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Strategic Project Lead, MD/Health at micro1
Medical training is a requirement for this project lead on micro1's staff. The lead manages AI lab customer projects in healthcare, converting client needs into specifications, building domain-specific data pipelines, and coordinating operations with physicians and other health experts. Setting milestones, communicating with clients, and sending daily internal updates are part of the work.
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micro1 uses nearly the same posting for several related roles. The main page for this group is Strategic Project Lead; this page covers the Strategic Project Lead, MD/Health version.
What you would do
- Own health and medicine projects from pipeline scoping through delivery for AI lab customers.
- Translate customer needs into specifications for health and medicine workflows.
- Improve domain-specific pipelines for accuracy, quality, and scalability.
- Manage medical experts and project leads, handle client communication, and report progress daily.
What the listing asks for
- MD (Doctor of Medicine) or equivalent medical degree required
- 2+ years in medicine, healthcare, clinical practice, medical research, or a related field
- 2+ years leading complex projects, operational workflows, or healthcare-related initiatives
- Stakeholder management skills, particularly with senior healthcare and medical experts
- Preferred: AI lab or data annotation project experience, and clinical workflow or healthcare data familiarity
Suits professionals with a medical degree who want to use clinical knowledge to lead AI data projects and manage expert contributors.
The listing as micro1 posted it
This is micro1's public listing for the role, read October 29, 2026, with dashes and placeholder links cleaned up. The listing is micro1's text; the summary above and everything below it is ours.
Job Title: Strategic Project Lead, MD/Health
Job Type: Full-Time
Location: Remote
Your Role
As a Strategic Projects Lead (SPL) - Health & Medicine, you will own end-to-end execution for projects with our top AI Lab customers, with a strong focus on healthcare and medicine. You will translate customer needs into clear project specifications, design and launch domain-specific data pipelines, and align Operations and Health/Medicine experts to deliver quickly and at a high quality.
What You'll Do
- Own projects end to end, from pipeline framing and scoping through execution and delivery.
- Translate customer needs into clear, actionable project specifications for Health and Medicine workflows.
- Design and continuously improve domain-specific pipelines for usability, accuracy, quality, and scalability.
- Align Operations and Health/Medicine domain experts for rapid deployment.
- Set delivery milestones and drive a tight execution cadence.
- Own client communication, keeping it clear, direct, and consistent.
- Manage Health/Medicine domain experts and project leads to ensure quality and delivery.
- Provide daily internal updates with progress, blockers, and explicit next steps.
What We're Looking For
- MD (Doctor of Medicine) or equivalent medical degree required.
- 2+ years of professional experience in medicine, healthcare, clinical practice, medical research, or a related field.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, particularly when working with senior healthcare and medical experts.
- Strong ownership, urgency, and attention to detail.
- Startup and entrepreneurial mindset with a bias toward execution.
- 2+ years of experience leading complex projects, operational workflows, or healthcare-related initiatives.
- Ability to turn ambiguous customer requirements into clear plans and execute rapidly.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with AI/ML companies, AI Labs, or data annotation/evaluation projects.
- Experience managing healthcare, medical, technical, or data-intensive projects.
- Familiarity with clinical workflows, medical research, healthcare data, or other complex Health/Medicine workflows.
- Familiarity with data pipelines, AI training workflows, and human-in-the-loop operations.
Compensation & Benefits Notice
The national pay range for this full-time position is base salary of $180,000-$230,000 USD. All employees are eligible for equity compensation, and employees may also receive performance-based bonuses, dependent on role and subject to company policies. micro1 provides a comprehensive benefits package, including up to 100% reimbursement for health-insurance premiums, paid time off, a 401(K) plan with a company match, and additional benefits designed to support a high-performing, remote-first workforce.
Our hiring process utilizes artificial intelligence tools to assist in candidate screening and assessment. Our AI tools are designed to complement, not replace, human decision-making.
Disclaimer
The information contained in this job posting, including but not limited to role responsibilities, qualifications, compensation, and benefits, is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute a binding offer of employment. micro1 reserves the right to amend, modify, or withdraw any portion of this posting at its sole discretion and without prior notice. All employment decisions are made in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
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Pay and terms
The listing states $180,000 to $230,000 a year. That is the compensation micro1 published for this full-time role, not an offer. On extras, the listing says: Eligible for equity, possible performance-based bonuses, health insurance premium reimbursement of up to 100%, paid time off, and a 401(k) with company match.
This is an employee role on micro1's own team. The payment terms on our expert pages (USD twice a month through Deel) describe micro1's contractor experts, and the listing does not say they apply here, so rely on the offer you receive. Read our micro1 review for what workers say about the company.
Before you apply
These are employee roles on micro1's own team, hired through its recruiting process, which can differ from the expert interview and certification route. Follow the steps in the listing and have your resume and a short note on your most relevant work ready.
Apply through the listing on micro1's site and follow the process it describes. Our how to become an AI trainer guide covers the expert contractor route (AI interview, certification, matching), which may not be how micro1 hires for its own team.
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People also ask
Google shows few related questions for this exact role, so the first questions below come from searches for "project lead jobs".
What do project leads do?
At micro1, this health-focused listing has the lead managing AI lab customer projects in healthcare and medicine. The lead converts client needs into specifications, builds domain-specific data pipelines, coordinates operations staff with physicians and other health experts, sets milestones, talks directly with clients, and sends daily internal updates. An MD or equivalent medical degree and 2+ years of related experience are required.
Is a project lead higher than a project manager?
This micro1 listing does not say, since it never mentions a project manager title or a reporting level. It does list managing health and medicine domain experts and project leads as part of the job, with a stated national base salary of $180,000 to $230,000 USD. Ask about level and reporting line during the hiring process.
How much does the Strategic Project Lead, MD/Health role at micro1 pay?
The listing states $180,000 to $230,000 a year. That is the compensation micro1 published for this full-time role. On extras, the listing says: Eligible for equity, possible performance-based bonuses, health insurance premium reimbursement of up to 100%, paid time off, and a 401(k) with company match. Check the listing for the current figure and for anything it does not spell out, such as equity or benefits.
Is the Strategic Project Lead, MD/Health role remote?
Yes. The listing describes it as remote work. On where you can be based, it says: remote. Read the eligibility line on the listing before you apply.
How do I apply for the Strategic Project Lead, MD/Health role?
Open the listing on micro1's site and apply there, then follow the process the listing describes. This is an employee role on micro1's own team. The AI interview, certification and project matching in our how to become an AI trainer guide are the route for expert contractors and may not be how micro1 hires for this role.
Is this listing still open?
We read micro1's public listing on October 29, 2026. Roles close without notice, so confirm on the listing itself. If it has closed, the other careers at micro1 roles on this site are linked below.
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Sources and method
- micro1 public job listing for this role, read October 29, 2026. The summary, task and requirement lines are our paraphrase of that listing.
- The questions under People also ask: Google's related questions for this kind of role in the United States, as reported by Ahrefs, pulled October 29, 2026. Answers are ours, written from the listing and from our own sourced micro1 pages.
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