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Human Data Operations Strategist

Encord· Operations
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Hybrid (London)Full-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Role focused on managing and optimizing data annotation and ML workflows for clients, collaborating with clients, annotation specialists, and ML engineers to ensure high-quality AI training data.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee data annotation projects, translating complex AI and machine learning requirements into clear workflows and instructions for data annotation teams
  • Ensure the highest standards of data quality by designing and refining annotation processes, auditing results, and implementing feedback loops
  • Act as a trusted advisor to clients, helping them design and implement the best data annotation workflow for their human annotation process
  • Provide guidance and feedback to the annotation team, ensuring team members are equipped with the context and skills needed to perform high-quality work aligned with project requirements and best practices
  • Work closely with product and engineering teams to drive improvements in AI training data processes, tools, and methodologies

Qualifications

  • A sharp, execution-oriented operator with a consulting or AI company pedigree — you bring structured thinking, strong project management instincts, and a bias for getting things done
  • Analytically rigorous and comfortable with ambiguity — you break down complex operational challenges from first principles and build clear, actionable plans to solve them
  • Technically fluent enough to get hands-on with data — whether that's querying a database, auditing annotation outputs, or automating a workflow in Python
  • Passionate about AI and machine learning, with genuine curiosity about how data quality and operations underpin model performance
  • A natural communicator who can translate fluidly between ML engineers and non-technical clients, keeping complex multi-stakeholder projects on track
  • Entrepreneurial and collaborative — you thrive in fast-paced environments and take ownership without waiting to be told what to do
  • 3–7 years of professional experience, with a strong preference for backgrounds in top-tier strategy consulting and/or operations or data roles at leading AI or technology companies
  • Proven ability to own complex, multi-stakeholder workflows end-to-end — from scoping and planning through execution, quality assurance, and iteration
  • Working proficiency in Python or SQL, with the ability to query data, automate workflows, or audit annotation outputs; broader familiarity with relational databases or data annotation tooling equally valued
  • Experience designing or optimising data operations processes with a strong eye for quality, consistency, and scalability — ideally in a context involving human-in-the-loop workflows or structured labelling tasks
  • Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with both technical stakeholders (ML engineers, data scientists) and non-technical clients, translating requirements clearly in both directions
  • Bonus: hands-on experience with computer vision, generative AI, or multimodal data workflows; prior exposure to data annotation platforms or quality management frameworks; experience coaching or managing operational teams

Skills

Required:Data annotation managementPythonSQL

Benefits

  • Competitive salary, commission, and equity in a high-growth start-up
  • Strong in-person culture — most of the team works from our London office 4+ days/week
  • 25 days annual leave + UK public holidays
  • Annual learning & development budget
  • Travel for customer visits, events, and conferences across the UK and Europe
  • Company lunches twice a week
  • Monthly socials & bi-annual team offsites
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Building the data backbone for the (artificial) intelligence…

Encord is the leading data platform for AI. We help top AI teams get models into production faster with human-in-the-loop workflows for labeling and RLHF, infrastructure for data-centric model testing, and powerful data curation and management.

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