Appen's Strategic Project Management team is central to the company's growth strategy, partnering with leading AI companies and frontier model developers to deliver the data that makes models work.
As Strategic Project Lead - Finance, you will run strategic finance pilots and research projects for financial AI model training and evaluation, from initial scoping through to operationalization.
This is a hands-on role bridging customer objectives, financial expertise, and Appen's global delivery capability.
Your Impact You'll own the success of frontier financial AI pilots, turning emerging use cases into validated programs that meet defined standards for financial quality, feasibility, and cost.
You will shape how market data, financial statements, filings, disclosures, and quantitative and risk models are used for model training and evaluation.
This role is responsible for turning a pilot into a scalable project including workflows, expert.
What You Bring Strong background in finance, financial engineering, economics, or accounting.
2+ years leading complex projects, operational workflows or finance initiatives.
Depth in financial data, markets, accounting, or modeling, and the ability to judge when a dataset is fit for purpose.
Comfort working at pace in a high-intensity environment with an entrepreneurial approach.
Nice to Have Experience with AI or ML companies, AI labs, or data annotation and evaluation projects.
Experience managing finance-focused, technical, or data-intensive projects.
Familiarity with data pipelines, AI training workflows, model evaluation, or human-in-the-loop operations.
Why You'll Love Working Here At Appen, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
We value curiosity, accountability, and a commitment to delivering the highest quality AI solutions for frontier models.
You'll work on complex challenges that shape the f.