Strategic Project Lead
Location: San Francisco, CA
Work Model: Onsite, 5 days per week
Industry: Applied AI / AI research data
Compensation: $130K-$150K base, ~$300K OTE
About the Company
Our partner is a fast-growing applied AI research 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 revenue run rate, backed by leading venture investors and prominent angels from across the AI field. Quality is their core differentiator, and they are rapidly expanding into new domains.
The Opportunity
As a Strategic Project Lead, you will own client engagements end to end, partnering directly with researchers at top AI labs to scope, build, and deliver high-quality datasets. You will be the connective tissue across engineering, expert-sourcing, and a network of domain experts, while keeping a pulse on the frontier to proactively shape what gets built next.
This is a high-agency, high-ownership role on a small, ambitious team, with a clear path to growing into pod leadership as the company scales.
Responsibilities
- Own client engagements end to end, from understanding data requirements to final delivery.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for lab researchers, translating their needs into clear data specifications.
- Coordinate cross-functionally with the engineering (platform) an
