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Strategic Project Lead (Demand Side)

Clera · San Francisco, United States

Other EngineeringExternal listingfull-time34 minutes ago

About The Role

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a high-ownership, commercially focused role at a pre-seed AI-powered talent marketplace, sitting at the intersection of growth, strategy, and client success. You will own the entire demand side of the marketplace — identifying, acquiring, and activating the companies that hire through the platform — and work directly alongside the founding team to turn early traction into a repeatable growth engine. The role is explicitly designed as a launchpad toward a broader General Manager position.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Own company acquisition end to end — from prospecting and first outreach through onboarding and client activation.
  • Build trusted relationships with founders, executives, and talent leaders at high-growth startups.
  • Develop a deep understanding of each client's hiring needs and translate them into successful searches on the platform.
  • Execute across multichannel GTM motions including outbound, referrals, partnerships, events, and content.
  • Personally write and run cold email and LinkedIn outreach sequences, and cold call prospective clients.
  • Rapidly experiment with new messaging, channels, customer segments, and commercial models.
  • Turn successful experiments into documented, measurable, and repeatable processes the business can scale.
  • Collaborate with talent and product teams to improve matching quality, client experience, and marketplace liquidity.
  • Track the full demand funnel, identify conversion bottlenecks, and take ownership of improving them.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

  • 1–2+ years of experience in a client-facing, commercial, consulting, operations, or growth role.
  • Background in a fast-paced, high-performance environment such as a venture-backed startup, management consulting, investment banking, or venture capital.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling outreach and establish credibility with senior leaders.
  • Strong relationship-building instincts and comfort engaging directly with founders and executives.
  • Willingness to pick up the phone, initiate cold conversations, and maintain momentum through rejection.
  • Highly analytical and experimental mindset — you design tests, read results, and iterate quickly.
  • Ability to operate across both strategy and hands-on execution without waiting for detailed instructions.
  • High ownership, urgency, and genuine ambition to build something meaningful from an early stage.

LOCATION

On-site in San Francisco, CA, United States. Visa sponsorship is not available.

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