Strategic Projects Lead, Finance [Remote]

Role Overview

Lead end-to-end delivery of finance-focused projects for leading AI lab customers. You will turn customer needs into practical project plans, build high-quality data pipelines, and coordinate operations teams and finance experts to deliver accurate, scalable results at speed.

Key Responsibilities

• Own projects from initial pipeline framing and scope through execution and delivery.
• Translate customer requirements into clear, actionable specifications for finance workflows.
• Design and continuously improve finance data pipelines for usability, accuracy, quality, and scalability.
• Coordinate operations teams and finance domain experts for rapid deployment.
• Set delivery milestones and maintain a focused execution cadence.
• Manage client communication with clarity, consistency, and directness.
• Manage finance experts and project leads to maintain quality and meet delivery commitments.
• Provide daily internal progress updates, including blockers and explicit next steps.

Qualifications

• Background in finance, financial engineering, economics, accounting, or a related field.
• At least 2 years of experience leading complex projects, operational workflows, or finance-related initiatives.
• Strong leadership, team management, communication, stakeholder management, ownership, urgency, and attention to detail.
• Ability to convert ambiguous customer requirements into clear plans and execute quickly.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment with an entrepreneurial, execution-focused mindset.
• Experience with AI or machine learning companies, AI labs, data annotation, evaluation projects, finance-focused technical projects, or data-intensive projects is preferred.
• Familiarity with financial modeling, investment analysis, financial markets, accounting, complex finance workflows, data pipelines, AI training workflows, or human-in-the-loop operations is preferred.

Work Terms

• Full-time, remote position.

Compensation

• The listing indicates annual compensation of $400, 000 to $550, 000.
• The stated national base-salary range is $180, 000 to $230, 000 USD.
• Eligible employees may receive equity compensation and performance-based bonuses, subject to role and company policies.
• Benefits include up to 100% reimbursement for health insurance premiums, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with company match, and additional benefits supporting a remote-first workforce.

Eligibility

Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other characteristics protected by applicable laws and regulations.