Cartesia

Transcription Operations Manager – Contract

Cartesia

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Location Type: Remote

Location: CaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $25 - $40 per hour

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Own day-to-day transcription operations, successfully delivering ground truth transcripts for 30+ locales.
  • Oversee the entire annotator lifecycle: hiring, onboarding, training, calibration, and ongoing performance management.
  • Create robust training materials, quizzes, and instructions to ensure annotators meet our exact standards.
  • Audit annotator work continuously, providing highly detailed feedback to ensure data integrity.
  • Partner closely with the Engineering and Product teams to coordinate requirements and iterate on our internal transcription tools.

Requirements

  • Strong project management and operational execution skills—you know how to build a process from scratch and see it through to completion.
  • Experience managing and calibrating distributed teams, contractors, or annotators.
  • A systems-thinking mindset with the ability to translate manual workflows into product/tooling requirements.
  • Extreme attention to detail and a high standard for data accuracy.
  • Background in linguistics, translation, or managing high-quality transcription pipelines (Nice to Have).
  • Basic technical proficiency (e.g., SQL, Python, or experience with AI coding assistants) to help streamline workflows (Nice to Have).
Benefits
  • Competitive base salary alongside attractive equity package.
  • Commuter Allowance. A monthly stipend to help you get to and from the office.
  • Flexible PTO. Take as much time as you need to recharge your batteries.
  • Meals & Snacks. Lunch, dinner and plenty of snacks, provided daily.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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