Strategic Project Lead, Robotics

About the role

About the Role Silicon Valley’s leading AI companies partner with us to scale high-quality data operations. As an SPL on robotics, you will: • Realize the data requests of robotics AI lab customers • Drive the tactical execution of data collection across a growing network of commercial partner businesses. • Own the throughput, quality, and coverage of what those sites produce, and hit supply targets against a demanding forecast. • Build deep client relationships with researchers at top AI labs. • Ensure flawless operational execution under demanding timelines. This is a hands-on operations role for candidates excited by process optimization, rapid iteration, and high-intensity problem solving. We're an early-stage startup that operates with intensity. That means occasionally being responsive on weekends and always holding a high bar for output. The upside — performance incentives, career trajectory, and meaningful equity — reflects that. What You'll Do Operational Excellence • Design and manage the end-to-end collection pipeline, from site onboarding through capture, quality review, and delivery-ready data • Diagnose bottlenecks, restructure workflows, and implement solutions that improve quality, throughput, and cost-efficiency • Examples include: creating incentive systems, re-sequencing workflows, refining capture instructions, and scaling review processes Customer Relationships • Act as the primary point of contact for research teams at leading AI labs. • Deliver clear, consistent reporting and proactively anticipate client needs. • Build long-term trust and identify opportunities for expansion. Quality Reporting • Own coverage requirements: environment diversity, tasks, and geographies a dataset needs based on client requests • Find and close the supply gap between dataset requirements and what the current network actually produces, working with growth on where to add commercial partners • Run daily internal syncs (“war rooms”) to stay ahead of issues • Provide regular, transparent progress updates to customer-facing roles What We're Looking For • Experience: Background in consulting, private equity, startups, or other operationally intense environments • Skills: Strong analytical and communication abilities; proven track record of managing complex projects • Mindset: Excited by “gritty” process optimization and large-scale execution • Comfortable operating without a playbook in a new org or startup environment Nice to Have • Experience in physical operations, supply chain, logistics, manufacturing planning, or marketplace supply • Experience managing or supporting a distributed workforce, franchise network, or multi-site business • Experience with annotation, labeling, or training-data operations • Marketplace supply-side experience, particularly where supply had physical constraints • Experience in robotics or physical AI Apply for this role Application received Thanks for applying. Our team will be in touch if there’s a fit.