# Strategic Project Lead at Contra

- Company: Contra
- What the company does: Connect with next-gen talent and tools to get work underway. Hire more independents. Start more projects. Get more creative. Backed by NEA.
- Company website: https://contra.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York City (Onsite)
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-06-08
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/contra/8688ee62-1a8f-4535-bde8-db6959521cd8
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/contra-strategic-project-lead-2/

## About the role

Think of yourself as the operator for a project or vertical. You sit between three groups that do not naturally talk to each other: the client who needs the data, the creative experts producing it, and the internal engineering team building the tooling. Your job is to make all three feel like they are working on the same thing, and to ship results that are both rigorous and genuinely useful.

## What they're looking for

- 3+ years designing studies, running evaluations, analyzing data, and presenting findings
- Experience with data labeling, annotation, human-in-the-loop systems, or AI and ML evaluation workflows
- A track record managing several concurrent projects, including annotation, evaluation, or QA work
- A real point of view on creative quality and what "good" looks like
- Based in NYC. In office 5 days a week (Williamsburg)

Tags: Contra Labs