Strategic Project Lead, Robotics

Scales Robotics business unit is currently seeing historic levels of growth. As a Strategic Projects Lead (SPL) for the Data Collection team you will lead initiatives that will drive $XXM in new revenue for the business. This is a demanding role and as an SPL you should be prepared to wear many hats across all dimensions of Operations. The ideal SPL should have a strong entrepreneurial mindset be comfortable getting into the weeds and be excited about intense impactful work that leads to accelerated career progression.

You will:

• Serve as the full owner of our most visible and high impact customer and internal collection projects making decisions that directly impact data quality operational efficiency revenue and margins
• Understand customer requirements and design collection specifications best suited to improving model performance based on customer needs
• Build out project timelines and pipeline infrastructure to ensure quality and efficiency
• Train coach and manage dynamic and global teams of operators and collectors
• Build analytics and reports to make data-driven decisions
• Functionally lead a team of Operations Program Managers and Associates that support the execution of the project define and assign tasks monitor progress
• Partner with diverse stakeholders (Engineering Product Finance Go-to-Market) to work on problems that will drive advancements for the largest Robotics models (VLAs/VLMs) in the world
• Give regular progress updates to Scales executive team

Ideally youd have:

• Strong technical background combined with a business-oriented mindset (a degree in engineering or computer science is ideal prior exposure to driving business outcomes).
• 3 years of experience leading a project team developing product or operational processes or launching new operations.
• Excellent problem-solving capabilities (experience working on operational challenges is a plus) - ability to come up with creative solutions to complex ambiguous operational problems
• Entrepreneurial experience and mindset - you are excited about building things from scratch and are able to identify issues and execute quickly

Nice to haves:

• Hands-on experience in Robotics AI and/or Computer Vision
• Experience working with global teams on different timezones
• SQL proficiency

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At Scale our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the worlds most important decisions. Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the worlds leading models and help enterprises and governments build deploy and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact. We work closely with industry leaders like Meta Cisco DLA Piper Mayo Clinic Time Inc. the Government of Qatar and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.

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