Senior Data Annotation Project Manager

Mission:
As the Senior Data Annotation Project Manager of the Data Annotations team, you will be responsible for overseeing annotation operations. You will intake customer requests, define and transcribe project requirements, collaborate with the dataset production team to create high-quality human labeled datasets, and provide performance metrics to our partners.

Essential Duties:

• Coordinate operations of Motional’s dataset production team including: sharing requirements, planning execution timelines, prioritizing projects, and triaging production issues.
• Coordinate with a large workforce and multiple third-party vendors on both day-to-day operations and high-level planning and improvements.
• Maintain close relationships with engineering teams, our customers: Be the first point of contact to intake, track, and validate annotation requests and requirements.
• Communicate proactively and precisely across different groups within engineering and operations about progress against deadlines, emerging issues, and proposed changes.
• Use data & analysis to monitor, track, and evaluate KPIs for different teams across different tools; proactively propose and champion process, tooling, or documentation / training improvements.
• Work with partner engineering teams to align on delivery timelines of completed projects
• Support in the creation of the taxonomy guidelines for annotation requests.
• Provide feedback and work with leadership and partner annotation teams to ideate efficiencies, including demand planning, tooling requirements, and infrastructure improvements.

What you'll bring:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The requirements listed below are representative of knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

• 4+ years experience in operations
• Experience working with vendors at a high growth company
• Ability to drive forward solutions in ambiguous situations without supervision
• Experience working cross-functionally
• Analytics and data-oriented; can create and manage to KPIs
• Experience using dashboards to monitor complex operations
• BA/BS degree in technical, or business discipline, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong communication and presentation skills - can explain complicated topics and ideas in a clear and concise manner
• Advanced Google Docs/Sheets skills

Preferred Skills:

• Previously coordinated with a medium to large-size department of contractors
• Management consulting experience
• Interest in autonomous vehicles or artificial intelligence

Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and at times for long periods; walk; use hands
to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds.

Travel Requirements (greater than 20%): expected to travel for 1-2 weeks each quarter visiting all of our testing sites - mostly to LV, but also domestically as needed for the business.

Working Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here represent those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation
may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions, road conditions, and pedestrian traffic. The team member is regularly exposed to mechanical and computer parts. The team member is occasionally exposed to fumes and airborne particles. The noise level in the environment is low to moderate. When
traveling, the team members will be exposed to airports, airplanes, hotels and public transportation environments.