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About the Role

This is a founding operations leadership role working directly with the executive team across product development, AI research, customer delivery, and company operations. The Strategic Projects Lead owns delivery of high-value contracts with frontier AI labs, manages teams of domain experts, interfaces directly with AI researchers, and executes critical company initiatives. This is an extremely high-agency, execution-focused role designed for people who thrive in demanding startup environments.

Responsibilities

Lead delivery of high-value AI data contracts for frontier AI labs
Manage teams of experts across finance, software engineering, science, healthcare, and other domains
Collaborate with internal research teams on next-generation AI datasets
Execute strategic cross-functional initiatives as an early employee
Support company operations across multiple business functions
Interface directly with researchers and technical stakeholders
Own projects from execution through successful delivery

Requirements

Demonstrated history of exceptional execution in high-pressure environments
Strong leadership and communication skills
Passion for AI and entrepreneurship
Competitive, high-agency mindset
Ability to own large, ambiguous projects
Willingness to work 60-70+ hours per week
Comfortable working 6-7 days per week
Must work in-person in San Francisco
Investment Banking experience
Management Consulting experience
Private Equity experience
Startup Operations experience
Healthcare or HealthTech experience
AI operations or data operations experience
Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives

Location

San Francisco, CA

Work Type

Onsite
Full-time

About the Company

This client is an AI research lab building frontier datasets and experimentation platforms that help push the capabilities of foundation models.
Their customers include the world's leading AI labs, and they work directly with frontier model developers to generate next-generation datasets.
The company is based in San Francisco and backed by a number of well recognized VC firms.