Data Partnerships & Ecosystem Lead

Generalist; San Mateo, Somerville (CA, MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Generalist is building embodied foundation models and a data engine to enable scalable robotics data collection. You will own vendor engagement, data partner onboarding, and the infrastructure supporting global data ingestion and distribution.

Expect working with ML and engineering leaders to translate requirements into actionable specs and scalable partnerships. You’ll drive the end-to-end data partnership lifecycle, including sourcing, diligence, contracting, ramp, and ongoing management

Qualifications

• 6+ years owning external partners or vendors who delivered a product or service to you — supply chain, vendor management, outsourcing/BPO management, data operations, or partnerships with a delivery obligation.

Responsibilities

• Data supply strategy: identify needs, map vendors, bring recommendations.
• Vendor sourcing and diligence: find, evaluate, pilot data partners, run trials.
• Requirements elicitation: sit with ML/engineering leads to extract volume, environments, task diversity, acceptance criteria.

Skills

Vendor management

Data partnerships

Data operations

Commercial terms

Contracting

Communication

Job description

Generalist is building embodied foundation models and a data engine to enable scalable robotics data collection. You will own vendor engagement, data partner onboarding, and the infrastructure supporting global data ingestion and distribution.

Expect working with ML and engineering leaders to translate requirements into actionable specs and scalable partnerships. You’ll drive the end-to-end data partnership lifecycle, including sourcing, diligence, contracting, ramp, and ongoing management