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Raydar

Strategic Project Lead

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In-Office
San Francisco, CA, USA
175K-275K Annually
Junior
In-Office
San Francisco, CA, USA
175K-275K Annually
Junior
Lead daily delivery of client projects, manage contractors and stakeholders, oversee quality, and coordinate with engineers on product features and roadmap decisions. Build scalable operational processes, documentation, and quality controls for rapid project cycles. Contribute to pricing, revenue modeling, financial planning, and project economics while maintaining customer relationships and ensuring high-quality deliverables.
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About the company

Our client is a fast-growing technology company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Drive day-to-day delivery of client projects, blending project management, client relationship ownership and product input. Partner closely with engineers, and build the processes and financial planning that keep quick project cycles on track.

What you'll do

- Own the daily delivery and quality of work shipped to customers, including managing contractors and running experiments.

- Act as a product lead: form views on the product, partner with engineers to ship features and help steer the roadmap.

- Manage customer relationships by clarifying requirements, setting expectations and confirming deliverables meet quality standards.

- Build operational systems, documentation, quality controls and scalable processes for rapid project cycles.

- Contribute to strategic and financial planning, including pricing, revenue modeling and project economics.


Requirements

What we're looking for

- About 2 years of experience in an analyst or associate role in finance, or in a comparable consulting position.

- Ability to explain your past work in depth.

- Experience working with external stakeholders and producing polished, high-quality client deliverables.

- Track record of managing stakeholders or leading project workstreams from start to finish.

- Startup experience or exposure, such as operations work, internships or founding something of your own.

- Self-starter mindset shown through entrepreneurial projects or independently built work.

- Active hands-on use of AI tools, with the ability to describe what you built and why it matters.

- Ability to be in the office every working day.

Bonus points

- Early-stage startup experience or entrepreneurial side projects.

- Degree from a highly regarded program that feeds into finance or consulting careers.

- Technical or computer science degree.


Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 175,000 to 275,000 per year

- Health, dental and vision coverage

- Retirement plan with employer match

- Relocation support

Location and work model

- San Francisco, CA, United States

- On-site, 5 days per week in office

- Full-time

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