Strategic Project Lead, Finance

About this role

As a Strategic Projects Lead (SPL), you will be the main POC for our top AI Lab customers and manage a team of talented domain experts to train frontier AI models—with a strong focus on Finance domain experts. You will ensure the highest standards in data integrity, scalability, and quality, overseeing the design and execution of workflows that structure, optimize, and manage large-scale data pipelines.

Skills

Key responsibilities

• Own projects end to end, ensuring top AI Lab clients are extremely happy.
• Own and manage complex, finance-specific data pipelines, improving efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
• Manage teams of Human Data Managers and Leads reviewing the work of subject-matter experts in Finance.
• Communicate directly with top AI Labs on massive, high-impact projects.
• Work with Human Data Engineers to define, track, and optimize KPIs across finance-driven workflows.
• Provide executive-level insights and updates on key projects, data performance, and operational impact.
• Report directly to our CEO and Head of Human Data.

Required skills & qualifications

• Exceptional soft skills and stakeholder management ability, especially when working with senior finance domain experts.
• Willingness to grind long hours, including weekends, in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Strong startup and entrepreneurial mindset.
• Background in Finance, Financial Engineering, Economics, Accounting, or a related field, or strong exposure to financial systems and data.
• 2+ years in a leadership role driving operational processes, managing large-scale or finance-heavy data projects, or optimizing complex workflows.
• Passion for building from the ground up, identifying inefficiencies, and executing solutions rapidly in high-stakes environments.