Technical Program Manager

Encord
London
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Program & Project Management (PMO)Experience: 3-7 yearsSkills: ["Cross-functional communication","Coaching","Analytical rigor","Decision-making","Organization"]

Own end-to-end delivery of high-stakes human data projects, translating complex ML requirements into annotation workflows, standards, and measurable quality targets. Act as the deepest expert on project annotation criteria, resolve ambiguity and edge cases, and coach distributed annotator teams to hit throughput and quality. Instrument launches with acceptance and sampling plans, manage queues for balanced performance, and partner with Product and Engineering to improve tooling and playbooks.

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Technical Program Manager

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end delivery of high-stakes human data projects, translating complex ML requirements into annotation workflows, standards, and measurable quality targets. Act as the deepest expert on project annotation criteria, resolve ambiguity and edge cases, and coach distributed annotator teams to hit throughput and quality. Instrument launches with acceptance and sampling plans, manage queues for balanced performance, and partner with Product and Engineering to improve tooling and playbooks.
Location: London
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own delivery of projects end to end, including throughput, quality, and timeline.
  • •Translate ML requirements into clear annotation workflows that produce the data models need.
  • •Maintain and evolve annotation standards through process refinement, auditing, and feedback loops.
  • •Train, coach, and performance-manage annotators, including quality improvement and role allocation.
  • •Instrument project launches with acceptance criteria and sampling plans, track risks, and produce delivery reporting for customers.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Annual LeaveLearning BudgetCommissionEquity

Key Requirements

  • •3–7 years of professional experience combining operational delivery with analytical work, such as AI data/annotation operations, strategy consulting, or data/operations roles.
  • •Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of complex, multi-stakeholder workflows with responsibility for outcomes.
  • •Working proficiency in Python or SQL.
  • •Direct experience managing, coaching, or performance-managing a distributed workforce.
  • •Experience translating detailed technical specifications into instructions other people can follow, with bonus experience in annotation/evaluation/model-training workflows.
Experience:3-7 yearsAI dataAnnotation operationsStrategy consultingData and operationsDistributed workforce
Skills:Cross-functional communicationCoachingAnalytical rigorDecision-makingOrganization
Tech Stack:PythonSQL

Company Brief

Encord
Provides a computer vision data platform for labeling, dataset management, and model evaluation, enabling teams to build, validate, and monitor ML models with collaboration and tooling for high-quality annotated data.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2019
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