Strategic Project Lead
$145k - $260kCrossing Hurdles
Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. This range is provided by Crossing Hurdles. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range $145,000.00/yr – $260,000.00/yr Role Strategic Project Lead Compensation Base:$145,000–$260,000+ Competitive Equity Years of Experience (YOE) 2 – 8 years of experience working closely with customers and having full ownership across relevant areas such as operations, account management, product, etc. Benefits Premium healthcare (medical, dental, vision), daily free breakfast/lunch/dinner, unlimited drinks & snacks, beautiful loft office in North Beach (SF), global company offsites (NY, LA, Sydney, Seoul), and a tax‑free commuter stipend. Responsibilities As part of a rapidly scaling AI‑startup, you will engage frontline customers to ensure they become long‑term partners. Every engagement starts with a company’s single most critical problem: hiring. Whether it’s building a security‑cleared engineering team in under a month, hiring a Head of Growth post‑SeriesA, or sourcing highly specialized technical talent for cutting‑edge research, you will lead high‑stakes strategic projects end‑to‑end, bringing structure, speed, and execution rigor to problems where the cost of failure is high and outcomes truly matter. Why You Should Consider Joining One of the fastest‑growing startups in the last 12 months, scaling from $1.5M to $40M ARR Trusted by category‑defining customers including Palantir, Ramp, Rippling, Applied Intuition, Hightouch, Decagon, Traba, and more Backed by world‑class marketplace investors, including A*, Kevin Hartz (Founder of Eventbrite and first investor in Airbnb), and founders and senior leaders from Uber, Twitch, DoorDash, and Opendoor Solving one of the most important, complex, and high‑impact problems in business: recruiting Entering 2025 with an ambitious GTM and product roadmap designed for category leadership The role is for you if You enjoy being dropped into ambiguous, high‑stakes problems and have the judgment and rigor to figure things out without heavy direction You have high learning velocity— you absorb new concepts quickly and apply them immediately You’re on a steep growth trajectory, with visible improvement week over week and step‑function progress over months You operate with an elite work ethic, believing that excellence is earned through sustained intensity and discipline, not shortcuts You hold an exceptionally high bar for detail and follow‑through, closing loops consistently and refusing to let execution quality slip #J-18808-Ljbffr
$121.6k - $190k
Scale’s Generative AI business unit is currently seeing historic levels of growth. As a Strategic Projects Lead (SPL), you will leading initiatives that will drive $XXM+ in new revenue for the business. This is a demanding role, and as an SPL, you should be prepared to...SuggestedFull time- ...valuable for robotics and physical AI training. We’re working with leading frontier labs to create the highest-quality, highest-... ...human advantage in the robotics revolution, and the Instawork Strategic Projects Lead will be at the center of this cutting-edge data...SuggestedHourly payWork experience placementLocal areaShift work
$182.4k - $228k
Scale’s Robotics business unit is experiencing historic, unprecedented growth. As a Senior Strategic Project Lead (SPL) for Egocentric Data Collection, you will architect and execute the critical operational roadmaps that drive $XXM+ in net-new revenue. This is a high-...SuggestedFull time$150k - $300k
...frontier of AI and have raised $60M in Series C funding from Wellington Management, CRV, Next47 and Y Combinator.The roleAs a Strategic Projects Lead, you'll fully own and optimize the data annotation and machine learning workflows behind Encord's largest client...Suggested$150k - $250k
...YCombinator (S25) and raised a seed round to scale their team and support growth. Role Description Halluminate is looking to hire a Strategic Projects Lead (focused in Financial Services) to own and lead the development of frontier training gyms for finance verticals. Ideal...SuggestedFull timeFor contractors- ...work hand-in-hand with the leadership team across the hardest, most ambiguous problems the company faces. You’ll move between strategic projects, customer-facing work, analytical deep-dives, and operational builds, putting structure to chaos and shipping outcomes that...Work at officeImmediate startRelocation
- ...to operate safely and autonomously. We work with the world’s leading model labs to push the frontier of agent capabilities.... ...growing out the founding team. About the role As a Founding Strategic Projects Lead, you will work on some of Polymath’s highest-leverage...Work at office
$150k - $250k
...Francisco Employment Type Full time Location Type On-site Department People The Role This role is for a Strategic Project Lead who thrives on turning model team requirements into production data, equally comfortable architecting QA systems from first...Full time- ...Reducto Reducto is the agentic document platform for leading AI teams who demand enterprise performance at scale. We provide... ...Round Capital. Role Summary Reducto is hiring a Strategic Projects Lead to be the GTN team's highest-leverage operator. This role...Work at officeLocal areaShift work
$150k - $200k
...voice, reinforcement learning, and environment data. Backed by leading investors and one of the fastest-growing companies in its... ...someone who wants to build. The Opportunity As the founding Strategic Project Lead, you will own delivery end to end. You will source data...Remote work$175k - $275k
...Job Description Job Description Strategic Project Lead Company: Halluminate Location: San Francisco, CA (Dogpatch office, in person 5 days per week; relocation stipend available) Compensation: $175,000 - $275,000 + 0.05% - 0.3% equity Employment Type:...Full timeFor contractorsInternshipH1bWork at officeRelocationVisa sponsorship$140k - $160k
...comes back to bite you. You walk the tightrope between craft and speed without falling off either side. The Role As the Strategic Projects Lead , you will be tasked with owning multiple, long term healthcare projects that drive the business forward and will directly...Work at officeWork from homeRelocationFlexible hoursNight shift$235k - $300k
...engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.About the role We're looking for a Strategic Projects Lead to take on recruiting's most complex, cross-cutting work: the high-stakes decisions and initiatives that span many teams...Work at officeVisa sponsorshipFlexible hours- ...AI training, evaluation, market research, and expert-driven projects with high-quality professionals. By deploying an... ...allocated globally. About the Role Seeking a high-caliber Strategic Projects Lead with 3–6 years of experience in management consulting, high...
- ...SuperAnnotate SuperAnnotate helps the world’s leading AI teams build responsible, next-... ..., precise talent matching, and full project transparency ensure unmatched data quality... ...high-value client engagements. As a Strategic Projects Lead, you’ll run the end-to-end...Full time
- ...lab that produces expert-level training data for the world's leading AI labs. In under two years they have scaled to a nine-figure... ...rapidly expanding into new domains. The Opportunity As a Strategic Project Lead on the coding track, you will own client engagements end...Remote work
$120k - $160k
...opportunities from the world's most innovative organizations. We work with leading enterprises and are backed by top investors. About the role: We're looking for a strategic project lead to partner directly with the CEO to shape and scale the company’s core function...Work at officeRelocation package$300k
...They work with all five of the world's leading AI labs to design high-signal datasets and... ...with the founding team on high-priority projects spanning AI research, product... ...intersection of technical execution and strategic leadership. You will own initiatives end...Full timeVisa sponsorshipShift workWeekend work$300k
...Intelligence Research (BAIR), and Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL). Responsibilities Work closely with the world’s leading AI labs to generate next generation datasets to push the boundaries of AI to the limits, directly generating revenue for the...$150k - $200k
...startup. You should be comfortable owning client relationships and project execution from end-to-end, with a track record of delivering... ...of AI. What you'll do: Work closely with the world’s leading AI labs to generate next generation datasets to push the boundaries...H1bWork at officeVisa sponsorship$75k - $110k
...collection and annotation — delivering the datasets that frontier AI research requires and remote workforce marketplaces can't. We own projects end-to-end, from scoping and protocol design through final delivery, running on-site and distributed expert workforces across 50+...Local areaRemote workWorldwideShift work- Job Description Job Description About the Role This is a rare opportunity to own the demand side of an AI-powered talent marketplace at the earliest stage, working directly alongside the founding team. You will be responsible for bringing high-growth startups onto...
$226k - $285k
...frontier AI systems. Through a combination of strategic partnerships and self-built data center... ..., discipline ownership, governance, and project integration, while commissioning partners... ...are seeking a Commissioning Project Lead to own the commissioning strategy and execution...Full timeFor contractorsWork at officeLocal areaFlexible hours- ...FranciscoAll Locations is a required fieldAll DepartmentsAll Departments:Project ControlsAll Departments is a required fieldAdvertising... ...5,000Currie & Brown is currently looking for a Project Controls Lead for a client location in the San Francisco Bay area. The successful...For contractorsWorldwideRelocation
- ...enjoys working closely with clients in the Data Center market, this opportunity is for you! At Jacobs our telecommunications project leads work on various projects as assigned by a Department Manager or Lead Engineer. This position will play a role in the entire design...Work at office
$150k - $165k
...work across a diverse range of clients and projects, supporting many organizations from the... ...varied and thought-provoking work with a strategic emphasis, a solutions-driven approach and... ...Project Operations & Operational Excellence Lead to support a Design & Construction (D&C)...For contractorsWork at officeRemote workWork visaFlexible hours$125k - $145k
...Experienced Manager, Strategic Projects, Accounting Advisory Services The Experienced Manager, Strategic Projects, Accounting Advisory Services manages the full-life cycle of an assigned finance and accounting engagement. Responsibilities include staff assignment and...Work at office$210k - $240k
Perplexity is seeking a GTM Strategy & Operations Lead to join our Enterprise team. In this role, you will own the analytical and operational... ...pipeline health, rep productivity, attainment, and rampConduct strategic analyses to identify where the business is working and where it...Local area$197.5k - $271.5k
...more of their spend on Faire. As a Strategy & Operations Senior Lead, you'll take end-to-end ownership of our Enterprise opportunity... ...- defining how we identify, win, and grow our largest and most strategic brand partners. You'll operate as a senior individual...Work experience placementWork at officeLocal areaRemote workMonday to FridayFlexible hours3 days per week$210k - $255k
About usSierra is the leading platform for customer-facing AI agents, working with many... ...started and led Google’s AR/VR effort, Project Starline, and Google Lens. Before that,... ...foundational operational work and high-impact strategic initiativesAbility to navigate ambiguity...Full timeFlexible hours
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