Odyssey
Data Program Manager
Palo Alto · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jul 13, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in program or product management, with at least 2 years in an AI, ML, or data-intensive context.
About the job
Owns data acquisition programs by translating research needs into vendor-backed plans, managing data operations, and tracking quality, delivery, and impact.
What you'll do
- Turn research requests into prioritized acquisition plans with quality standards, parameters, and timelines; forecast data needs and surface risks and trade-offs.
- Manage vendors and data-acquisition teams, including negotiating commercial terms and enforcing quality measures.
- Track program quality and throughput, review data batches, and assess how data affects evaluations and costs.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of program or product management at a technical company, including at least 2 years in an AI, ML, or data-intensive context.
- Ability to read ML papers and understand the research goals and supporting data needs.
- Working knowledge of SQL and basic data analysis.
- Experience negotiating with external vendors and driving down costs.
Nice to have
- Experience as a TPM or program manager at a frontier or applied research lab.
- Background in data labeling, human data collection, or RLHF at scale; familiarity with AI evaluation methodology or rubric design.
Tools
SQL
AI focus
Supports frontier AI research by planning and delivering data for multimodal methodologies, model runs, and evaluations.
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