IT Manager - Excel Specialist

Obsidian; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Obsidian is seeking experienced IT managers and IT leaders for their cutting-edge AI lab. You will guide research teams to enhance AI performance, design Excel tasks, and collaborate with experts.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years in IT management, strong Excel skills, and the ability to engage for at least 20 hours/week. This is a W-2 position with Cincinnatus LLC and allows work from the United States.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in an IT management role where Excel is used daily.
• Strong, hands-on Excel skills including nested formulas and PivotTables.
• Demonstrable career progression into senior IT management.

Responsibilities

• Guide research teams to enhance AI model performance through Excel tasks.
• Design domain-relevant Excel tasks based on professional experience.
• Evaluate tasks and provide clear feedback.
• Collaborate with experts for accuracy in training data.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Analytical skills

IT Leadership

Communication skills

Tools

Power Query

Power Pivot

VBA

Job description

Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team to be at the core of the AI revolution, where your expertise fuels the development of the most advanced Large Language Models.

1. Overview

Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team and help build foundational AI models from the ground up. We are seeking experienced IT managers and IT leaders who use Excel as a daily driver to bring real‑world spreadsheet and analytical expertise that elevates the quality of our AI training data.

This role is for in‑house IT management professionals – IT Managers, IT Directors, IT Operations and Systems Managers, IT Infrastructure Managers – who run IT teams, budgets, vendors, and software assets and licenses, and who rely on Excel daily for IT budgeting, license and cost reconciliation, capacity planning, vendor management, and operational reporting and dashboards.

This is a W-2 employment position with Cincinnatus LLC, with the opportunity to be placed at a leading AI Lab as part of their extended workforce.

2. Key Responsibilities

• Guide research teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance on Excel‑based tasks within the IT management domain.
• Design realistic, domain‑relevant Excel tasks drawn from your professional experience, and write accurate, well‑structured solutions.
• Evaluate Excel tasks and solutions and provide clear, written feedback.
• Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

3. Core Qualifications

• Strong, hands‑on Excel proficiency for real analytical work – comfortable with nested formulas and lookups (e.g., XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, dynamic arrays), PivotTables, dashboards, and Excel's built‑in analytical tools. Experience with Power Query, Power Pivot, or macros/VBA is a plus.
• 5+ years in an in‑house IT management or leadership role where Excel is part of your day‑to‑day – for example, IT Manager, IT Director, IT Operations/Systems Manager, IT Infrastructure Manager, or IT Program/PMO Manager.
• Demonstrable career progression into senior IT management.
• Ability to engage reliably for at least 20 hours/week during weekdays.
• Verbal and written communication skills, problem‑solving skills, and interpersonal skills.
• United States–based only.

Equal Employment Opportunity: Cincinnatus is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or any other legally protected characteristic.