VP, Strategic Finance

VP, Strategic Finance

Los Angeles, California, United States

GITAI is a space robotics company working to reduce the cost of work in space by 100x. Space is no longer defined only by the cost of launch. Satellites, space stations, lunar infrastructure, and defense systems are becoming more capable and more ambitious. But getting hardware to space is only the first step. The harder problem is doing useful work once it is there.

GITAI develops robotic systems for orbital, lunar, and defense applications. Our robots are designed for tasks such as assembly, inspection, maintenance, construction, and surface operations in environments where human labor is expensive, dangerous, or impractical. To move fast and drive cost down, we keep hardware, software, testing, and integration close together. This allows our team to learn from real tests, shorten development cycles, and reduce dependency on slow external handoffs.

We are still early. The systems, the company, and the market are all being built at the same time. The work is difficult, and many answers are still not written down. If the work pulls you in, and you want to move it forward with your own hands, GITAI is the right place for you.

GITAI is hiring a VP, Strategic Finance to work directly with our Founder & CEO on equity financing, investor strategy, capital planning, and company-level financial narrative. This is not a traditional VP Finance role. The core mission is to help GITAI raise institutional equity capital and build the capital strategy behind it.

We are looking for someone who has raised equity capital inside a venture-backed startup at Series B or earlier, can bring an immediately useful investor network, and can help shape how investors understand GITAI.

This role is for someone who can operate close to the CEO, turn technical progress into investor conviction, and build the capital engine that lets the company move faster.

What You'll Drive

• Lead equity financing strategy and execution for future financing rounds, working directly with the Founder & CEO.
• Build and manage a targeted investor map across venture capital firms, strategic investors, family offices, and other relevant capital partners.
• Bring and activate an investor network that can be useful to GITAI immediately.
• Own the equity story, pitch narrative, and financing materials, including pitch decks, financial models, investor updates, data room materials, diligence responses, and board-level financing materials.
• Translate GITAI's technical progress, space robotics roadmap, commercial traction, government opportunities, and long-term market potential into a clear investment narrative.
• Prepare the Founder & CEO for investor conversations, support investor meetings, manage follow-ups, and represent the CEO's thinking clearly in selected investor-facing communications.
• Build company-level financial models that connect strategy, product roadmap, hiring plans, capital needs, financing milestones, and long-term growth.
• Support capital allocation decisions, strategic partnerships, corporate development opportunities, and other company-level finance initiatives.
• Help build the finance function over time, including planning cadence, reporting structure, and financial operating discipline, while keeping the speed required at an early-stage company.

What We're Looking For

• Direct experience raising equity capital inside a venture-backed startup at Series B or earlier
• Experience supporting or leading multiple financing rounds before Series B, not just one isolated process
• A clear understanding of the full financing process from the company side, including investor targeting, warm introductions, pitch narrative, financial models, investor meetings, follow-ups, diligence, data room preparation, negotiation support, and closing
• A current investor network that can be useful to GITAI immediately
• The ability to help open the right doors now, not only build relationships over time
• Strong curiosity toward robotics, space systems, defense technology, hardware, and other technically difficult fields
• The ability to absorb complex technical information quickly and turn it into a clear investor narrative
• Strong judgment, high ownership, and the ability to operate with incomplete information
• Comfort working directly with a technical founder and an engineering-heavy team
• Speed, precision, discretion, and willingness to do the work yourself
• This is not a role for someone whose experience is limited to investment banking, consulting, venture capital, fractional CFO work, or advising startups from the outside. Those backgrounds can be useful, but they are not a substitute for operating inside a startup and helping raise equity capital from the company side.

Location and Position Type

• Torrance, CA/ Full-time

Compensation

Base salary for this role is expected to range from $180,000 to $250,000 per year. Final title, compensation, and equity will depend on the candidate's fundraising experience, investor network, operating scope, and ability to serve as a long-term finance leader for the company.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare: 100% paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees, with 90% coverage for dependents, plus life insurance
• Retirement Savings: 401(k) plan with a company match
• Equity Opportunities: Stock options in a rapidly growing startup, giving you a stake in our success
• Relocation Support: Financial assistance for relocation is available for candidates residing outside the Los Angeles area
• Holidays: 12 days of paid time off (PTO) and 12 company holidays annually
• Dynamic Work Environment: Collaborate and innovate with a passionate team
• Office Perks: Enjoy free snacks and drinks, plus regular social events to foster team spirit
• Cutting Edge Experience: Work alongside state-of-the-art robots, driving the future of space technology

No agency submissions, please.

Compensation may include base salary or hourly pay and, depending on the position, equity. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, skillset, and other job-related factors.

LA salary range

$180,000 - $250,000 USD

Important Notice

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
• To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), GITAI Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable.
• GITAI USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with GITAI USA is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.