Manager of Data Annotation, Salesforce

• Familiarity with labeling tasks for language + vision understanding and experience working with third party data annotation vendors
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Proven ability to lead and deliver large-scale projects on time and within budget
• Exceptional leadership skills with a track record of building and managing high-performing teams
• A related technical degree required

Desirable

• The Manager of the Data Annotation team will lead a dedicated team responsible for collecting, cleaning, and annotating diverse datasets that fuel the training and fine-tuning of large-scale generative models
• Own the creation of new data labeling tasks: define labeling guidelines based on requests from AI researchers and product engineers, onboard data annotators into the data labeling pipeline, and work with researchers to incorporate new datasets into the training of our neural networks
• Build machine-assisted and fully-automated tools to increase the growth rate, quality, and diversity of datasets
• Develop and maintain processes to ensure datasets are high quality and that annotators are consistent and adhere to labeling instructions
• Grow the data annotation team and foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning
• Implement robust data governance policies, including ensuring compliance with legal and ethical considerations surrounding data use
• Liaise with team members and partners to see opportunities for data-driven initiatives and collaborations
• Supervise the latest developments in machine learning, actively promoting the integration of innovative approaches into our data pipeline processes