Technical Program Manager, Multimodal Data Collection

Prolific
New York, London
Full timeFunction: Program & Project Management (PMO)Skills: ["Operations management","Client collaboration","Problem-solving","Quality management","Commercial ownership"]

Build and scale end-to-end multimodal data collection programs for physical-world video and audio capture. Own execution from client brief and pilot through onsite production, processing, and final delivery, translating technical requirements into capture protocols, participant scenarios, and quality gates. Manage operational economics, ensuring cost, scalability, yield, and margin while leading client delivery and resolving field and technical issues to meet precise technical, quality, and diversity requirements.

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Technical Program Manager, Multimodal Data Collection

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Job Summary

Build and scale end-to-end multimodal data collection programs for physical-world video and audio capture. Own execution from client brief and pilot through onsite production, processing, and final delivery, translating technical requirements into capture protocols, participant scenarios, and quality gates. Manage operational economics, ensuring cost, scalability, yield, and margin while leading client delivery and resolving field and technical issues to meet precise technical, quality, and diversity requirements.
Location: New York, London
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own large-scale video, audio, and multimodal collections from client brief and pilot through onsite production, processing, and final delivery.
  • •Design the collection operation across participants, activities, locations, recording hardware, field teams, vendors, logistics, and quality controls.
  • •Create natural, repeatable collection scenarios and participant protocols that capture authentic behavior without over-scripting.
  • •Translate technical specifications into capture protocols covering video/audio quality, device configuration, synchronisation, metadata, and acceptance criteria.
  • •Own programme economics and run pilots/quality gates, leading client delivery and trade-off recommendations on quality, coverage, timeline, cost, and feasibility.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Significant experience owning complex video/audio data collection or real-world capture programmes at scale, including physical operation.
  • •Experience running onsite/field-based operations with participants, physical locations, recording equipment, and production/field teams.
  • •Hands-on video/audio capture experience, 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 AIData collection
Skills:Operations managementClient collaborationProblem-solvingQuality managementCommercial ownership
Tech Stack:VideoAudioMultimodal dataBody-worn camerasWearable devicesMulti-camera synchronisationDevice configurationMetadataData integrityResolutionFrame rateAudio quality

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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