Human Data Manager
xAI· Human Data
Palo Alto, CA$100k - $186kfull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Role focused on designing and delivering high-value human data projects to support model training and evaluation. Acts at the intersection of model teams and data operations to ensure high-quality data, evaluation strategies, and scalable data workflows.
Responsibilities
- Partner with model and engineering teams to understand needs and translate them into high-value data projects and evaluation strategies.
- Own end-to-end delivery of critical data and evaluation projects that capture meaningful training signals and support rapid model development.
- Leverage AI agents and existing platforms to measure data effectiveness and quantify impact (data yield, eval lift, usage).
- Maintain rigorous data integrity and truthfulness, including validation processes for factual accuracy; prioritize quality over quantity.
- Research and apply techniques for data collection, annotation, generation, and multi-modal integration.
- Shape Grok’s behavior and domain performance through targeted data work; improve annotation workflows using agents and no/low-code approaches where helpful.
- Manage plans that shape model behavior via data management, optimization, and analysis, including resources and timelines.
- Act as a liaison between engineering, technical staff, and tutoring / Human Data teams to drive alignment and knowledge sharing.
- Collaborate with Human Data Ops and stakeholders to scale projects, share learnings, and contribute to demand forecasting; report status, insights, and blockers for rapid decisions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree, or 4+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (engineering, research, product, or annotation/operations groups)
- Demonstrated experience analyzing datasets to identify trends, anomalies, quality issues, or integrity problems
Skills
Required:cross-functional collaborationdata analysisdata collection and annotation
Nice to have:multimodal dataAI agents / no-low-code toolsSQL / data analysis tools
Benefits
- equity
- comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- short & long-term disability insurance
- life insurance
- various other discounts and perks
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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