AI, Robotics, Deep Learning, Technology

Annotations Portfolio Lead

San Francisco, CAOnsiteFull TimeLeadPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

program management
technical project management
consulting
startup operations
systems thinking
data quality
research needs
model training
evaluation
remote

Nice to have

data annotations
ML/AI
robotics
egocentric video
multimodal sensor data
coding agents

Role summary

Physical Intelligence is seeking an Annotations Portfolio Lead to own end-to-end performance for a portfolio of data annotation programs. This role involves partnering with researchers to define data requirements, driving continuous improvement in operations, and fostering collaboration across technical and non-technical stakeholders, including vendor partners. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in program management, operations, or similar roles, with strong problem-solving, systems thinking, and communication skills. Experience with data annotations for ML/AI, robotics, or coding agents is a plus.

Who We Are

Physical Intelligence is bringing general-purpose AI into the physical world. We are a group of engineers, scientists, roboticists, and company builders developing foundation models and learning algorithms to power the robots of today and the physically-actuated devices of the future.

The Team

High-quality data is the fuel for our work. The Annotations team produces high-quality data labels to support model development.

This role is a hands-on owner for a portfolio of annotation programs: partnering with researchers to understand what data they need and why, translating that into concrete requirements and rubrics, and running the operation that delivers the data. This person will also be expected to drive continuous improvement across multiple surfaces to mature the annotations function and balance strategic problem solving with tactical execution.

In this role you will

Own end-to-end performance for a portfolio of annotation programs, driving quality, speed, and efficiency
Partner with researchers to define and refine requirements
Drive step-function continuous improvement in our operations, identifying issues and building scalable solutions
Foster clarity, collaboration, and alignment across both technical and nontechnical stakeholders, including vendor partners, researchers, operations

What we hope you'll bring

5+ years of experience in program management, operations, technical project management, consulting, startup operations, or similar roles
Strong problem solving and systems thinking; ability to identify points of leverage in a constantly-evolving system and diagnose problems with incomplete information
Intuition for data quality and research needs, grounded in understanding of model training and evaluation
Stellar communication and ability to clarify nuance, structure complex information in digestible ways, and work with remote, ESL audiences
Organizational skills to bring structure to chaos and balance needs across multiple programs

Bonus points

Experience with data annotations for ML/AI, having seen versions of this problem before
Experience with robotics, egocentric video, or other multimodal sensor data
Experience with using coding agents to fill gaps in tooling / infra

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