Special Projects Associate (SPA)

Verita Ai; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Verita AI is seeking a Strategic Project Associate in San Francisco to work with Strategic Project Leads on high-impact AI data projects for top-tier clients. You will handle client communication, contributor onboarding, and project delivery while learning to own client accounts.

This entry-level role is designed for new grads eager to learn the AI data space, grow quickly, and become a leading contributor as you ramp into ownership.

Qualifications

• Recent graduate (or graduating soon) from a top university.
• Strong academic record, ideally with experience in operationally intensive environments: internships in consulting, finance, startups, or technical roles.
• Background in engineering, computer science, math, economics, or a related technical field is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Support SPLs on the day-to-day execution of client projects, from kickoff to delivery.
• Help onboard, manage, and support communities of expert contributors.
• Monitor project quality, throughput, and contributor performance, and surface insights to improve outcomes.
• Take ownership of discrete workstreams within larger projects as you ramp.
• Contribute to internal process and tooling improvements across the Strategic Projects team.

Skills

Communication

Analytical mindset

Data-driven decisions

Ambiguity tolerance

Problem structuring

Entrepreneurial mindset

Execution focus

Job description

As a Strategic Project Associate, you'll work alongside Strategic Project Leads to execute high-stakes AI data projects for our top-tier clients. You'll get exposure to every part of the operation, from client communication to contributor management to project delivery, while building the skills to grow into owning your own client accounts.

This is a high-impact, hands-on role designed for new grads who want to learn the AI data space from the inside and grow quickly into ownership.

What You'll Do

Support SPLs on the day-to-day execution of client projects, from kickoff to delivery

Help onboard, manage, and support communities of expert contributors

Monitor project quality, throughput, and contributor performance, and surface insights to improve outcomes

Take ownership of discrete workstreams within larger projects as you ramp

Contribute to internal process and tooling improvements across the Strategic Projects team

What We're Looking For

Recent graduate (or graduating soon) from a top university

Strong academic record, ideally with experience in operationally intensive environments: internships in consulting, finance, startups, or technical roles

Background in engineering, computer science, math, economics, or a related technical field is a strong plus

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work under pressure

Skills & Capabilities

Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal

Strong analytical mindset with a bias toward data-driven decision making

Comfortable with ambiguity and able to structure problems from scratch

Mindset & Work Style

Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for building, iterating, and scaling

Comfortable with gritty execution work, these are hands-on, operationally intense roles

Obsessed with quality, detail, and delivering exceptional client experiences

Excited by the opportunity to shape the infrastructure behind frontier AI development

Key Highlights

You'll work directly with researchers and engineers at the world's most advanced AI labs

You'll help shape a consumer platform that thousands of experts engage with daily

Opportunity to grow into senior leadership roles as the team and company scale

Growth Path

SPA: Support SPLs on major client accounts while building toward ownership

SPL: Own 1-2 major client accounts end-to-end as an individual contributor

Senior SPL: Manage a portfolio of clients and mentor a team of SPLs and SPAs

Leadership roles: Engagement Manager, Director of Operations, Head of Client Success, or other senior strategic positions as Verita AI scales

Competitive base salary commensurate with experience

Performance-based bonus structure tied to project outcomes and client satisfaction

Equity grant vested over 4 years

Team & Culture

We're a close-knit, in-person team in San Francisco that takes both the work and each other seriously. A few things to know about how we operate:

We work 996. That means 9am to 9pm, six days a week. We're at a stage where the opportunity in front of us is enormous and the pace of frontier AI is relentless, and we've chosen to match it.

We're in-person, every day. Being together in the office is how we move fast, learn from each other, and build the kind of trust that makes hard problems easier. We are remote one Saturday a month.

We're close-knit. Team dinners, weekend hangs, offsites, and the kind of inside jokes that come from spending real time together. The people you work with become some of the people you're closest to.

We invest in each other. Mentorship, candid feedback, and a shared belief that the best version of this team is one where everyone is getting sharper every week.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you'd thrive, we'd love to meet you.

Why Verita AI?

You'll be joining a team at the intersection of consumer product, expert community, and frontier AI research, working on problems that directly impact the development of the next generation of AI systems. This is a rare opportunity to build a platform from the ground up, work with world-class clients, and play a defining role in shaping how the world's top experts contribute to AI.

If you're energized by operational challenges, love building systems that scale, and want to be at the center of the most exciting frontier in AI development, we'd love to hear from you.

Our team is here to help with interviews, payments, policy questions, and anything else you need to keep moving.