
- Develop annual and long-range plans for revenue and margin in partnership with leadership
- Own the product margin forecast and support Marketing and Sales in optimizing revenue forecasts to maximize gross profits
- Proactively identify and resolve risks to revenue and margin projections by working with Department VPs
- Partner with Accounting to reconcile actual-to-forecast costs and develop cost metrics for variable expenses
- Lead the monthly budget-to-actual process for revenue and margin, and own the Quarterly Revised Forecast
- Partner with Manufacturing and Operations to develop, evaluate, and prioritize business metrics including inventory management, product cost, and ROI analysis
- Build financial models and business cases for R&D investment decisions, including ROI, payback period, and sensitivity analysis
- Build deep expertise in the company's products, customers, sales pipeline, and cost structure
- Serve as the financial partner to Taiwan-based operations counterparts, including periodic travel to Taiwan and occasional late-night calls
You will work directly with Sales, Marketing, R&D, Product Management, and Operations leadership, with real influence on which products get funded, accelerated, or re-prioritized. This role offers a clear runway to grow into broader FP&A leadership.
The role is on-site 5 days a week in NW Austin. Travel to Taiwan is expected to work with operations counterparts there.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance (MBA a plus)
- 8+ years in a strategic finance role in FP&A or strategic finance supporting semiconductor manufacturing or operations specifically
- Demonstrated product cost/margin exposure in chip or hardware manufacturing
- Has built and owned forecast models end-to-end — not just contributed to someone else's
- Track record of business cases and ROI analyses that influenced real business decisions
- Experience building R&D investment business cases, including ROI, payback period, and sensitivity analysis
- Strong business partnering skills — comfortable in a room with engineers, operators, and executives alike, and can translate financial complexity into a clear story
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, verifiable via a modeling exercise or portfolio walkthrough
- Detail-oriented, analytical mindset paired with the initiative to drive things to closure in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
- Currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer (no visa sponsorship available)
