Expand human ambition in the physical world.
Critical infrastructure is constrained by labor shortages, hazardous working conditions, and operational complexity. Watney builds and deploys autonomous robotic systems that increase the speed and capacity of buildout, starting with data centers.
About the RoleAt Watney, the Finance Manager is the first dedicated finance hire. This role owns financial strategy: building the forecasting, cash management, and reporting structure the company needs as it grows, and becoming the strategic partner leadership relies on to make spend decisions.
This person will build the function from scratch, helping the company navigate new site leases, manufacturer builds, and vendor contract negotiation.
• Build financial planning, reporting, and budgeting processes from the ground up.
• Own cash management and forecasting.
• Bring vendor contracts and spend approvals under real financial process.
• Have built a finance function at an early-stage startup from close to zero.
• Have modeled cash and capital needs through a manufacturing or hardware scale-up.
• Are comfortable being the first finance hire with no existing systems to inherit.
We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive team. At Watney Robotics, we welcome people of all backgrounds and identities, and we make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential. If you’re passionate about robotics but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply!
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Skills Required
- Experience building a finance function at an early-stage startup from close to zero
- Experience modeling cash and capital needs through a manufacturing or hardware scale-up
- Comfort being the first finance hire without existing systems to inherit
What We Do
Join us on our mission to deploy an abundant, intelligent workforce. Watney develops autonomous robots to enable the growth of critical infrastructure. Having recently raised $21 million in seed funding from Conviction, Abstract and A*, we’re partnering with the world’s largest hyperscalers to accelerate datacenter buildout and breakfix. You'll work alongside - The former GSM for the iPhone - The former founding engineer at Worldcoin - The engineer who built the world’s fastest EV racecar at ETH Zurich - … and many more Join now for a ground-floor seat with outsized ownership and visibility as we scale from prototype to production fleets. Ship real systems, shape the rollout playbook, and leave fingerprints on a category-defining robotics company.
