AI Data Project Manager

Toloka; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work or hybrid

Health insurance

25 vacation days

Job summary

Toloka seeks an AI Data Project Manager to join our Delivery team, leading a virtual cross-functional group responsible for client communications and internal coordination. You will drive project implementation and ensure quality, timelines and transparent reporting across stakeholders.

The role emphasizes agile leadership, cross-domain adaptability and a proven track record in AI projects with scale. This remote-first position offers strong growth and collaboration with diverse teams worldwide.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical cross-functional teams.
• Experience managing complex projects from discovery to adoption.
• Client-facing experience.
• Agile mindset; ability to switch domains quickly.
• Consulting/Tech/Military/Competitors background is a plus.
• Good understanding of LLMs and their life cycle.
• Proactiveness in suggesting process changes.
• Proven experience in AI space with clients and teams at scale.
• PhD in a technical field is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Take ultimate ownership for all delivery team projects, including data quality, delivery timelines and stakeholder transparency.
• Lead a cross-functional delivery team; manage risks and ensure on-track progress.
• Own delivery team operations: internal/external communications, planning, updates, retros.
• Drive improvements to increase efficiency and adoption.
• Provide feedback for further improvements and process changes.

Skills

Technical cross-functional teams

Project management

Client facing

Agile

Consulting/Tech/Military/Competitors

LLMs understanding

Process improvement

AI space experience

Education

PhD in a technical field

Job description

At Toloka AI we create data that powers leading GenAI models and innovations. We work with frontier labs, big tech, renowned AI startups, enterprises and non-profit research organizations worldwide. We use a combination of Experts + Crowd + Tech Platform to teach AI models to reason and evaluate their efficacy and safety. We have experts in more than 50 different domains—from doctors and lawyers to physicists and engineers—and boast one of the most diverse global crowds, representing over 100 countries and speaking 40+ languages. We are a well-funded startup with an enviable portfolio of clients including Anthropic, Amazon, Microsoft, poolside, Recraft, and Shopify.

Recently, we secured strategic investment led by Bezos Expeditions with participation from Mikhail Parakhin, CTO of Shopify and board advisor to leading GenAI companies, who now serves as our Chairman of the Board. Our remote-first team is globally distributed around the world: USA, UK, the Netherlands, Israel, Czech Republic, Serbia, and more. We are headquartered in Amsterdam.

About position

We're seeking a AI Data Project Manager who will join our Delivery team and will build, drive and maintain our client’s solutions. Joining us in this role means you will lead a virtual cross-functional team managing successful project implementation. This involves both client communication and internal coordination.

The team consists of talented engineers of different kinds, supply managers and other departments on an ‘as needed’ basis. This is a key role for us to ensure we deliver the best possible experience for our clients and enable us to constantly grow our business.

Example Projects

• SFT (supervised fine tuning) data generation pipeline producing thousands of prompts and completions weekly across several languages and domains of knowledge;
• Evaluation pipeline helping to estimate LLMs’ responses quality and reaching a throughput of hundred thousands weekly;
• A red-teaming project helping to collect malicious prompts of different kinds to ensure models’ safety.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ultimate ownership for all delivery team projects, including data quality, delivery timelines, unit economics and overall transparency for stakeholders;
• Lead a cross-functional delivery team ensuring projects are on track, any issues and risks are highlighted and resolved proactively;
• Own operations of the delivery team: including internal and external communication, activities planning, posting summaries and status updates, conducting retros etc.;
• Drive and motivate the team, seek out change to increase the organization’s efficiency;
• Help roll out improvements to the delivery team focussing on increased adoption and providing feedback for further improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical cross-functional teams;
• Experience managing complex projects including discovery, decomposition, scope planning, implementation and adoption;
• Client facing experience;
• Being generally agile, able to switch quickly to new domains and subjects;
• Consulting, Tech, Military, Competitors background is a big plus;
• Good understanding of LLMs and their life cycle in particular;
• Experience and proactiveness in suggesting process changes is appreciated;
• Proven experience in the AI space, including working with clients and managing teams or projects at scale;
• PhD in a technical field is a strong plus.

What we can offer

• Toloka compensation for this role is benchmarked to local market rates and varies by location within the United States. For candidates in the US, the base salary range for this role is USD 150.000 - 200.000 $ per year. Since this is a remote role, actual compensation will depend on factors such as location, relevant experience, skills, knowledge, internal pay equity, and market conditions. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for other elements of compensation such as [bonus/commission/equity, as applicable], as well as a comprehensive benefits package. Additional information about total compensation and benefits will be shared with candidates during the hiring process.
• Personal and career development: we support employee’s ambition for professional development and encourage them to implement their ideas in their projects;
• Flexibility: we offer remote or hybrid employment. You will also design with your manager a workday that works best for you;
• Paid parental leave and sick leave;
• Medical insurance fully covered for the employee;
• 25 vacation days per year.