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Crossing Hurdles

Strategic Project Lead

Crossing Hurdles, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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This range is provided by Crossing Hurdles. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range $145,000.00/yr - $260,000.00/yr

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Founder | Recruitment Consultant | Helping Companies Hire Better | Ex-Career Coach | Ex-Snapdeal, HP, NITI Aayog, Gartner, CBSE Crossing Hurdles

is a global recruitment firm partnering with leading US-based AI startups. We are hiring for one of the

fastest-growing Recruiter marketplace , which scaled to

8-figure ARR in under 12 months

and is redefining how companies hire top talent at speed and quality.

About the Client Customer adoption is accelerating rapidly, with

hundreds of new customers joining every month , and this role sits on the front lines of ensuring those customers become long-term, deeply committed partners—leaving with the conviction that they could not operate without this product. Every engagement starts with a company’s

single most critical problem: hiring . Whether it’s building a security-cleared engineering team in under a month, hiring a Head of Growth post–Series A to unlock the next phase of scale, or sourcing highly specialized technical talent for cutting‑edge research, you will lead

high‑stakes strategic projects end‑to‑end , bringing structure, speed, and execution rigor to problems where the cost of failure is high and outcomes truly matter.

Role Strategic Project Lead

Compensation $145,000 – $260,000 base + Competitive Equity

YOE 2 - 8 years of experience working closely with customers and having full ownership across relevant areas such as operations, account management, product, etc.

Benefits Premium healthcare (medical, dental, vision), daily free breakfast/lunch/dinner, unlimited drinks & snacks, beautiful loft office in North Beach (SF), global company offsites (NY, LA, Sydney, Seoul), and a tax‑free commuter stipend.

Why You Should Consider Joining

One of the

fastest‑growing startups in the last 12 months , scaling from

$1.5M to $40M ARR

Trusted by

category‑defining customers

including Palantir, Ramp, Rippling, Applied Intuition, Hightouch, Decagon, Traba, and more

Backed by world‑class marketplace investors , including A*, Kevin Hartz (Founder of Eventbrite and first investor in Airbnb), and founders and senior leaders from Uber, Twitch, DoorDash, and Opendoor

Solving one of the

most important, complex, and high‑impact problems in business: recruiting

Entering 2025 with an

ambitious GTM and product roadmap

designed for category leadership

The role is for you if

You enjoy being dropped into

ambiguous, high‑stakes problems

and have the judgment and rigor to figure things out without heavy direction

You have

high learning velocity —you absorb new concepts quickly and apply them immediately

You’re on a

steep growth trajectory , with visible improvement week over week and step‑function progress over months

You operate with an

elite work ethic , believing that excellence is earned through sustained intensity and discipline, not shortcuts

You hold an exceptionally

high bar for detail and follow‑through , closing loops consistently and refusing to let execution quality slip

Seniority level Mid‑Senior level

Employment type Full‑time

Job function Consulting, Strategy/Planning, and Project Management

Industries Staffing and Recruiting

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