Senior Strategic Projects Lead (Robotics)

Join Scale's Robotics business unit as a Senior Strategic Projects Lead (Robotics). In this high-leverage, executive-facing role, you will architect and execute critical operational roadmaps that drive significant revenue growth. You will bridge the physical and digital worlds, establish project management rigor, lead cross-functional governance, command global operations, deploy smart infrastructure, drive data-centric decisions, and deliver strategic progress updates to Scale's executive leadership team.

• Assumer la responsabilité de la gestion de projets complexes et multifacettes, en établissant des cadres de gestion de projet et en dirigeant des équipes techniques interfonctionnelles.
• Traduire les exigences complexes des clients en spécifications de collecte de données physiques hautement structurées et évolutives, afin d'améliorer directement les performances des modèles d'IA.
• Diriger et encadrer une équipe performante de gestionnaires de programmes d'opérations et d'associés, en définissant l'architecture des tâches et en établissant des indicateurs de performance opérationnelle.
• 5+ Years of Elite Project/Program Management: Experience leading complex, multi-faceted project lifecycles, establishing PMO frameworks, and managing cross-functional technical teams (PMP, Agile/Scrum, or equivalent operational experience is a strong plus)
• First-Principles Problem Solving: Exceptional analytical capability with a knack for deconstructing complex, ambiguous, and unpredictable operational challenges into execution-ready strategies
• Technical & Strategic Hybrid: A bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, combined with a proven track record of driving massive commercial/business outcomes
• Global Mobility: Readiness to travel internationally (10-20%) to audit, launch, and optimize localized collection infrastructure
• Physical AI & Robotics Exposure: Prior experience or deep familiarity working alongside robotics systems, autonomous vehicles, computer vision pipelines, or hardware-in-the-loop environments. You understand the unique challenges of capturing data from the physical world
• Operational Resilience: An entrepreneurial, founder-level mindset. You are energized by building systems from 0 to 1, navigating physical constraints, and executing with extreme velocity
• Hands-on experience with spatial computing, egocentric vision systems, sensor fusion (LiDAR/IMU/Camera), or AI data curation
• Background in high-growth startups or elite technology consulting firms
• Experience managing distributed global operations across multiple time zones
• Proficiency in SQL and data visualization tools (Tableau, Looker, etc.) to independently audit program health
• If you are excited by high-stakes ownership, complex hardware-software paradigms, and accelerated career progression, this role is built for you