Senior Project Leader - Frontier Operations
City: Mountain View
State/Province: California
Posting Start Date: 4/20/26
Job Description:
About the Role
We are seeking an exceptionally driven, operationally minded Project Leader to own and scale end-to-end AI model training projects for leading AI labs. You are not just managing a checklist; you are the operational CEO of a $10M book of business.
You will bridge the gap between our high-profile clients and a massive distributed workforce. This requires a unique blend of client management, cross-functional leadership, relentless quality control, and the "gritty" operational mindset required to orchestrate 1,000 contributors at lightning speed.
Core Responsibilities
Client Partnership & Business Growth
• Strategic Point of Contact: Serve as the primary, trusted liaison for leading AI labs. Anticipate their technical and operational needs before they arise.
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• Drive Account Growth: Transform successful deliveries into expanded scopes of work. Partner with clients to identify new data needs, upselling our capabilities to drive business growth.
• Transparent Communication: Deliver clear, consistent reporting, translating complex operational realities into actionable insights for the client.
Agile Execution & End-to-End Delivery
• Pipeline Ownership: Design and manage data pipelines from initial customer specifications to final delivery.
• Sprint Management: Run structured, high-velocity sprints to ensure timelines, throughput, and quality consistently exceed client expectations.
• Rapid Scaling: Execute against extreme, time-sensitive pressures (e.g., onboarding 1,000 contributors in 3 days, delivering 10 hours of quality data per contributor within a 48-hour window).
Talent Enablement & Workforce Coordination
• Recruiting Partnership: Work lockstep with our Recruiting teams to define ideal contributor profiles, source the right domain experts, and clear hiring bottlenecks.
• Enablement & Training: Build robust training modules, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and clear instruction sets to enable a massive remote workforce.
• Large-Scale Management: Direct 1,000 distributed contributors in Slack-based workspaces, implementing incentive systems and performance-managing talent at scale.
Quality Control (QC) & Operational Excellence
• Hands-on QC: Roll up your sleeves and actively participate in Quality Control. Define the grading rubrics, audit the data, and calibrate the workforce.
• "War Room" Leadership: Run daily internal syncs to diagnose bottlenecks, restructure workflows, and squash operational bugs in real-time.
• Process Optimization: Continuously re-sequence workflows and scale review processes to improve data quality, increase throughput, and maximize cost-efficiency.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Internal Alignment: Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and internal Ops teams to build the tooling and infrastructure necessary to support your projects.
• Feedback Loops: Channel frontline operational friction back to the product team to drive systemic platform improvements.
What We're Looking For
• Background & Trajectory: We index on raw capability, drive, and intellectual horsepower-not years on a resume. Whether you are a recent top-tier university graduate with a history of exceptional achievement, or a seasoned operator from management consulting, finance, or a hyper-growth startup, we want you if you have the proven ability to go above and beyond.
• Execution Expertise: Demonstrated ability to run agile sprints, manage complex initiatives, and navigate fast-paced project lifecycles.
• Customer-Facing Acumen: Deep comfort working directly with highly technical, high-profile enterprise clients. You know how to push back professionally and manage expectations.
• Analytical Rigor: Strong ability to manipulate data, diagnose pipeline health, and make rapid, mathematically sound decisions.
• The Right Mindset: You are deeply excited by "gritty" process optimization. You thrive in ambiguity, take extreme ownership, and do not consider any task "beneath" you.
Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
Parental Benefits
Work Flexibility
Office Life and Perks
Vacation and Time Off
Financial and Retirement
Professional Development
Diversity and Inclusion