Strategic Project Lead

Job Summary

Inspiring Growth Through Data: As a Strategic Projects Lead at Workstream, you'll drive impactful initiatives that enhance our core business and expand our Robotics team's capabilities. Our mission is to serve the hourly workforce, and you'll be instrumental in achieving this goal.

About the Role

Own and execute cross-functional projects that drive revenue growth, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction. Collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to implement scalable solutions and ensure successful project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Manage a network of hundreds to thousands of people to collect video data and engage the workforce
• Develop and implement scalable video data platforms from concept to execution
• Design and build systems for collecting, organizing, labeling, and managing thousands of hours of video data
• Lead large-scale operational initiatives across product, sales, operations, and customer success teams
• Partner with senior leadership to identify strategic opportunities and translate them into actionable plans
• Drive alignment across teams to ensure successful project delivery
• Analyze data to identify bottlenecks, optimize workflows, and inform decision-making
• Build and refine scalable systems, processes, and playbooks to support company growth
• Manage timelines, resources, and stakeholders to deliver projects on schedule and at a high level of quality
• Communicate progress, insights, and recommendations clearly to executive stakeholders
• Step into ambiguous problem spaces and define structure, goals, and execution plans

Requirements

• 4-8 years of experience in operations, strategy, product, consulting, finance, or a high-growth startup environment
• Proven track record of owning and executing complex, cross-functional initiatives with measurable business impact
• Strong systems thinking and ability to design scalable processes from scratch
• Ability to move quickly and make decisions with incomplete or evolving information
• Strong analytical skills and comfort working with data to drive decisions
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including working with senior external partners
• High ownership mindset with end-to-end accountability
• Curiosity and ability to quickly ramp in technical domains such as AI, data platforms, or robotics
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and building in a 0→1 environment

Qualifications

• Experience managing large, distributed workforces or marketplaces
• Exposure to AI data, model evaluation, or technical services delivery
• Background in investment banking, private equity, or management consulting

Benefits

• A mission-driven and value-based company dedicated to empowering deskless workers and local businesses
• Competitive salary and equity
• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision
• 401K Plan
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Learning/development stipend
• Flexible PTO

Pay

Competitive salary and equity package

Schedule

Full-time role requiring regular travel to our Menlo Park office

Company Culture

Workstream is a mission-driven company with a focus on empowering deskless workers and local businesses. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to diversity and inclusion.

Contact

To apply for this position, please visit our careers page and submit your application.