Special Projects Lead

OSCAR; Lisboa; Remote; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High-speed work environment

Real ownership and impact

Diverse daily challenges

Job summary

A fast-growing home services marketplace is looking for a Special Projects Lead to independently manage strategic initiatives, drive growth, and launch new products. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, possesses strong analytical skills, and has experience in startups. Responsibilities include optimizing operations, leading cross-functional teams, and using tools like Google Sheets and SQL. This role offers the opportunity to make real impact quickly, without the constraints of a traditional corporate setting.

Qualifications

• Up to 7 years of experience in operations, strategy, growth, or analytics.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and drive projects with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Own and run major strategic plays across the business.
• Identify operational inefficiencies and streamline processes.
• Launch and scale new products to drive customer retention.
• Manage cross-functional initiatives involving multiple teams.
• Design metrics and build workflows to support scaling efforts.

Skills

Analytical skills

Experience in startups

Google Sheets proficiency

Excel proficiency

SQL knowledge

Project management

Adaptability

Tools

Google Sheets

Excel

SQL

AI tools

Job description

Location: Remote-first, Portugal (Lisbon-based preferred)

Team: OSCAR — the fastest-growing home services marketplace 🚀

OSCAR is expanding fast, and we’re looking for a Special Projects Lead who thrives in chaos, loves building from scratch, and wants to own high-impact initiatives end-to-end.

This isn’t a traditional role — you’ll run strategic plays that touch both Operations and Growth , launch new initiatives, and directly shape how OSCAR scales.

If you want to see ideas implemented in days (not months) and you enjoy figuring things out with minimal guidance, keep reading.

This is NOT a typical role.

This is high-speed, high-impact, high-autonomy.

What you'll do

As Special Projects Lead, you will own and run major strategic plays across the business , such as:

• Launching and scaling new products like the weekly cleaning subscription plan to reduce churn, boost retention, and drive new customer acquisition.
• Identifying operational inefficiencies and building smarter, faster, cheaper processes.
• Running experiments and doing quick iteration to validate ideas.
• Managing cross-functional initiatives involving Ops, Product, Growth, Support, and Partners.
• Diving into data using Google Sheets, Excel, SQL , or using AI tools to help you extract, automate, or code what’s needed.
• Designing metrics, dashboards, and reporting for your projects.
• Building automations and workflows to scale OSCAR without adding headcount.
• Switching quickly between initiatives — no day will be the same.

You will fully own your plays from problem → strategy → execution → measurement → scaling.

What we’re looking for

• Frugal builder — we want maximum impact with minimum resources.
• Enthusiastic energy — you execute fast and stay curious.
• Experience in startups is a big plus; if you’ve launched your own thing , we definitely want to meet you.
• Strong numerical / analytical skills .
• Excellent with Google Sheets and Excel .
• You know SQL OR you’re comfortable using AI tools to help you code queries, extract data, and automate workflows.
• Ability to move fast between tasks and adapt to new challenges constantly.
• Eager to learn — new tools, new processes, new categories.
• Autonomous to the core — you take ownership, make decisions, and drive your projects with minimal supervision.
• Up to 7 years of experience in operations, strategy, growth, analytics, special projects, or similar. (Even if you only have 1 year and believe you're the right person — apply!)

What you’ll find at OSCAR

• A high-speed environment where things move insanely quickly.
• Expect hard work and sometimes long hours — this is not corporate.
• Every day is different — truly zero monotony .
• Real ownership & real impact — your work becomes reality within days.
• A team focused on building, scaling, and expanding internationally at startup pace.

Who should not apply

If you need constant direction, prefer a predictable 9–6 job, or dislike rapid change — this won’t be the right place for you.