# Founding Strategic Project Lead

> talentpluto · San Francisco, United States (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-06-29

**Salary:** USD 150,000–200,000

**Workplace:** hybrid

## Description

**Location:** San Francisco, CA

**Work Model:** Hybrid

**Industry:** AI data / frontier AI labs

**Compensation:** $150K-$200K base, plus equity and profit share

### About the Company

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.

### The Opportunity

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

## Apply

[Apply at talentpluto](https://apply.workable.com/talentpluto/j/B462C111AA/apply)

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