Senior Data Annotation Project Manager

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Las Vegas, NV
Hybrid
94K-142K Annually
3-5 Years Experience
Artificial Intelligence • Automotive • Machine Learning • Transportation
Join us as we make driverless vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality.
The Role
The Senior Data Annotation Project Manager will oversee the annotation operations, manage requests, and coordinate with engineering teams and vendors to ensure high-quality datasets are produced. The role includes monitoring KPIs, aligning delivery timelines, and improving processes through data analysis.
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Mission:
As the Senior Data Annotation Project Manager of the Data Annotations team, you will be responsible for overseeing annotation operations. You will intake customer requests, define and transcribe project requirements, collaborate with the dataset production team to create high-quality human labeled datasets, and provide performance metrics to our partners.

Essential Duties:

  • Coordinate operations of Motional’s dataset production team including: sharing requirements, planning execution timelines, prioritizing projects, and triaging production issues.
  • Coordinate with a large workforce and multiple third-party vendors on both day-to-day operations and high-level planning and improvements.
  • Maintain close relationships with engineering teams, our customers: Be the first point of contact to intake, track, and validate annotation requests and requirements.
  • Communicate proactively and precisely across different groups within engineering and operations about progress against deadlines, emerging issues, and proposed changes.
  • Use data & analysis to monitor, track, and evaluate KPIs for different teams across different tools; proactively propose and champion process, tooling, or documentation / training improvements.
  • Work with partner engineering teams to align on delivery timelines of completed projects
  • Support in the creation of the taxonomy guidelines for annotation requests.
  • Provide feedback and work with leadership and partner annotation teams to ideate efficiencies, including demand planning, tooling requirements, and infrastructure improvements.

What you'll bring:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The requirements listed below are representative of knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

  • 4+ years experience in operations
  • Experience working with vendors at a high growth company
  • Ability to drive forward solutions in ambiguous situations without supervision
  • Experience working cross-functionally
  • Analytics and data-oriented; can create and manage to KPIs
  • Experience using dashboards to monitor complex operations
  • BA/BS degree in technical, or business discipline, or equivalent practical experience
  • Strong communication and presentation skills - can explain complicated topics and ideas in a clear and concise manner
  • Advanced Google Docs/Sheets skills

Preferred Skills:

  • Previously coordinated with a medium to large-size department of contractors
  • Management consulting experience
  • Interest in autonomous vehicles or artificial intelligence

Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and at times for long periods; walk; use hands
to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds.

Travel Requirements (greater than 20%): expected to travel for 1-2 weeks each quarter visiting all of our testing sites - mostly to LV, but also domestically as needed for the business.

Working Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here represent those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation
may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions, road conditions, and pedestrian traffic. The team member is regularly exposed to mechanical and computer parts. The team member is occasionally exposed to fumes and airborne particles. The noise level in the environment is low to moderate. When
traveling, the team members will be exposed to airports, airplanes, hotels and public transportation environments.

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors including but not limited to specific skills, experience and expertise, role location, certifications, licenses, and business needs. The estimated compensation range listed in this job posting reflects base salary only. This role may include additional forms of compensation such as a bonus or company equity. The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process. 

Candidates for certain positions are eligible to participate in Motional’s benefits program. Motional’s benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401k with a company match, health saving accounts, life insurance, pet insurance, and more.

Salary Range

$94,000$142,000 USD

Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. We’re driven by something more.

Our journey is always people first.

We aren't just developing driverless cars; we're creating safer roadways, more equitable transportation options, and making our communities better places to live, work, and connect. Our team is made up of engineers, researchers, innovators, dreamers and doers, who are creating a technology with the potential to transform the way we move.

Higher purpose, greater impact.

We’re creating first-of-its-kind technology that will transform transportation. To do so successfully, we must design for everyone in our cities and on our roads. We believe in building a great place to work through a progressive, global culture that is diverse, inclusive, and ensures people feel valued at every level of the organization. Diversity helps us to see the world differently; it’s not only good for our business, it’s the right thing to do.  

Scale up, not starting up.

Our team is behind some of the industry's largest leaps forward, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world's first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world's longest-standing public robotaxi fleet. We’re driven to scale; we’re moving towards commercialization of our technology, and we need team members who are ready to embrace change and challenges.

Formed as a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and Aptiv, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives. Headquartered in Boston, Motional has operations in the U.S and Asia. For more information, visit  www.Motional.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.


Motional AD Inc. is an EOE. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. To comply with Federal Law, we participate in E-Verify. All newly-hired employees are queried through this electronic system established by the DHS and the SSA to verify their identity and employment eligibility.

Top Skills

Google Docs
Google Sheets
The Company
Santa Monica, CA
765 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

Our team is commercializing a world-class driverless system. The Motional team is behind some of the industry’s largest leaps forward in the last decade, including the first fully-autonomous cross-country drive in the U.S, the launch of the world’s first robotaxi pilot, and operation of the world’s most-established public robotaxi fleet. Strategically formed by Hyundai Motor Group, one of the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers offering smart mobility solutions, and Aptiv, a global technology leader in advanced safety, electrification, and vehicle connectivity, Motional is fundamentally changing how people move through their lives.

Why Work With Us

Our leadership team has been working in this industry for decades and includes renown early innovators in driverless technology. We are creating a future where transportation is safe, reliable, and accessible. Join our team in revolutionizing the industry that will change how the world moves.

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