Strategic Projects Associate

AfterQuery; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A cutting-edge research lab in San Francisco is seeking a Strategic Projects Associate to work directly with the founding team on high-priority projects. You will engage with leading AI labs, manage diverse expert teams, and create impactful datasets that push the boundaries of AI. Ideal candidates should possess strong communication skills, enthusiasm for AI technologies, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. This role offers exceptional growth opportunities and mentorship from the founding team.

Qualifications

• Required proficiency or strong interest in AI tools and Microsoft Office.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to work 6 days a week with high levels of agency.
• Ability to learn quickly and iterate.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with leading AI labs to develop datasets.
• Manage teams across various professional domains.
• Create sales memos and develop data samples.
• Support various operational initiatives.

Skills

Proficiency in AI tools

Strong communication skills

Ability to work independently

Technical skills (AI tools use)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Claude Code

Job description

AfterQuery is seeking exceptional candidates for our Strategic Projects Associate position. This is not a typical job – you'll work directly with our founding team on high-priority projects spanning product development, research, and operations.

Company Overview

AfterQuery is a research lab investigating the boundaries and capabilities of artificial intelligence through novel datasets and experimentation. Our customers are the foundation model labs, and we serve all of the frontier AI labs.

We are based in San Francisco, CA, and have raised funding from top investors, including Y Combinator and BoxGroup, ex-partners from Lightspeed and Index Ventures, and senior leadership at Google DeepMind and Meta GenAI.

Our founding team brings backgrounds from Jane Street, Meta, Citadel Securities, Google, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Silver Lake, Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR), and Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL).

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with the world’s leading AI labs to build next generation datasets to push the boundaries of AI to the limits, directly generating revenue for the company
• Manage teams of experts across a wide variety of professional domains, like finance, software engineering, and law
• Create and execute on sales memos and the development of data samples
• Support the team across various operational initiatives

What We Are Looking For

• Proficiency or strong interest in AI tools and technologies and Microsoft Office
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Willingness to work 6 days a week, extremely high levels of agency
• Ability to learn very quickly and iterate
• Preference: technical skills (able to use AI tools like Claude Code)
• Preference: ability to start as soon as possible in-person in SF

Your Growth

• Develop unparalleled AI fluency and AI hard skills
• Gain a network of frontier AI researchers, builders, and investors
• Learn how to build a company from 0 to 1
• Direct mentorship from founding team
• Replacement for entry-level IB and consulting roles