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Strategic Project Lead, Finance Expertise
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About the Role
Job Title: Strategic Project Lead, Finance Expertise Your Role As a Strategic Projects Lead (SPL) — Finance, you will own end-to-end execution for projects with our top AI Lab customers, with a strong focus on Finance. You will translate customer needs into clear project specifications, design and launch finance-focused data pipelines, and align Operations and Finance domain experts to deliver quickly and at a high quality.
What You'll Do
- Own projects end to end, from pipeline framing and scoping through execution and delivery.
- Translate customer needs into clear, actionable project specifications for Finance workflows.
- Design and continuously improve finance-focused pipelines for usability, accuracy, quality, and scalability.
- Align Operations and Finance domain experts for rapid deployment.
- Set delivery milestones and drive a tight execution cadence.
- Own client communication, keeping it clear, direct, and consistent.
- Manage Finance domain experts and project leads to ensure quality and delivery.
- Provide daily internal updates with progress, blockers, and explicit next steps.
You're a Good Fit If You
- Required skills: Leadership & Team Management, Data Operations, Human Data
- Strong background in Finance, Financial Engineering, Economics, Accounting, or a related field.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, particularly when working with senior Finance experts.
- Strong ownership, urgency, and attention to detail.
- Startup and entrepreneurial mindset with a bias toward execution.
- 2+ years of experience leading complex projects, operational workflows, or finance-related initiatives.
- Ability to turn ambiguous customer requirements into clear plans and execute rapidly.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment.
- Experience working with AI/ML companies, AI Labs, or data annotation/evaluation projects.
Role Highlights
Pay & Payout
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