Manager - Data Annotation (Audio Annotation)

ConsultBae India Pvt. Ltd.; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

ConsultBae is seeking a Manager Data Annotation (Audio) to lead large-scale audio annotation projects in our AI Data Services vertical, Gurgaon. You will oversee execution, team management of freelancers, vendors, and internal QC, and ensure quality control and timely delivery.

This execution-heavy leadership role requires hands-on operational leadership across delivery planning, throughput management, and client coordination. 5 days WFO with 1 day WFH; prior Appen experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in audio data annotation.
• Strong preference for experience on the Appen platform.
• Experience managing distributed freelancer/vendor teams.
• Exposure to handling a total team size of ~50 members.
• Ability to manage at least 200 audio hours per month.
• Proven ability to maintain 96%+ quality accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end audio annotation projects.
• Plan monthly throughput (minimum 200+ audio hours).
• Allocate work across freelancers and vendors.
• Monitor daily progress and output quality.
• Ensure on-time delivery within client SLAs.
• Design and implement QC frameworks.
• Maintain minimum 96%+ accuracy threshold.
• Monitor inter-annotator agreement.
• Identify recurring quality gaps and resolve root causes.
• Conduct retraining sessions for underperforming annotators.
• Manage freelancers, vendors, and internal annotation teams.
• Build capacity planning models.
• Onboard and train new annotators.
• Handle escalations and performance management.
• Maintain productivity dashboards.
• Act as delivery SPOC for audio annotation projects.
• Provide structured updates and quality reports.
• Handle client feedback cycles.
• Implement corrective action plans.

Skills

Team management

Quality control

Delivery planning

Client coordination

Audio annotation

Throughput management

Tools

Appen platform

Google Sheets

Dashboards

QC dashboards

Job description

MANAGER DATA ANNOTATION (AUDIO ANNOTATION)

Location: Gurgaon (5 Days Work From Office + 1 Day Work From Home)
Experience: Minimum 3+ Years in Audio Data Annotation
Industry: AI Data Services / Audio Annotation / Operations
Team Size Exposure: Managed 30-50 Annotators (Freelancers / Vendors / Internal Team)

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are hiring a Manager Data Annotation (Audio) to lead large-scale audio annotation projects within our AI Data Services vertical.

This role requires hands-on operational leadership across:

• Audio annotation execution
• Team management (freelancers, vendors, internal QC)
• Quality control frameworks
• Delivery planning & throughput management
• Client-facing coordination

The ideal candidate must have prior experience managing end-to-end audio annotation projects at scale.

This is not an entry-level or coordinator role.
This is an execution-heavy leadership role.

IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in audio data annotation
• Strong preference for experience on the Appen platform
• Experience managing distributed freelancer/vendor teams
• Exposure to handling a total team size of ~50 members
• Ability to manage at least 200 audio hours per month
• Proven ability to maintain 96%+ quality accuracy

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

PROJECT DELIVERY & EXECUTION

• Lead end-to-end audio annotation projects
• Plan monthly throughput (minimum 200+ audio hours)
• Allocate work across freelancers and vendors
• Monitor daily progress and output quality
• Ensure on-time delivery within client SLAs

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

• Design and implement QC frameworks
• Maintain minimum 96%+ accuracy threshold
• Monitor inter-annotator agreement
• Identify recurring quality gaps and resolve root causes
• Conduct retraining sessions for underperforming annotators

TEAM MANAGEMENT

• Manage freelancers, vendors, and internal annotation teams
• Build capacity planning models
• Onboard and train new annotators
• Handle escalations and performance management
• Maintain productivity dashboards

CLIENT & STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION

• Act as delivery SPOC for audio annotation projects
• Provide structured updates and quality reports
• Handle client feedback cycles
• Implement corrective action plans

TECHNICAL EXPECTATIONS

Strong understanding of:

• Audio segmentation
• Transcription & timestamping standards
• Multi-speaker annotation
• Emotion tagging / speech classification (preferred)
• Noise labeling / acoustic tagging (preferred)
• QA workflows & double-blind validation

Experience on platforms like Appen is strongly preferred.

COMFORT WITH

• Google Sheets / trackers
• QC reporting dashboards
• Throughput forecasting
• Accuracy metric tracking

No hardcore coding required, but structured data comfort is essential.

WHAT KIND OF CANDIDATE WILL SUCCEED HERE

• Have managed high-volume audio projects
• Are detail-oriented with strong quality focus
• Can handle operational pressure
• Are comfortable managing large distributed teams
• Take ownership of delivery outcomesThink in systems, not just tasks

WORK STRUCTURE

• 5 Days Work From Office (Gurgaon)
• 1 Day Work From Home
• Standard 810 hour workday
• Occasional international time overlap may be required
• Not a fixed night-shift role

Growth is performance-driven and quality-dependent.

ABOUT CONSULTBAE

ConsultBae is a global services firm operating across AI Data Collection & Annotation and Recruitment & Talent Solutions.

We support global clients in building high-quality datasets across 100+ countries through structured execution and automation-driven operations.

Website: www.consultbae.com