Human Archive (YC W26) is hiring someone to lead our end-to-end data annotation operations.
You will work directly with the founder to build and manage a high-performing annotator workforce for robotics data. Your job is to ensure we consistently have the right people, quality, and throughput across multiple projects running simultaneously.
This is a highly hands-on role for someone who is excellent with people, metrics, and fast-moving operations.
What you will do
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Recruit, evaluate, and manage high-quality data annotators
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Maintain a high bar for annotation quality and workforce performance
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Allocate annotators across multiple simultaneous projects
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Track daily throughput, quality, attendance, utilisation, and project targets
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Build dashboards and operating systems with our engineering team
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Identify bottlenecks and improve annotation workflows
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Design incentives that help teams consistently meet daily targets
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Forecast staffing requirements for upcoming projects
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Manage team leads and resolve day-to-day operational issues
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Build processes that can scale from hundreds to thousands of annotators
Who we are looking for
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Extremely good with people and frontline teams
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Strong analytical ability and comfort with metrics and dashboards
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Excellent at prioritisation and resource allocation
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Highly organised and able to manage multiple projects at once
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Creative about incentives, hiring, performance, and operations
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Clear, direct, and fast communicator
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High ownership, energy, urgency, and agency
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Comfortable working in a demanding, fast-changing startup environment
Nice to have
Experience at companies such as Surge AI, Scale AI, Mercor, Turing, Outlier, Remotasks, or similar workforce and data-operations businesses is a strong advantage.
We care more about your ability to execute than your degree, credentials, or years of experience.