Chakra Labs - Strategic Projects Lead
At deCircle · New York, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States
Salary: $185,000-$205,000
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Hybrid, based in Seattle
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- Posted
- 12 October 2026
- First seen by us
- 3 November 2026
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- 14 hours ago
Job description
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Source: Paraform - https://www.paraform.com/share/chakra-labs/cmuwyxp3i004r0cjg37pk3zts
Compensation: $185,000-$205,000 base (up to $250K for senior candidates with deep experience) + 0.05%-0.15% equity + annual bonus if company hits targets.
Location: Hybrid, 3+ days in office in New York City or Seattle. Visa: open to transfers and new sponsorships (H1B, TN).
About this role
We are looking for a Strategic Projects Lead with experience running complex, deadline-driven projects for customers, as an SPL or Deployment Strategist at a human-data lab, or in consulting, banking, or startup operations. You will own customer projects from start to finish, taking a vague research goal from a frontier AI lab and turning it into a dataset that researchers trust. This is one of the most operationally demanding roles at Chakra and the closest to the customer. Vibe coding a plus; high agency, sound judgment and excitement about AI data matter most.
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What you will be doing
* Owning multi-project delivery from start to finish: tracking what each lab customer needs and making sure deliverables ship on time and meet a high quality bar
* Finding, hiring, and managing pools of expert contributors who build gyms and trajectories, leading through influence rather than authority
* Working with researchers to understand what matters most and prioritize milestones when requirements change overnight
* Hands-on product work with engineers to shape the internal tools and workflows behind each deliverable
* Checking trajectories, verifiers, and evals before they reach customers; telling truly useful work from work that only looks complete
Tech stack
RL Environments, Trajectories, Verifiers, Evals, Post-Training Data
About Chakra Labs
In collaboration with leading research teams, Chakra Labs builds deterministic, pixel-perfect reinforcement learning environments and trajectory datasets to push capability boundaries. 15 employees, founded 2025, $25M total funding, New York City.
* 1+ years in consulting, investment banking, or a fast-paced startup ops role (or SPL / Deployment Strategist at a human-data lab)
* Experience running complex, deadline-driven customer projects
* High agency, sound judgment, real excitement about AI data
* Comfort with vibe coding a plus, not required
* Based in or able to work 3+ days/week in NYC or Seattle
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