Job Title: Data Project Manager
Duration:12 Months
Location: Remote (Bay Area)
 
Job Summary

• We are seeking a talented individual to lead Data Programs that support ML features.
• In this role, you will collaborate closely with R&D to scope projects, develop specifications and guidelines, manage data collections, create tooling, oversee annotations, and ensure data quality before delivery.
• You will need to work effectively across teams while managing multiple projects simultaneously.

 
Responsibilities

• Collaborate with R&D partners to understand and define data requirements from inception to delivery.
• Design and implement ML Data Ops strategies optimized for each feature (collection and annotation), including identifying, sourcing, or creating necessary tooling, equipment, or crowdsourcing solutions.
• Establish clear guidelines and specifications.
• Thoroughly scope projects, estimate timelines and costs, and identify potential challenges in advance.
• Coordinate data programs across internal functions (data engineering, data science, QA) and other partners.
• Collaborate with vendors to ensure tasks are calibrated appropriately, track and report on quantity and quality metrics.
• Independently run in-person data collections and user studies.

 
Required experience and skills:

• Excellent English-language oral and written communication skills.
• Previous project management experience.
• Flexibility and adaptability to thrive in a fast-paced, highly demanding, and constantly changing environment.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
• Strong critical thinking skills, with a focus on innovation and continuous optimization (quality, cost efficiency).
• Ability to independently navigate systems and tools.
• Proficiency in scripting (Python) to automate tasks, compute metrics, and explore workflows combining ML and human inputs.
• Ability to handle ambiguity, identify risks, troubleshoot issues, and find the right people and tools to get the job done.
• Capacity to multitask and manage multiple projects simultaneously, while meeting deadlines and maintaining clear, effective communication with stakeholders.

 

About Us: SPECTRAFORCE is one of the fastest-growing workforce solutions firms in the United States. As a diversity-owned business, we place human connection at the heart of everything we do, building strong relationships with both clients and candidates to fill roles successfully. Our teams in North and Central America and India serve more than 150 Fortune clients globally, leveraging custom AI technology to provide direct hire, executive search, nearshoring, offshoring, and project staffing solutions.
 
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
 
California Applicant Notice: SPECTRAFORCE is committed to complying with the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) effective January 1, 2023; and all data privacy laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. A Notice to California Job Applicants Regarding the Collection of Personal Information can be located on our website. Applicants with disabilities may access this notice in an alternative format by contacting NAHR@spectraforce.com.
 
LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer. 


At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $53.00/hr.