Strategic Projects Lead

The role

The Strategic Projects Lead will join the Data team to solve ambiguous problems. You will develop and execute operational initiatives, build processes and tooling from scratch, and resolve friction across various teams.

What you will do

• Own new operational initiatives end to end from vague problem to documented function
• Identify friction in the Data team, diagnose root causes, and ship fixes
• Align stakeholders across teams and clear blockers
• Build operating systems including SOPs, workflows, tooling, and metrics
• Pull, analyze, and sanity-check operational data
• Handle operational miscellany to keep the Data team running smoothly

Required qualifications

• 2+ years of experience leading a team or developing product or operational processes
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a track record of owning ambiguous problems and building structure from scratch
• Strong cross-functional coordination skills
• Comfort operating in fast-moving, high-ambiguity environments
• Strong organization and follow-through across many parallel threads
• Ability to leverage AI to enhance productivity
• A level of hardcore-ness while still treating people like people

Nice to have

• Experience in strategic projects, chief-of-staff, investment banking or program management roles
• Strong data analysis skills; comfortable pulling, cleaning, and interpreting data and building operational reporting from scratch
• Exposure to robotics, embodied AI, or real-world data collection environments

About the company

Sunday is developing personal robots to reclaim hours lost to repetitive tasks. They are focused on making generalized robots broadly accessible for households.