Strategic Project Lead

Posted 26 days ago

crossing hurdlesMillbrae (CA)

Project Management SpecialistsAdministrative Management and General Management Consulting Services

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Manager

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$145,000 per year

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About the role

Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.This range is provided by Crossing Hurdles. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.Base pay range $145,000.00/yr – $260,000.00/yrRole Strategic Project LeadCompensation Base: $145,000 – $260,000 + Competitive EquityYears of Experience (YOE) 2 – 8 years of experience working closely with customers and having full ownership across relevant areas such as operations, account management, product, etc.Benefits Premium healthcare (medical, dental, vision), daily free breakfast/lunch/dinner, unlimited drinks & snacks, beautiful loft office in North Beach (SF), global company offsites (NY, LA, Sydney, Seoul), and a tax‑free commuter stipend.Responsibilities As part of a rapidly scaling AI‑startup, you will engage frontline customers to ensure they become long‑term partners. Every engagement starts with a company’s single most critical problem: hiring. Whether it’s building a security‑cleared engineering team in under a month, hiring a Head of Growth post‑Series A, or sourcing highly specialized technical talent for cutting‑edge research, you will lead high‑stakes strategic projects end‑to‑end, bringing structure, speed, and execution rigor to problems where the cost of failure is high and outcomes truly matter.Why You Should Consider JoiningOne of the fastest‑growing startups in the last 12 months, scaling from$1.5Mto$40M ARRTrusted by category‑defining customers including Palantir, Ramp, Rippling, Applied Intuition, Hightouch, Decagon, Traba, and moreBacked by world‑class marketplace investors, including A*, Kevin Hartz (Founder of Eventbrite and first investor in Airbnb), and founders and senior leaders from Uber, Twitch, DoorDash, and OpendoorSolving one of the most important, complex, and high‑impact problems in business: recruitingEntering 2025 with an ambitious GTM and product roadmap designed for category leadershipThe role is for you ifYou enjoy being dropped into ambiguous, high‑stakes problems and have the judgment and rigor to figure things out without heavy directionYou have high learning velocity— you absorb new concepts quickly and apply them immediatelyYou’re on a steep growth trajectory, with visible improvement week over week and step‑function progress over monthsYou operate with an elite work ethic, believing that excellence is earned through sustained intensity and discipline, not shortcutsYou hold an exceptionally high bar for detail and follow‑through, closing loops consistently and refusing to let execution quality slip#J-18808-Ljbffr

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