Strategic Projects Lead - 17817

Strategic Projects Lead (SPL) – AI Research & Enterprise Operations

Location: United States (Hybrid or Remote, timezone-aligned)
Type: Full-time
Compensation: Competitive salary + equity
Benefits: Health coverage, flexible work arrangements, high ownership

About the Company 

We are an applied AI research lab focused on data and reinforcement learning (RL) environment curation for training and evaluating advanced agents.

Our work has powered state-of-the-art reasoning datasets, specialized frontier models, and multi-turn, tool-using agents trained via reinforcement learning. We are also core contributors to a widely adopted agent benchmark used by most frontier AI labs.

Today, we build custom RL environments for frontier labs and specialized agents for enterprise customers, operating at the intersection of research, infrastructure, and real revenue.

The Role

We are hiring a Strategic Projects Lead (SPL) — a high-agency operator who thrives in ambiguity and cares deeply about execution, precision, and outcomes.

This role owns the operational backbone of large lab and enterprise engagements. You will manage complex, high-value contracts, coordinate experts across research, engineering, and data workflows, and ensure delivery happens quickly and correctly.

This is not a pure ops role. You will wear multiple hats — operations, execution, strategy, and product — and make high-impact decisions daily. If you enjoy chaos, speed, and responsibility, this role offers rare exposure to how frontier AI work actually gets delivered at scale.

What You’ll Do

Revenue & Delivery Operations

• Build and scale operational systems that support revenue-generating contracts with labs and enterprises

• Own execution from contract kickoff through delivery and iteration

• Ensure timelines, quality, and outcomes meet high technical standards

Program & Expert Management

• Coordinate and manage a large network of researchers, engineers, and domain experts

• Design and refine processes across the full stack: data, environments, evaluation, delivery

• Identify bottlenecks and fix them — fast

Decision-Making & Strategy

• Make frequent, high-impact decisions under uncertainty

• Balance speed, quality, and scope in fast-moving engagements

• Contribute to strategic discussions on product direction and customer offerings

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Work closely with research, engineering, and leadership teams

• Translate ambiguous customer needs into executable plans

• Help shape internal tooling and workflows based on real operational needs

What We’re Looking For

Technical & Analytical Foundation

• CS or Engineering degree strongly preferred

• Comfortable working with SQL, Python, and technical systems

• Able to reason about technical tradeoffs even if you’re not writing production code daily

Execution & Operations

• Experience in operations, program management, or execution-heavy roles is a strong plus

• Proven ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder workflows

• Strong attention to detail without losing sight of outcomes

Mindset & Traits

• Scrappy: You figure things out without a playbook

• Hungry: You want impact, ownership, and steep learning curves

• Comfortable with ambiguity: Chaos energizes you rather than slows you down

• Fast learner: Curious about frontier AI systems and eager to go deep

Why This Role

• Own large, high-value contracts with frontier labs and enterprises

• Operate at the center of real-world AI research delivery

• High trust, high autonomy, minimal bureaucracy

• Direct exposure to cutting-edge agent systems and RL infrastructure

• Competitive compensation with meaningful equity upside