Technical Program Manager III

Bellevue, WA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Technical Program Manager III
Location: Bellevue WA (Onsite)
Type: Contractor
Pay Rate: $87.50/hr

Job Summary:

DataBricks R&D Operations Organization is seeking a highly motivated and technically skilled Technical Program Manager (TPM III) to lead and oversee large-scale data annotation programs that power cutting-edge AI research initiatives. This role bridges program management data operations and AI/ML ensuring annotation efforts are scalable high-quality and aligned with research and product needs.

Key Responsibilities

Program Ownership Lead large-scale data annotation initiatives end-to-endfrom requirements gathering planning and execution to delivery and post-mortem analysis.
Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner with AI Research leadership data scientists ML engineers and product managers to define data needs success metrics and annotation guidelines.
Vendor & Workforce Management Manage external annotation vendors and internal labeling teams including contracts SLAs quality standards and throughput planning.
Quality & Process Design and implement robust quality control pipelines annotation tools and feedback loops to ensure high data quality at scale.
Tooling & Automation Collaborate with engineering teams to optimize annotation infrastructure workflows and data pipelines for efficiency.
Data Strategy & Governance Ensure privacy security ethics and compliance best practices in annotation workflows.
Reporting & Metrics Define and track key program metrics (cost quality speed volume) and communicate progress to stakeholders and leadership.
Internal Adoption Build onboarding processes workflows and change management strategies for internal adoption of AI products.
Data Quality Leadership Establish and standardize processes to monitor measure and improve data quality across datasets and annotation teams.
Customer Engagement Collaborate with external customers and research partners on pilots workshops and feedback sessions to drive continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelors or Masters degree in a technical field (Computer Science Data Science Machine Learning Information Systems) or equivalent experience.
7 years of experience in technical program management project management or operations in data-centric or AI/ML environments.
Strong understanding of ML development workflows data pipelines and annotation lifecycle.
Experience managing large-scale data labeling or data collection initiatives including vendor management.
Familiarity with big data platforms (e.g. Apache Spark Databricks Hadoop) and data warehousing concepts.
Advanced SQL skills and ability to build analytics dashboards and reports.
Strong problem-solving organizational and communication skills; ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
Proven record of driving complex technical projects to completion on time and with high quality.
Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes.
Self-motivated and able to work independently and collaboratively.

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge of GPU technology and applications in generative AI/ML.
Familiarity with Apache Spark Delta Lake MLflow or other big data/ML frameworks.

Skills & Competencies:

Advanced Project Management
Technical Program Management
Data Labeling and Annotation
Machine Learning Workflows
SQL Querying & Analytics
Vendor & Team Management
Data Governance & Compliance
Reporting & KPI Tracking
Cross-Functional Collaboration

Required Skills:

Advanced Project ManagementData Labeling and AnnotationMachine LearningSQL QueryTechnical Program Management

Job Title: Technical Program Manager IIILocation: Bellevue WA (Onsite)Type: ContractorPay Rate: $87.50/hr Job Summary: DataBricks R&D Operations Organization is seeking a highly motivated and technically skilled Technical Program Manager (TPM III) to lead and oversee large-scale data annotation prog...

Job Title: Technical Program Manager III
Location: Bellevue WA (Onsite)
Type: Contractor
Pay Rate: $87.50/hr

Job Summary:

Key Responsibilities

Program Ownership Lead large-scale data annotation initiatives end-to-endfrom requirements gathering planning and execution to delivery and post-mortem analysis.
Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner with AI Research leadership data scientists ML engineers and product managers to define data needs success metrics and annotation guidelines.
Vendor & Workforce Management Manage external annotation vendors and internal labeling teams including contracts SLAs quality standards and throughput planning.
Quality & Process Design and implement robust quality control pipelines annotation tools and feedback loops to ensure high data quality at scale.
Tooling & Automation Collaborate with engineering teams to optimize annotation infrastructure workflows and data pipelines for efficiency.
Data Strategy & Governance Ensure privacy security ethics and compliance best practices in annotation workflows.
Reporting & Metrics Define and track key program metrics (cost quality speed volume) and communicate progress to stakeholders and leadership.
Internal Adoption Build onboarding processes workflows and change management strategies for internal adoption of AI products.
Data Quality Leadership Establish and standardize processes to monitor measure and improve data quality across datasets and annotation teams.
Customer Engagement Collaborate with external customers and research partners on pilots workshops and feedback sessions to drive continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelors or Masters degree in a technical field (Computer Science Data Science Machine Learning Information Systems) or equivalent experience.
7 years of experience in technical program management project management or operations in data-centric or AI/ML environments.
Strong understanding of ML development workflows data pipelines and annotation lifecycle.
Experience managing large-scale data labeling or data collection initiatives including vendor management.
Familiarity with big data platforms (e.g. Apache Spark Databricks Hadoop) and data warehousing concepts.
Advanced SQL skills and ability to build analytics dashboards and reports.
Strong problem-solving organizational and communication skills; ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
Proven record of driving complex technical projects to completion on time and with high quality.
Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes.
Self-motivated and able to work independently and collaboratively.

Preferred Qualifications: