Atlas Data Operations Annotation Manager

Responsibilities

• Directly manage a team of Annotation Leads and Annotation QA Leads, providing day-to-day direction, prioritization, coaching, and performance feedback.
• Serve as the Atlas working team lead for third-party annotation vendors, managing task allocation, performance accountability, and dual-source relationships to optimize cost, quality, and speed.
• Own data quality end-to-end — defining standards, QA methodologies, and metrics (accuracy, consistency, rework rates, guideline adherence) — and serve as the primary escalation point for edge cases and labeling ambiguities.
• Write SOPs and technical documentation for the annotation team and vendors; forecast annotation needs across Atlas engineering stakeholders and drive continuous improvement across tooling, workflows, and guidelines.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, data science, or cognitive science preferred; proven experience managing teams in a data annotation, data quality, or machine learning data pipeline environment preferred.
• Prior experience managing business/contractual relations between third-party annotation vendors/labelling service or BPO service providers strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with ML data pipelines preferred.
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing teams in a data annotation, data quality, or machine learning data pipeline environment preferred.
• Prior experience managing business/contractual relations between third-party annotation vendors/labelling service or BPO service providers strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with ML data pipelines preferred.
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills required.

Skills

• Proven experience managing teams in a data annotation, data quality, or machine learning data pipeline environment preferred.
• Prior experience managing business/contractual relations between third-party annotation vendors/labelling service or BPO service providers strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with ML data pipelines preferred.
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills required.

Benefits

Boston Dynamics offers a generous Benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401(k), paid time off and an annual bonus structure.

Pay

The base pay range for this position is between $115,000 to $140,000 annually.

Schedule/Working Hours

Schedule/Working Hours: Monday – Friday: 40 hours per week, regular hours (e.g., 9 AM to 6 PM, with flexibility across both first and second shift as required).