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Human Resources, Software, SaaS, Recruitment

Strategic Project Lead

Menlo Park, California, United StatesFull TimeLead$90,000–$180,000 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Role summary

We are seeking a Strategic Projects Lead (SPL) to drive high-impact, cross-functional initiatives focused on revenue growth, operational efficiency, and customer outcomes. This role requires strong analytical, execution, and systems thinking skills to lead complex and ambiguous projects from concept to completion. You will collaborate closely with senior leadership and teams across product, sales, operations, and customer success. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, takes full ownership, and can make high-quality decisions with incomplete information. This is a full-time, onsite role in San Francisco or Menlo Park, requiring 5 days per week in the office.

Workstream is a mission-driven company building the all-in-one HR, payroll, and hiring platform for managing the hourly workforce. There are 2.7 billion hourly workers, making up 80% of the global workforce, but this market has been heavily underserved by technology and deserves better. Workstream has been purpose-built for the hourly workforce from day one so that these businesses and their employees can thrive.

Our customers include leading brands from multiple sectors, including Burger King, Carl's Jr./Hardee's, IHOP, KFC, and Culvers. We are a high growth series B company and quickly expanding our product portfolio to deliver on our vision. We are backed by legendary VCs and industry experts like Founders Fund, BOND, and Coatue.

Grow With Us

We are looking for a highly driven, analytical, and execution-focused Strategic Projects Lead (SPL) to own and deliver high-impact, cross-functional initiatives across Workstream. In this role, you will act as a force multiplier for the business—leading complex, ambiguous projects that directly impact revenue growth, operational efficiency, and customer outcomes. You will work closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams across product, sales, operations, and customer success to drive initiatives from concept through execution. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, enjoys solving complex problems with incomplete information, and takes full ownership of outcomes. You will be expected to move quickly, make high-quality decisions, and drive measurable business impact at scale.

This is a full-time role requiring presence 5 days per week in our San Francisco or Menlo Park office.

Day In The Life

Managing a network of hundreds to thousands of people to collect video data and to engage and motivate workforce

Own the end-to-end development of video data platform, from initial concept through scaled execution

Design and build systems for collecting, organizing, labeling, and managing thousands of hours of video data

Lead large-scale operational initiatives, including process design, implementation, and optimization across teams

Partner closely with senior leadership to identify strategic opportunities and translate them into actionable plans

Drive alignment across product, engineering, sales, and operations to ensure successful delivery of key initiatives

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

Who You Are

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

Proven track record of owning and delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives with measurable business outcomes

Nice To Have

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

What We Offer

A mission-driven and value-based company dedicated to empower deskless workers and local businesses

An early employee opportunity at a Series B hyper-growth startup; work with the founding team and industry veterans to accelerate your career

Competitive salary and equity

Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision. We pay 95% of your premiums for our employees and 85% for dependents

401K Plan

Pre-tax commuter benefits

Learning/development stipend

Flexible PTO

Salary Range

In compliance with the California Pay Transparency Law, the base salary range for this role is between $90,000 to $180,000 base in San Francisco and Menlo Park. This range is not inclusive of our discretionary bonus or equity package. When determining a candidate’s compensation, we consider a number of factors including skillset, experience, job scope, and current market data.

Know More About Workstream

https://www.workstream.us/blog/funding-series-b

https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/26/workstreams-text-based-recruitment-tool-gets-a-48m-bet-from-bond-and-beyond/

https://techbuzz.news/buzzworthy-august-27-2021/

Additional Information

Workstream provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

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