Human Data Manager, Handshake
Handshake AI
$110-140k
+ Equity
5+ days a week in office
The career platform for Gen Z
Job no longer available
The career platform for Gen Z
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$110-140k
+ Equity
5+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize access to opportunity and ensure any student can build a great career no matter who they know, where they live or what school they attend.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years in operations management, quality control, or process improvement, preferably in AI or data-driven environments
- Proven ability to manage and scale large teams (30+ members), with a track record of exceeding performance metrics
- Deep understanding of AI training workflows, data annotation, and quality assurance processes
- Strategic Thinking: Ability to identify and act on growth opportunities
- Clear Communication: Effectively present complex insights to diverse audiences
- Leadership: Strong ability to guide and mentor teams toward excellence
- Detail-Oriented: Commitment to maintaining high standards of data accuracy
- Adaptability: Thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Problem-Solving: Proactive, results-driven approach with creative solutions to challenges
Desirable
- Familiarity with data annotation pipelines and machine learning workflows
- Experience with SQL or other database languages
- Strong analytical and process improvement capabilities
What the job involves
- We are looking for a detail-oriented and experienced Human Data Manager to join our Human Data Training Team at Handshake
- In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the highest standards of data quality across our AI training workflows
- By developing standardized processes, creating robust quality frameworks, and conducting thorough audits, you will play a key role in improving the accuracy and reliability of our AI models
- Your work will directly impact various domains, including science, technology, mathematics, humanities, and beyond
- Collaborate with Strategic Project Leads to align on project timelines, deliverables, and quality standards
- Engage with Expert Fellows to ensure datasets meet the highest quality standards before delivery to customers
- Conduct quality reviews to maintain annotation accuracy and consistency
- Monitor pipeline health, proactively identifying and resolving bottlenecks
- Track project performance using data analysis and reporting to drive continuous improvement
- Develop documentation for labeling guidelines and operational processes
- Partner with cross-functional teams to resolve blockers and optimize production efficiency
- Provide stakeholders with regular updates, insights, and recommendations to enhance data quality
Our take
The three founders of Handshake established their company in an attempt to eliminate inequality and make the student hiring landscape fairer. The Handshake platform acts as a LinkedIn for college students, pairing students from every walk of life with more than 650K employers, including the entire Fortune 500, which includes Google and Nike.
The graduate recruitment platform is open to any student with a valid @.edu email address, with more than 17M active users from thousands of colleges and universities. With a student-first philosophy, the company generates revenue from both universities and employers rather than students.
Valued at $3.5B, Handshake has gained traction in a competitive market, although it has strong competition from recruiting giants LinkedIn and Indeed. It stands out, however, by helping students build new relationships and skills, rather than simply making connections to people they already know.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2022
$200m
SERIES F
May 2021
$80m
SERIES E
Total funding: $434m
Company benefits
- Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical , dental, and vision coverage
- Fertility and family forming: Through a partnership, Handshake offers comprehensive family benefits, including infertility treatments and a $15K stipend, to its employees.
- LGTBQ+ coverage: All medical plans cover transgender services.
- Mental health: Discounts on a variety of wellness apps and an Employee Assistance Program with access to five free counseling sessions.
- Tax savings: Tax-advantaged benefits to save money on healthcare, dependent care, and other expenses.
- Learning & development: Employees are provided with an annual stipend to use towards professional development, career development workshops, manager trainings, and 1-on-1 coaching through external partnerships
- Community leader support: Employee Resource Group leaders are compensated with a quarterly bonus for the high-impact work the role requires
- Parental leave: Leaves of 16 weeks for birth-giving parents and 10 weeks for non-birth-giving parents; the policy applies to adoptions as well. Handshake also partners to provide one-on-one coaching on preparing for leave and coming back from leave
- Flexible time off: No accrued time off or waiting period to take vacation. Two paid flexible holiday days off to observe holidays that closely align with religious, cultural, and personal needs
- Sabbatical: Paid six-week sabbatical to recharge and reset beginning at six years of continuous, full-time employment, and every four years thereafter
- Volunteer time off: Two days off for social and civil activism, volunteer work, and/or any related activities, including attending and participating in protests
- Life & disability insurance: Essential benefits and automatic coverage with basic life insurance, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- 401k match: Dollar-for-dollar match up to 1% of pay, with a max of $1,200 per year.
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Garrett Lord
(Co-Founder & CEO)Majored in Computer Science at Michigan Technological University. Interned at Palantir Technologies before co-founding Handshake in 2012.
Ben Christensen
(Co-Founder)Graduated from Michigan Technological University with a degree in Computer Networking & Systems Administration. Interned at Target and worked as a Developer at Up and Running Software. Was part of Arbor Networks' ASERT Security Research team.
Scott Ringwelski
(Co-Founder)Attained a degree in Computer Software Engineering from Michigan Technological University. Co-founded Handshake in 2012.
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