• Manages clinical research studies to ensure studies are conducted in accordance with approved scope of work/budget, ICH GCP guidelines, and FDA regulations and within established timelines. • Serves as study lead and primary contact for sponsors. • Manages clinical study functions, which may include investigational supply, IWRS/IXRS, data management, biostatistics, pharmacovigilance, and central laboratory. • Generates and presents frequent study status updates and reports to sponsor. • Supervises and provides support to the Clinical team, including Clinical Assistants, In-house Clinical Research Associates, and Clinical Research Associates. • Supervises and trains Associate PMs. • Creates and reviews clinical study documents, including protocols, ICF templates, study budgets, site log/form templates, study manuals and plans, site binders, etc. • Drives and facilitates clinical teamwork and communications to ensure timely attainment of trial milestones. • Ensures accuracy of reports and material work product. • Provides monthly billing information to finance team. • Presents at project meetings such as investigator meetings and new client meetings. • Updates management accurately and regularly through frequent communication. • Identifies issues and develops problem-solving strategies to ensure study timelines are met. • Manages subject accrual, retention, and compliance. • Assists in TMF management and manages TMF reviews as needed. • Prepares for and participates in third-party audits and FDA inspections. • Complies with and ensures team compliance with ICH GCP guidelines, FDA regulations, and company SOPs. • Participates in internal, client/sponsor, scientific, and other meetings as required. • Performs additional duties as assigned.

Role Description As the founding Strategic Project Lead, you will own delivery end to end. You will: - Source data through a global contributor network - Run quality control and help build out the QC systems - Manage customer relationships - Oversee delivery against lab requirements - Operate with high agency in an unstructured, fast-moving environment Projects typically run a few weeks to a month and move fast. This is an operationally heavy, high-ownership role ideal for someone who treats it as more than a job and wants exposure to the fast-growing AI data space. Qualifications - Roughly 2+ years of post-college experience, with openness to high-agency new grads who have interned at a human-data startup - High agency and a generalist mindset, comfortable wearing multiple hats - Comfort thriving in an unstructured, early-stage environment - Willingness to take on operationally heavy work - Bonus: experience at a human-data startup, a PM background, or founder aspirations Benefits - Compensation: $150K-$200K base, plus equity and profit share Company Description Our partner is an early-stage, fast-growing AI data startup working with frontier AI labs and top voice-model companies to deliver specialized data sets, including voice, reinforcement learning, and environment data. Backed by leading investors and one of the fastest-growing companies in its cohort, the team hit a $1M run rate within its first several weeks. This is a rare ground-floor opportunity to join as the first external hire, with substantial equity upside and a clear path into senior leadership.

• Manage cost forecasting and budget development while monitoring actual costs against approved budgets to analyze variances. • Oversee change order processes, evaluate cost impacts, and maintain accurate estimate-to-complete data throughout the project lifecycle. • Partner cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, and Procurement teams to identify, quantify, and monitor project risks related to cost and schedule performance.

• Management of customer projects, driving achievement of customer and Ciena cost, schedule and quality goals on the project. • Overall management for implementation of medium to large size projects, with medium/high complexity, within a customer network. • Leading the end-to-end deployment cycle of complex projects, ensuring the delivery of robust infrastructures within schedule, budget, and the highest quality standards. • Providing overall direction and management, often over a project team involved, to implement medium-to-complex projects and programs within a Customer Network. • Making certain that deviations to the project schedule are investigated and properly followed up. • Ensuring proper contact with customers relating to field project activities. • Works closely with Engineering on project implementation within the E, F & I Services Organization. • Documenting and communicating project status, obstacles and resolutions to management. • Act as the primary point of contact for all aspects of the project.