Founding Strategic Project Lead

talentpluto•San Francisco, CA

3d•$150,000 - $200,000•Hybrid

About The Position

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.

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