Sr Manager, Annotation Ops Integration, GO-AI

Amazon; Reading (MA); On-site; USD 198,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon GO-AI is seeking a Senior Manager, Annotation Ops Integration to lead central GO-AI operations capabilities, including quality, labor planning, and people development. You will own capacity plans, drive efficiency, and shape scalable service offerings across the portfolio.

You will guide workforce readiness, tool strategy, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, science, and product leaders while leading a geographically distributed team across the United States, India, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• 6+ years of team management experience.
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.
• Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Experience in capacity planning, operations planning, business analysis or equivalent.
• Experience working cross-functionally across several teams both technical and non-technical.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategy for GO-AI's central operations capabilities.
• Deliver annual operational efficiency targets through kaizen and automation.
• Translate demand into reliable capacity plans balancing cost, quality, and speed.
• Convert program patterns into standardized, scalable service offerings.
• Own the associate lifecycle from onboarding through upskilling.
• Lead tool strategy for workforce planning and capacity management.
• Represent operations in cross-functional forums with engineering, science, and product leadership.
• Lead and develop a geographically distributed team across multiple regions.

Skills

Technical product management

Team management

Roadmap strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Sr Manager, Annotation Ops Integration, GO-AI

Job ID: 10475789 | Amazon.com Services LLC

GO-AI is a technology enablement organization that accelerates the development and enhances the performance of AI-based robotic and automation solutions for Amazon Robotics (AR) and key Worldwide Operations programs. We combine human expertise with machine learning to produce high-quality training data, validate model outputs, and continuously improve AI system performance across many annotation programs and a large global workforce.

This Senior Manager, Technical Product Management will lead central operations functions within GO-AI, including quality assurance, labor planning and capacity management, and people development initiatives (upskilling, learning programs, career progression). You will own the strategy for GO-AI operations capabilities and evolution, translating demand signals into production-ready capacity plans and converting program-specific operational patterns into scalable, repeatable processes. You will drive operational efficiency initiatives, evaluate and adopt tools to improve workforce planning and utilization, and lead AI-enabled process improvement across the organization.

As GO-AI evolves from a labor-led service to a tech-enabled operation, this role will ensure the operational foundation, including workforce readiness, quality standards, and capacity planning, adapts in step with that transformation.

Key job responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategy for GO-AI's central operations capabilities, ensuring quality, capacity, and people development functions operate as a unified, scalable system
• Deliver annual operational efficiency targets through kaizen, process automation, and workforce utilization improvements
• Translate variable customer demand into reliable capacity plans that balance cost, quality, and delivery speed
• Convert program-specific operational patterns into standardized service offerings that scale across the portfolio
• Own the associate lifecycle from onboarding through upskilling, ensuring workforce readiness keeps pace with new program launches and evolving AI model requirements
• Lead tool strategy for workforce planning and capacity management, driving adoption of platforms that replace manual processes
• Represent operations in cross-functional forums with engineering, science, and product leadership
• Lead and develop a geographically distributed team across the United States, India, and Costa Rica, ensuring alignment and operational consistency across time zones

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical product or program management experience
• 6+ years of team management experience
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
• Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience in capacity planning, operations planning, business analysis or equivalent
• Experience working cross-functionally across several teams both technical and non-technical

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience delivering consumer software products and services in a high growth environment
• Experience in a fast-paced, automated, industrial, logistics, production or manufacturing environment
• Experience in operations planning for AI/ML data production, annotation, or expert workforce operations
• Track record converting bespoke operational solutions into standardized, repeatable service offerings
• Experience driving AI adoption or process automation within an operations organization
• Familiarity with make/buy decisions for operational software tools (WFM, scheduling, planning platforms)

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

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