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Strategic Project Lead, Finance

SaidGigUnited States🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 6, 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
Remote
Location
United States
Posted
13 hours ago
Financial ModelingStakeholder Management

Job Description

Lead end-to-end finance projects that help advance AI training, evaluation, and feedback workflows. You will turn customer needs into practical project plans, build high-quality finance data pipelines, and coordinate Operations and Finance experts to deliver reliably and quickly.

Key Responsibilities
Own projects from pipeline framing and scope through execution and delivery. Translate customer requirements into clear, actionable specifications for finance workflows. Design and continuously improve finance-focused data pipelines for usability, accuracy, quality, and scalability. Coordinate Operations and Finance domain experts for rapid deployment. Set delivery milestones and maintain a focused execution cadence. Manage client communication with clarity, consistency, and directness. Manage Finance domain experts and project leads to uphold quality and on-time delivery.

Provide daily internal updates covering progress, blockers, and next steps. Qualifications
Background in Finance, Financial Engineering, Economics, Accounting, or a related field. At least 2 years of experience leading complex projects, operational workflows, or finance-related initiatives. Strong leadership, team management, data operations, communication, stakeholder management, ownership, urgency, and attention to detail. Ability to convert ambiguous customer needs into clear plans and execute quickly. Comfort working with senior Finance experts in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment.

Entrepreneurial, execution-oriented mindset.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience with AI or machine learning companies, AI labs, or data annotation and evaluation projects. Experience managing finance-focused, technical, or data-intensive projects. Familiarity with financial modeling, investment analysis, financial markets, accounting, or other complex finance workflows. Familiarity with data pipelines, AI training workflows, and human-in-the-loop operations. Work Terms
Full-time remote position. Compensation
Advertised annual compensation range of $400, 000 to $550, 000. National base salary range of $180, 000 to $230, 000 USD annually.

Eligible for equity compensation and, depending on role and company policy, performance-based bonuses. Benefits include up to 100% reimbursement of health insurance premiums, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with company match, and additional remote-workforce benefits. Equal Opportunity
Qualified applicants receive consideration without regard to legally protected characteristics. Reasonable accommodation assistance is available during the application process.

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