Strategic Projects Lead - Audio Data
About this role
We are looking for a Strategic Projects Lead — Audio Data with 2+ years of experience at a data annotation company to own and deliver high-priority audio data collection projects end to end. You'll be the single-threaded owner of large-scale contracts (six figures+), responsible for everything from sourcing the right contributors to vetting data quality to interfacing directly with frontier AI lab customers. This is a ground-floor opportunity at a YC-backed startup (team of 13) building the data infrastructure for next-gen voice AI. We need someone with extreme ownership who doesn't take no for an answer and knows how to drive messy projects through to successful delivery.
What will you be doing?
Own complex audio data collection projects from customer kickoff through final delivery — managing contributor sourcing, engagement, quality assurance, and client communication
Analyze project data to track progress, identify bottlenecks, and ensure on-time delivery — building dashboards and answering quantitative questions about throughput, quality, and staffing
Interface directly with customers to clarify requirements, deliver progress updates, and incorporate feedback into project execution
Propose and drive product changes with engineering to improve platform capabilities — from referral flows to contributor workflows to QA tooling
Hire and manage QA resources as needed, and collaborate cross-functionally with co-founders and engineers to unblock delivery
Company at a glance
Besimple AI builds a data flywheel that enables continuous model improvement and monitoring through human-in-the-loop, serving AI teams of all sizes and budgets.
What happens next
Skip the application pile. I get you in front of the people who decide.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
When the company wants to meet, I get the call on your calendar. You just show up.
Culture & values
The company emphasizes a human-in-the-loop approach for model fine-tuning and evaluation.
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