Strategic Operations Project Lead
Full-time
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Job Title: Strategic Project Lead
Job Location:San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Job Type: Full time
NOTE: Candidate must be from Big Tech company, AI startup, or top-tier university, or a combination of these backgrounds.
Strategic Project Lead
We are a fast-growing AI technology company based in San Francisco, partnering with some of the world s leading AI labs to build and scale high-quality human data operations. The company operates in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment and offers strong compensation, meaningful equity, and significant career growth.
The Role
As a Strategic Project Lead (SPL), you will own the execution of complex, high-value projects from customer requirements through final delivery.
What You ll Do
Lead multi-million-dollar AI data projects end-to-end.
Build strong relationships with researchers and teams at leading AI labs.
Coordinate and manage 1,000+ distributed contributors.
Identify bottlenecks and improve workflows, quality, speed, and cost efficiency.
Manage urgent customer requests and deliver consistently under demanding timelines.
Provide clear reporting and proactively resolve operational issues.
What We re Looking For
Experience in consulting, finance, startups, operations, or another high-performance environment.
Strong analytical, communication, and project-management skills.
Comfortable managing ambiguity, pressure, and multiple priorities.
Strong customer-facing presence and a high level of ownership.
Someone who enjoys hands-on execution and process optimization.
This is an operations-focused role, not a traditional strategy, product, or GTM position.
Vacancy posted 4 days ago
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