Location

This role is on-site. Candidates must be based within a 50-mile commuting distance of the San Francisco, CA office (100 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, 94104) and able to work from the office 4 days/week.

About the Role

As Senior Manager, Growth Finance at Opendoor, you will sit at the intersection of marketing strategy, financial planning, and AI-powered analytics. This is a high-impact role with a mandate to leverage data to drive insights to help our marketing team drive growth and build the Opendoor brand. You will work directly with the VP of Finance and Strategy to drive and measure our growth supporting our  forecasting, budgeting, and strategic decision-making. 

What You'll Do

Partner on Growth  

• Work with marketing leadership to build KPIs that balance acquisition and brand metrics
• Advise growth leadership on marketing and product strategy, helping optimally allocate resources across both sides of our marketplace and adjacent services
• Partner with Regional Division GMs and channel managers to analyze opportunities and risks to our demand forecast

Own Marketing Financial Operations

• Manage the marketing budget and deliver recommendations on scaling spend in existing cities and setting budgets for new launches
• Develop experimentation frameworks and ongoing analysis to optimize marketing spend across channels, seasons, and markets
• Evaluate trade-offs across paid media, earned, and owned channels (organic, SEO, lifecycle)
• Partner with Business Development leadership to identify new channels and growth opportunities; help structure deal economics

Ship AI-Powered Workflows

• Apply a default-to-AI mindset across forecasting, variance analysis, and reporting—automate recurring financial narratives and improve speed and quality of insights
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI for anomaly detection, scenario planning, and eliminating manual processes
• Champion AI tools within Finance and enable marketing partners to use AI for self-service analytics

What You Need

• 6+ years of experience in marketing operations, strategic planning in support of marketing efforts, or FP&A roles partnering with growth organizations
• Strong data and modeling skills. AI-native mindset.
• Deep understanding of the marketing funnel and consumer journey, with the ability to map the right metrics to drive business performance
• Experience with marketing models (attribution, media mix) and comfort leveraging AI to accelerate model development and iteration
• Strong experience with digital marketing platforms (Google Ads, Meta, Doubleclick, etc.)
• Experience negotiating agency fees, or a willingness to get involved
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with strong capabilities in financial modeling, data visualization, and storytelling
• Enthusiasm for using AI to enhance forecasting, automate analysis, and scale insights across the organization
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and ability to use AI tools to refine messaging and tailor content to different audiences
• Experience building and managing teams
• Highly self-motivated with a stellar work ethic
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or related field; MBA is a plus

Compensation

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several  U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. Base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The U.S. base pay range for this position in San Francisco, CA is $154,000.00 - $193,000.00 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on your qualifications, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. We also offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, 12 paid holidays per year, medical/dental/vision insurance, basic life insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.

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About Opendoor

Founded in 2014, Opendoor exists to tilt the world in favor of homeowners—and those working hard to become homeowners. We believe homeownership should be simpler, faster, and fairer for everyone.

This is Opendoor 2.0 — a company-wide refounding focused on speed, operational excellence, and an AI-first approach to everything we do. We've adopted a "Default to AI" philosophy: if AI can handle it, AI should handle it.  

Our business plan is simple: buy and sell lots and lots of homes quickly, be operationally excellent, and increase our value to each homeowner by launching services like mortgage, title, and insurance. This is a company in motion. We move fast, we build in the open, and we're redefining what's possible in real estate.