Strategic Project Lead

About Mercor

Mercor’s mission is to organize human intelligence for the AI economy. We build the infrastructure that enables frontier AI labs and enterprises to train, evaluate, and improve AI on real-world professional work. More than five million experts have joined our network, and we pay out over $5 million daily for their knowledge and expertise.

We built our training and evaluation infrastructure alongside the world’s leading AI labs. Now, we’re bringing those capabilities to enterprises across industries, enabling them to train, evaluate, and improve AI using their own expertise and standards. Our APEX benchmarks measure how AI performs on economically valuable work, while our enterprise evaluations and post-training capabilities turn those insights into measurable improvements across real-world workflows.

Our work sits at the intersection of frontier AI, human expertise, and real-world application. We’re solving problems few companies have encountered, with the opportunity to influence what the world’s most advanced AI systems become capable of doing. We’re looking for people who bring different perspectives, take ownership, exercise sound judgment, and hold themselves to an exceptionally high standard. You’ll have the opportunity to do consequential work alongside talented colleagues who challenge one another, collaborate openly, and share a commitment to excellence.

Mercor is profitable and recently raised a $750 million Series D at a $20 billion valuation. We work in person five days a week in San Francisco, New York, and London.

We are now building our team in Mexico. This is an opportunity to join Mercor at the beginning of our expansion in Mexico, contribute to how the local team takes shape, and work directly on global projects with some of the world’s most advanced AI companies.

About the Role

The world’s leading AI companies partner with Mercor to execute high-impact projects involving human expertise and data. As a Strategic Project Lead, you will own these projects end to end, build strong customer relationships, and lead the teams responsible for delivering exceptional results.

You will supervise Strategic Project Associates and coordinate large networks of domain experts. SPLs can be responsible for project portfolios generating more than $10 million in annual revenue and involving over 1,000 contributors.

This is a hands-on leadership role for ambitious professionals who enjoy solving complex problems, developing people, and turning challenging goals into results. It offers the opportunity to take on significant responsibility, accelerate your growth, and have a tangible impact on AI - the defining industry of our time.

What You’ll Do

• Lead high-impact projects for some of the world’s leading AI labs and technology companies.

• Own projects, from customer conversations through successful delivery.

• Turn complex customer needs into clear plans and help teams execute them effectively.

• Lead and develop Strategic Project Associates, helping them grow and perform at a high level.

• Coordinate large groups of domain experts across fields such as software engineering, medicine, law, science, and business.

• Build trusted relationships with customers and serve as a primary point of contact.

• Use data and structured problem-solving to understand performance, identify challenges, and improve results.

• Ensure that projects consistently meet high standards for quality, speed, and customer experience.

• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, and Machine Learning teams to develop better ways of working.

• Identify opportunities to expand successful projects and create additional value for customers.

What We’re Looking For

• 3 - 6+ years of professional experience.

• Experience owning and delivering complex projects in fast-moving or demanding environments.

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to bring structure to unfamiliar or ambiguous challenges.

• Experience managing people, leading teams, or coordinating multiple stakeholders toward a shared goal.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. You will work directly with international colleagues, customers, and experts.

• Strong analytical skills and comfort using data to understand problems and make decisions.

• Intellectual curiosity and a genuine interest in understanding how data, technology, and AI systems work.

• The ability to prioritize effectively and manage several important workstreams at the same time.

• Confidence working with customers and the judgment to communicate progress, challenges, and recommendations clearly.

• Ambition and a strong desire to learn, grow, and take on increasing responsibility.

• Excitement about contributing to AI and having a meaningful impact on one of the world’s most important and rapidly evolving industries.

• Initiative, adaptability, low ego, and openness to feedback.

• Enthusiasm for using AI tools, combined with the critical thinking needed to evaluate their output.

Experience in startups, consulting, strategy and operations, product, engineering, data, technology, entrepreneurship, Chief of Staff roles, customer-facing positions, or people management can be valuable. No single professional background is required; demonstrated ownership, leadership, learning ability, and execution matter most.

Technical or coding experience is not required, but candidates should be comfortable working with data, learning new systems, and developing an understanding of AI-enabled workflows.

Why Join Mercor?

Mercor offers the opportunity to accelerate your career inside a profitable, high-growth U.S. technology startup at the forefront of AI.

You will work in a fast-paced and high-intensity environment where projects move quickly, standards are high, and your decisions can have a visible impact on customers, teams, and the business. You will gain exposure to complex global projects, lead talented people, and grow alongside Mercor’s expanding team in Mexico.

This role is particularly well suited to ambitious people who want to challenge themselves, grow as operators and leaders, and help shape an industry that will transform how people and companies work.

Location

This role is currently remote and is intended for candidates based in Mexico City.

Mercor plans to open an office in Mexico City as the team grows. The role is expected to transition to an in-person working model once the office opens. Joining now means becoming one of the early contributors to Mercor’s presence and culture in Mexico.

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Performance-based bonus structure.

• Meaningful equity ownership in a high-growth U.S. technology company.

• Benefits above those required by Mexican law.

Mercor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants. Mercor does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions and lactation), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, disability, protected medical condition as defined by California or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, California, or local laws and ordinances. Further, Mercor prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on any combination of protected characteristics. This Policy applies to all areas of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination, and all other privileges, terms, and conditions of employment. This Policy and the law prohibit employment discrimination against any employee or applicant based on any legally protected status.