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Strategic Project Lead - Multimodal AI (United States)
Remote US · Remote · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 1–2+ years; the posting says experience is ideally in a GenAI or frontier AI environment.
About the job
Leads multimodal AI data projects, translating client requirements into collection and annotation workflows and delivering reliable training and evaluation resources.
What you'll do
- Own end-to-end project delivery, including scope, timelines, budgets, staffing, and risks; lead client communication and escalations.
- Design data workflows, annotation guidelines, quality standards, and acceptance criteria; monitor quality and troubleshoot delivery issues.
- Develop reusable SOPs and QA frameworks, mentor Operations Specialists, and contribute to scoping and pilots.
What they ask for
- 1–2+ years of experience in AI data operations, project coordination, or delivery.
- Familiarity with at least one multimodal data workflow involving images, video, 3D data, sensors, or robotics.
- Experience coordinating projects or workstreams, managing stakeholders, and communicating with clients.
- Understanding of data quality, annotation workflows, and quality assurance methods.
Nice to have
- Experience with image or video annotation, 3D data, point clouds, or sensor data.
- Familiarity with robotics data collection or real-world perception workflows.
AI focus
Supports frontier AI development by managing multimodal data programs for training and evaluation, including data collection, annotation, and quality assurance.
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