The RoleReplay is hiring a Strategic Project Lead to own our most important engagements with frontier AI labs, end to end. You'll take a lab's goals for the data they need, turn them into a scoped, high-quality delivery, and run it through to completion, working directly with the lab's researchers on one side and our internal team and partner companies on the other. This is a high-ownership role for someone who is as comfortable in a research conversation as they are in the operational weeds.
What You'll Do- Own multi-million-dollar data projects with frontier AI labs - from first scoping conversation through successful delivery
- Be the primary point of contact for lab research and data teams: translate what they're trying to improve in their models into concrete data specs, quality requirements, and timelines
- Build relationships and trust with Replay's clients - proactively anticipating needs, identifying opportunities for expansion, and ensure world-class execution under demanding timelines
- Work with our partner companies and internal teams to source, structure, and deliver data, and remove blockers as they appear
Required aptitude- 2-3+ years in a high-pressure, high-ownership environment, such engineering or technical program/account management at a startup
- Track record of owning complex, ambiguous projects with multiple stakeholders and external clients, and delivering on them
- Comfort engaging directly with external stakeholders, including high-profile technical and research counterparts: you're curious about how models are trained and evaluated, and can hold your own in those conversations
- Strong analytical skills: you can structure messy problems, work with data, and build the metrics that tell you if a project is on track
- Excellent written and verbal communication, including with senior external stakeholders
- Gritty, action-oriented, and happy to roll up your sleeves
Bonus- Experience at or working with a frontier AI lab, or a data/evaluation vendor in the AI space
- Experience in forward-deployed, solutions, or client-facing delivery roles
- Hands-on experience with data pipelines, RL environments, evals, or model post-training
- Previously a founder or early employee at a startup
Compensation & Benefits- $175-220K base salary
- Meaningful equity
- 100% covered medical, dental, and vision
- Unlimited PTO
- Free gym + workout class memberships (via Wellhub)
- $500 desk allowance
- Up to $15,000 relocation bonus where applicable
How We Hire- Intro Chat (20 min): mutual fit and interests
- Technical Screen (1hr): review past work and technical discussion
- Take home: build challenge
- Onsite (~3 hrs): present your project, meet the team, have snacks
- References -> Offer
