Thumbtack, Inc.

Sr. Finance Mgr, Partnerships and Special Projects

Thumbtack, Inc.$162K — $210K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in strategic finance or related fields
  • Strong financial modeling skills including driver-based and cohort models
  • Deep understanding of marketplace dynamics and economics
  • Ability to distill complex analyses into clear recommendations
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Preferred experience with SQL, BI, or data visualization tools

Responsibilities

  • Own and enhance the partnership financial framework for sustainable strategies
  • Establish KPI dashboards to monitor partnership ROI and performance
  • Develop business cases for key partner investments and pricing strategies
  • Support planning and resource allocation aligned with financial goals
  • Create executive-ready narratives on marketplace performance and investment risks
  • Collaborate with Analytics to create decision tools for partnership health
  • Lead special projects to develop frameworks for investment decisions

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence strategic business decisions
  • Engagement with cross-functional teams including Product, Marketing, and Operations
  • Focus on scalable growth strategies within marketplace dynamics
  • Involvement in unique special projects beyond standard finance
  • Exposure to high-impact financial frameworks that drive business success
Full Job Description


About the role

As the Senior Manager, Partnerships and Special Projects Business Finance, you'll help define how we grow our business through our network of partners, build frameworks that enable us to scale efficiently, and influence strategic decision-making.

This role will build the financial framework that powers one of our biggest growth levers. You'll partner with Product, Marketing, Operations, Sales, and Finance leaders to evaluate where we should invest, how to scale partnerships profitably, and where opportunities exist to expand into new verticals. Approximately 25% of the role will focus on special projects designed to build scalable frameworks that help keep both sides of the marketplace in equilibrium and guide investment decisions accordingly.

This is a strategic finance role for someone who can move beyond reporting and forecasting into business architecture, deal economics, decision support, and investment strategy. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, commercially minded, and comfortable bringing structure to ambiguous marketplace problems.

What you'll do
  • Own and evolve the company's partnership financial framework, helping teams develop sustainable financial strategies and evaluate valuation, payback periods, scenario analysis, and revenue-share structures
  • Establish reporting infrastructure and KPI dashboards to monitor the ongoing ROI of partnerships, hold cross-functional partners accountable to financial commitments, and identify actions to improve performance when results are off track
  • Develop business cases for major partner investments, pricing levers, supply acquisition, demand generation, and operational capacity
  • Support annual planning, quarterly business reviews, and resource allocation by connecting partnership strategy and execution to the company's financial goals
  • Build executive-ready narratives that clearly explain marketplace performance, investment tradeoffs, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions
  • Partner with Analytics and Data Science to build dashboards and decision tools that give business leaders visibility into partnership health and investment performance
  • Lead special projects focused on developing scalable financial frameworks that inform marketplace investment decisions and help maintain healthy supply-and-demand dynamics
In order to be successful, you must bring
  • 6+ years of experience in strategic finance, FP&A, marketplace strategy, business operations, corporate strategy, consulting, analytics, or a related function
  • Strong financial modeling skills, including experience with driver-based models, cohort models, unit economics, LTV/CAC, contribution margin, ROI analysis, scenario planning, and long-range planning
  • Strong understanding of marketplace dynamics, including supply-and-demand balance, liquidity, matching, utilization, pricing, incentives, retention, and monetization
  • Ability to translate complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations for senior executives and cross-functional partners
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to build concise executive narratives and influence stakeholders across Finance, Product, Marketing, Sales, and Operations
  • SQL, BI, AI fluency, or data visualization experience preferred but not required, depending on the analytics support model


Expected salary ranges
  • For candidates living in San Francisco / Bay Area, San Jose, New York City, or Seattle metros, the expected salary range for the role is currently $191,300.00 - $247,500.00.
  • For candidates living in Austin, TX or Washington DC metros or in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, or Washington states, the expected salary range for the role is currently $172,600.00 - $223,300.00.
  • For candidates living in all other US locations, the expected salary range for this role is currently $162,400.00 - $210,100.00.

Actual offered salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as calibrated job level, qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

About Thumbtack, Inc.

Thumbtack is an online marketplace that connects consumers with local professionals for various services, such as home improvement, events, and wellness. The company was founded in 2008 by Marco Zappacosta, Jonathan Swanson, and Sander Daniels, and has since grown to serve millions of customers across the United States. Thumbtack uses a proprietary matching algorithm to connect customers with the best professionals for their needs, and offers a range of tools to help professionals manage their businesses. The company has raised over $400 million in funding from investors such as Sequoia Capital, Google Capital, and Tiger Global Management.
Learn more about Thumbtack, Inc.
Size
1,200 employees
Industry
Founded
2008

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