--- title: 'Sr. Manager/Director FP&A at Lumilens' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/sr-manager-director-fp-a-lumilens-san-jose-kc30x7n807ma' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-02' --- # Sr. Manager/Director FP&A at Lumilens - **Company:** Lumilens - **Location:** San Jose, CA - **Employment:** full-time - **Posted:** 2026-07-29 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-02 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lumilens/deeda1c0-6e48-41b6-a0af-3d699188fd62 ## Job description ## Role Overview Senior FP&A lead in California with a tightly scoped operational mandate: own FP&A for the US R&D lab, lead revenue management for the Hyperscaler customer segment, and act as US country controller for the US-listed entity. ## Key Responsibilities - Own US R&D lab budgeting, forecasting, project-level cost tracking, and capex planning - Lead revenue management for Hyperscaler customers — pricing, contract economics, deal review, revenue recognition, customer profitability - Act as US country controller — own US entity close, statutory reporting, tax filings, audit support, and internal controls - Partner with US sales leadership on revenue forecasting, commission planning, and deal economics for Hyperscaler accounts - Support board reporting and investor relations content tied to US operations and the Hyperscaler segment - Drive long-range planning for US R&D investment and Hyperscaler revenue strategy - Drive automation across US FP&A and controllership processes Required Qualifications (all mandatory) - CPA / CFA / MBA - 10-15 years of FP&A or strategic finance experience - Tech industry FP&A / strategic finance experience OR engineering degree combined with an MBA - Ability to operate in a startup, unstructured, ambiguous environment - Strong operational FP&A experience — manufacturing, supply chain, or hardware cost analysis - Proven business partnering with operations and commercial leaders - Advanced financial modeling; comfort with large datasets ## Preferred Qualifications - Technology / hardware / semiconductor / FMCG industry experience - Manufacturing cost accounting exposure - Track record of building and developing finance teams and processes from scratch. - US MNC experience — controller or senior finance leader inside a US-headquartered multinational ## About Lumilens ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Lumilens designs and manufactures next-generation photonic interconnects to massively scale AI compute infrastructure. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B – led by Accton Technology; prior Series A of $30M from Mayfield and Spark Capital) - **Headquarters**: San Jose, California, USA - **Founded**: 2024 - **Founders**: Ankur Singla (CEO), Samuel Liu (VP Products), Ritesh Kapahi (VP/GM India), Dave Friedman (VP Operations) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Photonics / optical interconnects for AI data centers - **Target customers**: Large-scale AI providers and hyperscale data center operators (B2B, Enterprise) - **Mission**: “To rapidly innovate in photonics and connectivity architectures to enable the massive scaling of compute infrastructure required to deliver the full potential of AI.” ## Products & Services - **Photonic Interconnects (Scale-Out & Scale-Up)**: High-density, low-latency optical links that enable cluster-to-cluster and direct GPU-to-GPU connectivity. Supports 100x higher quantity of GPU direct connections than legacy approaches. - *Type*: Hardware (silicon photonics modules) + integrated manufacturing - **Automated Manufacturing Platform**: End-to-end custom robotics and AI-optimized production processes to maximize yield, quality, and supply-chain flexibility. - *Type*: Service / Manufacturing capability (in-house) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available - **Key Metric**: Total funding – $30M Series A (June 2024); Series B led by Accton Technology (amount undisclosed) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Mayfield, Spark Capital, Accton Technology - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount grew 287% YoY (54 employees as of mid-2025) [linkedin.com] - Operations in 8 countries: USA, India, Thailand, Poland, Singapore, Czechia, South Korea, Malaysia - 48 active job postings (+23.1% monthly growth) [linkedin.com] - Leadership team with deep photonics/networking experience from Cisco, Juniper, Meta, Lumentum, Coherent ## Competitive Advantages - **In-house silicon photonics development** – full control over design and supply chain - **Systems-level expertise** – can partner on both scale-out and scale-up architectures - **Manufacturing automation** – robotics + AI processes enable faster innovation, higher quality, and predictable deployment - **Standards-based interconnects** – easy deployment into existing infrastructure - **Manufacturing anywhere** – supply-chain continuity and scalable manufacturing ## Strategic Focus - Enable massive scaling of AI infrastructure by overcoming electrical/copper limitations with advanced photonics - Disaggregate GPUs to mitigate power and density challenges in data centers - Expand manufacturing capacity globally and continue to automate production - Align product roadmap with industry standards to accelerate adoption ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Fast-paced startup environment with deep technical expertise; mission-driven focus on enabling the future of AI - **Work policy**: In-office (HQ San Jose, CA with Bengaluru, India as major hub) [builtin.com] - **Perks**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge photonics, robotics, and AI manufacturing; direct impact on world’s largest AI infrastructure - **Engineering culture**: Heavy emphasis on silicon photonics, hardware design, robotics automation, and system-level architecture. Teams are led by veterans from Cisco, Juniper, Meta, Lumentum, Coherent. ## Sources 1. [lumilens.com](https://lumilens.com/) – Company overview, mission, leadership, products 2. [lumilens.com/company](https://lumilens.com/company) – Vision, investors, leadership team 3. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/lumilens) – Career page, employee count, year founded, office policy 4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lumilens) – Headcount, funding details, geographic/department breakdown, job trends, talent sources 5. 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