Terac

Strategic Projects Lead

Terac  •  $120k - $160k/yr  •  San Francisco, CA (Onsite)  •  8 hours ago
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Job Description

Terac: The Expert Network Powering Frontier Research

Terac helps teams reach faster research breakthroughs through our marketplace of verified experts. We are building agents to recruit, verify, and match 10,000s experts with 1000s of opportunities from the world's most innovative organizations.

We work with leading enterprises and are backed by top investors.

About the role

We're looking for a strategic project lead to partner directly with the CEO to shape and scale the company’s core function: recruiting. You will work with our largest customers to understand and solve their needs.

You're someone who thrives in ambiguity, has exceptional judgment, and can context-switch between strategic planning, tactical execution, and people operations.

You will

  • Coordinate the delivery of our highest-value projects to customers worth millions of dollars.
  • Work with the CEO to drive important business decisions
  • Oversee and orchestrate the work of 10,000s of experts on our platform
  • Ensure execution under demanding timelines
  • Diagnose bottlenecks, restructure workflows, and implement solutions that improve quality, throughput, and cost-efficiency.

You have/are

  • Background in consulting, finance, startups, or other operationally intense environments.
  • Strong analytical and communication abilities; proven track record of managing complex projects.
  • Comfortable working directly with high-profile clients.
  • Excited by “gritty” process optimization and large-scale execution.

Misc

  • Compensation: Competitive salary, meaningful equity vested over four years, $10K relocation bonus (for moving to the Bay Area), and an additional $5k housing bonus (if you move within 0.5 miles of our office), Health, Dental, Vision insurance, 401(k) with company match
  • Terac culture: Between company hackathons, weekly presentations on the latest advancements, and an AI-first mindset, you'll be working with one of the most innovative teams on the planet.
  • Growth opportunities: You're joining Terac at one of the earliest stages and will have an opportunity to shape and grow with the company as a founding member.
Terac

About Terac

Terac is building the infrastructure layer that connects AI systems with on-demand human expertise.

We believe the future of work is shifting: instead of humans using AI to do most tasks, AI will increasingly do most work with the help of humans. In that world, companies won’t need traditional employees - but they will still need people. Terac powers that future by making high-quality human labor accessible through a single API.

Today, Terac operates as an expert network for frontier research. We handle sourcing, verification, screening, and payouts so partners can instantly access specialized talent for research, evaluation, and data generation. Our platform enables companies to tap into niche expertise on demand while focusing on building their core products.

Backed by $9M from Emergence, SignalFire, Audacious, and Z Fellows, we’re scaling from research tooling into a broader marketplace for the human data economy - building systems for expert matching, pricing, routing, and trust that will define how AI and humans collaborate at scale.

Industry
Biotech & Life Sciences
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Year Founded
2025
Website
terac.com
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