Bloom Energy

Senior Manager, Engineering & Technology Finance

Bloom Energy$141K — $204K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of progressive finance experience with increasing responsibilities.
  • Experience in financial support for Engineering, R&D, or Technology.
  • Strong financial modeling skills and ability to derive insights from complex data.
  • Preferred experience in manufacturing or capital-intensive industries.
  • Proficiency with ERP and BI tools like SAP, Oracle, Power BI, or Tableau.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a strategic partner to Engineering and Finance leadership.
  • Support product roadmap and make technical decisions by evaluating costs and resources.
  • Provide financial framing for complex engineering and technology decisions.
  • Own annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range planning.
  • Build driver-based financial models linking headcount and development cycles to outcomes.
  • Ensure transparency into spending and resource utilization for proactive management.
  • Support capital allocation decisions across engineering initiatives to optimize returns.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with employer contribution.
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match.
  • Generous Mental Health Support services.
  • Access to Legal services and virtual Physical Therapy.
  • Fertility and Family Forming benefits.
Full Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Manager, Engineering & Technology Finance to join our team in one of today's most exciting technologies. This role will report toour Senior Director, Services Financeand based in San Jose, CA This is a fully on-site, in office role 5 days a week.

Role Summary

The Senior Manager, Engineering & Technology Finance serves as a strategic partner to the CTO and Engineering leadership, enabling disciplined investment, financial transparency, and data-driven decision-making that bridges technical priorities with long-term corporate financial performance.

Location

This position is based in San Jose, CA. Travel is expected to be approximately 10%.

Primary Responsibilities
  • Serve as a strategic partner to Engineering and Finance leadership within a high-growth, innovation-driven organization.
  • Support product roadmap and technical decision-making, evaluating trade-offs across cost, timeline, and resource allocation.
  • Provide clear financial framing for complex engineering and technology decisions, enabling informed prioritization.
  • Own annual budget, quarterly forecast, and long-range plan (LRP) for Engineering and Technology.
  • Build and maintain driver-based financial models linking headcount, development cycles, and output to business outcomes.
  • Ensure transparency into spend, pacing, and resource utilization, enabling proactive management of engineering investments.
  • Support capital allocation decisions across competing engineering initiatives, optimizing returns and resource deployment.
  • Develop ROI frameworks for new product development and technology investments, incorporating risk and uncertainty.
  • Quantify the financial impact of engineering decisions on margin, cost structure, and scalability.
  • Partner with Manufacturing and Supply Chain Finance on product cost, cost-down initiatives, and design-to-cost programs.
  • Ensure alignment between engineering investments and company-wide financial targets and performance objectives.
  • Maintain strong financial controls and compliance, including adherence to accounting policies, capitalization guidelines, and internal governance standards.
  • Drive improvements in financial systems, data quality, and reporting accuracy to enhance decision-making.
  • Implement tools and process enhancements to reduce manual effort and increase analytical depth.
  • Build scalable financial infrastructure to support rapid growth in engineering investment and organizational complexity.


Qualifications
  • 8+ years of progressive finance experience, with increasing scope and responsibility.
  • Experience supporting Engineering, R&D, or Technology organizations in a financial capacity.
  • Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
  • Experience in manufacturing or capital-intensive industries preferred.
  • Proficiency with ERP and business intelligence tools (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Power BI, Tableau).


Competencies
  • Influential leader, able to drive alignment and decisions across broad cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Transparent communicator, operating with candor and sharing critical information proactively.
  • Strategic thinker, comfortable navigating ambiguity and prioritizing effectively in a fast-paced environment.
  • Highly collaborative, partnering across functions to solve problems and benchmark best practices.
  • High integrity and strong business judgment, with the ability to influence and negotiate within a complex, matrixed global organization.


At Bloom Energy, we are committed to supporting the well-being of our employees and their families. Our comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees includes competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with a large employer contribution, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, generous Mental Health Support services, Legal services, virtual Physical Therapy access, and Fertility & Family Forming benefits.

Bloom Energy is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

FULL TIME ROLE ONLY: The total compensation for this position includes standard company benefits and is based on various factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience.

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Salary Ranges:
$141,900.00 - $204,100.00

About Bloom Energy

Bloom Energy is a provider of solid oxide fuel cell technology. The company's fuel cells generate electricity through an electrochemical process without combustion, producing less greenhouse gas emissions than traditional power generation methods. Bloom Energy's fuel cells are used in a variety of applications, including data centers, hospitals, and manufacturing facilities. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Learn more about Bloom Energy
Size
1,719 employees
Market Cap
$3.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$157.5 million
Founded
2001
5 Year Trend
+36.1%
Revenue
$794.2 million
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