Senior Technical Program Manager, Data Labeling, Data and Machine Learning
Material Security
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $190,000 - $225,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Lead cross-functional initiatives to build, scale, and optimize data annotation programs critical to AI model performance.
- Own program delivery across internal teams, vendor partners, and ML stakeholders to ensure high-quality labeled datasets are delivered on time and at scale.
- Define and drive end-to-end execution of large-scale annotation programs across multiple data types.
- Collaborate with ML, product, and data operations teams to scope and prioritize labeling needs.
- Own vendor engagement: onboarding, SLA management, training, and quality reviews.
- Build feedback loops between annotators and model performance to inform labeling strategies.
- Create dashboards and reporting mechanisms to track labeling velocity, quality, and cost.
- Lead initiatives to improve labeling efficiency through tooling enhancements and process automation.
- Be the voice of labeling in cross-functional forums-translating model needs into operational plans.
- Manage and mentor a team of trained threat analysts who conduct our labeling.
- Conduct analysis of the quality of the labeling and for insights into how our detections can be improved.
- Hire and train new or replacement threat analysts
Requirements
- 5+ years of program management experience, ideally in ML ops, data labeling, or AI infrastructure.
- Proven track record building and managing remote labeling teams.
- Strong understanding of ML lifecycle stages and the importance of annotated data quality.
- Experience defining SOPs, audit mechanisms, and workflows for scalable data labeling.
- Proficient in project management tools such as Jira, Asana, or Linear for program tracking
- A deep understanding on ML Operations labelling tools and experience building or maintaining an annotation tool.
- Strong analytical and communication skills; ability to synthesise feedback from ML, ops, and product stakeholders and also analyzed data to spot trends in our labeling or detection quality.
- Understanding of data privacy and security standards and how they can be followed in a labeling program.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
program managementdata labelingML opsannotation toolsSOPsaudit mechanismsworkflowsdata analysisprocess automationlabeling efficiency
Soft skills
analytical skillscommunication skillsteam managementmentoringcollaborationfeedback synthesisproblem-solvingleadershiporganizational skillstraining