AI Projects & Strategy Lead

Raydar; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Raydar, a fast-growing AI company in San Francisco, is seeking a Strategic Projects Lead to drive client engagements from scoping through delivery. You will coordinate multi-disciplinary experts to produce high-quality work at scale and contribute to commercial results for client engagements.

The role requires hands-on engineering background, experience in life sciences, and the ability to justify changes with data, with on-site work in San Francisco.

Qualifications

• Hands-on engineering experience beyond internships.
• Experience in chemical, biomedical or life-sciences engineering (process design, medical devices, drug development).
• Ability to explain reasoning and justify changes in direction with data and evidence.
• Ability to work on-site in San Francisco, CA.
• Demonstrated top-tier achievement (patents, publications, professional licensing exams or strong academic results).

Responsibilities

• Oversee client projects from scoping through delivery, keeping scope, timelines and quality on track.
• Coordinate contributors with specialized expertise across technical and professional fields to produce high-quality work at scale.
• Write specifications that set the content and quality standards for project deliverables.
• Contribute to the commercial results of client work.
• Support a range of internal operational initiatives, moving between building, analysis, coordination and execution as needed.

Skills

Engineering experience

Process design/life sciences

Data-driven decision making

On-site collaboration

Top-tier achievement

Education

Master's degree or PhD in technical/scientific field

Professional license or equivalent

Tools

CAD tools

Scripting/Programming

Job description

Raydar, a fast-growing AI company in San Francisco, is seeking a Strategic Projects Lead to drive client engagements from scoping through delivery. You will coordinate multi-disciplinary experts to produce high-quality work at scale and contribute to commercial results for client engagements.

The role requires hands-on engineering background, experience in life sciences, and the ability to justify changes with data, with on-site work in San Francisco.