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Strategic Project Associate

Mercor· Operations
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Mexico | Mexico CityFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Strategic Project Associate to execute large-scale projects for leading AI labs and technology companies, manage multimillion-dollar portfolios, coordinate hundreds of domain experts, and drive high-quality deliverables in a fast-paced AI startup environment.

Responsibilities

  • Execute complex, large-scale projects on behalf of leading AI labs and technology companies.
  • Help manage multimillion-dollar project portfolios, ensuring strong delivery, quality, and customer outcomes.
  • Source, evaluate, onboard, and manage the performance of hundreds of domain experts across areas such as software engineering, medicine, law, science, business, and others.
  • Monitor project performance and investigate operational or data-quality issues before they affect delivery.
  • Develop a strong understanding of why the data matters, what quality means for each project, and how project decisions can influence AI model performance.
  • Anticipate blockers, prioritize competing needs, and take initiative without waiting for detailed instructions.
  • Build strong working relationships with customers and communicate progress, risks, and recommendations clearly.
  • Collaborate closely with Strategic Project Leads, Operations, Engineering, and Machine Learning teams to meet customer objectives.
  • Design and improve processes that enable projects to operate more accurately, efficiently, and at greater scale.
  • Identify opportunities to expand successful projects and create additional value for customers.

Qualifications

  • 0 - 3 years of professional experience. New graduates looking for their first full-time professional opportunity are encouraged to apply.

Skills

Required:Analytical thinkingProblem-solvingEnglish communicationOwnership and urgencyProject coordination

Benefits

  • Competitive salary.
  • Performance-based bonus structure.
  • Meaningful equity ownership in a high-growth U.S. technology company.
  • Benefits above those required by Mexican law.
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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