Founding Strategic Project Lead
Listed on 2026-07-02
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IT/Tech
Data Analyst, Data Scientist, AI Engineer (Applied/Software)
Strategic Project Lead
Location:
San Francisco, CA
Work Model:
Hybrid
Industry: AI Data / Frontier AI Labs
Compensation: $150K-$200K base, plus equity and profit share
Our partner is an early-stage, fast-growing AI data startup working with frontier AI labs and top voice-model companies to deliver specialized data sets, including voice, reinforcement learning, and environment data. Backed by leading investors and one of the fastest-growing companies in its cohort, the team hit a $1M run rate within its first several weeks. This is a rare ground-floor opportunity to join as the first external hire, with substantial equity upside and a clear path into senior leadership for someone who wants to build.
As the founding Strategic Project Lead, you will own delivery end to end. You will source data through a global contributor network, run quality control, help build out the QC systems, manage customer relationships, and oversee delivery against lab requirements. Projects typically run a few weeks to a month and move fast. This is an operationally heavy, high-ownership role with long hours, ideal for someone who treats it as more than a job and wants exposure to the fast-growing AI data space.
There is a clear growth path from this seat toward senior leadership and operations as the team scales.
Responsibilities:
- Own end-to-end delivery of data projects against lab and customer requirements
- Source data through and manage a global contributor network
- Run quality control and help build out scalable QC systems
- Manage customer relationships and coordinate across all sides of delivery
- Operate with high agency in an unstructured, fast-moving environment
Requirements:
- Roughly 2+ years of post-college experience, with openness to high-agency new grads who have interned at a human-data startup
- High agency and a generalist mindset, comfortable wearing multiple hats
- Comfort thriving in an unstructured, early-stage environment
- Willingness to take on operationally heavy work and long hours
- Bonus: experience at a human-data startup, a background in product management, or aspirations to one day found a company
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