Welocalize

Senior Project Manager – Gen AI Data Operations

Welocalize

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Hyderabad • India

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

ETLSQL

About the role

  • Oversees multi-project portfolios for AI training data programs
  • Leads delivery and scale: capacity planning, vendor management, and process automation
  • Ensures quality is consistent across projects, drives performance improvements, and plans work jointly with the Sr. Quality Analyst
  • Run cadence (status, risk, exec updates); align scope and budget with account and operations leads
  • Forecast and secure rater/annotator capacity; balance shifts, throughput, and skills across vendors and internal teams
  • Partner with the Sr. Quality Analyst on acceptance criteria, audits, and corrective actions
  • Identify manual steps; pilot automation with Ops Tech
  • Set expectations, SLAs, and playbooks; review performance and drive improvements or changes
  • Build and track budgets, burn, and margins; manage change orders to protect financial outcomes
  • Lead root-cause and action plans; escalate high-impact items
  • Lead planning and QBR-style reviews; explain results, risks, and next steps
  • Gather feedback, provide training and coaching, foster team cohesion, and conduct performance reviews

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business, operations, data/engineering, or similar
  • 2–3 years leading multi-project portfolios or large multi-workstream programs in AI data, content review, labeling/annotation, or related fields
  • Background in capacity planning, vendor coordination, and quality systems; experience piloting or scaling process automation is a plus
  • Strong use of spreadsheets, PM/task boards, and basic BI; familiarity with SQL/ETL concepts is a plus
  • Comfortable working with global, distributed teams (intermediate to advanced English)
  • Near-native English with strong writing and editorial skills
  • Hands-on experience with generative AI tools (text, voice, or video)
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Retirement plans
  • Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
capacity planningvendor managementprocess automationquality systemsSQLETLgenerative AI toolsdata engineeringcontent reviewlabeling/annotation
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationteam cohesionperformance reviewstrainingcoachingrisk managementproblem-solvingfeedback gatheringplanning