Technical Program Manager, Multimodal Data Collection

Prolific
New York, London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Program & Project Management (PMO)Skills: ["Operational execution","Stakeholder/client management","Technical-to-operational translation","Quality-focused problem-solving","Financial/operational planning"]

Own end-to-end execution of large-scale multimodal data programs, turning complex client requirements into practical, scalable video/audio capture operations. Design field and production workflows covering participants, locations, hardware, consent, metadata, and quality gates. Translate technical capture specifications into protocols and acceptance criteria, manage pilots and scaling, and run programme economics (costing, yield, rework, and margin) while leading client delivery and trade-off recommendations.

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Technical Program Manager, Multimodal Data Collection

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end execution of large-scale multimodal data programs, turning complex client requirements into practical, scalable video/audio capture operations. Design field and production workflows covering participants, locations, hardware, consent, metadata, and quality gates. Translate technical capture specifications into protocols and acceptance criteria, manage pilots and scaling, and run programme economics (costing, yield, rework, and margin) while leading client delivery and trade-off recommendations.
Location: New York, London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own large-scale video, audio, and multimodal collections from client brief and pilot through onsite production, data processing, and final delivery.
  • •Design the collection operation across participants, activities, locations, recording hardware, field teams, vendors, logistics, and quality controls.
  • •Translate capture specifications into protocols covering video/audio quality, device configuration, synchronisation, metadata, and acceptance criteria.
  • •Own programme economics, including bottom-up costing, cost per accepted hour, collection yield, rejection/rework, hardware utilisation, and margin.
  • •Run pilots and quality gates and resolve technical/operational issues before scaling; lead client delivery with clear trade-off recommendations.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Significant experience owning complex video/audio data collection, technical production, or real-world capture programmes at scale, including hands-on physical operation.
  • •Experience running onsite or field-based operations with participants, physical locations, recording equipment, and production or field teams.
  • •Hands-on experience with video/audio capture and recording hardware, including understanding resolution, frame rate, audio quality, device configuration, multi-camera synchronisation, and data integrity.
  • •Ability to translate technical or research specifications into participant protocols, production workflows, and measurable quality/acceptance criteria.
  • •Commercial ownership of operational programmes, including bottom-up costing, forecasting, and the financial impact of rejection and rework.
Experience:AI/MLComputer visionRoboticsEmbodied AI
Skills:Operational executionStakeholder/client managementTechnical-to-operational translationQuality-focused problem-solvingFinancial/operational planning
Tech Stack:Video captureAudio captureMultimodal dataBody-worn camerasWearable devicesMulti-camera synchronisationDevice configurationMetadataData processingBatch processingData transferFile formatsQuality controls

Company Brief

Prolific
Operates an online participant recruitment platform connecting researchers and companies with vetted participants for academic and market research studies, offering survey hosting, participant management, and data quality tools.
Industry: SaaS
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: Oxford, United Kingdom
Founded: 2014
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