Technical Program Manager III

Job Title : Technical Program Manager III

Location : Bellevue WA (Onsite)

Type : Contractor

Pay Rate : $87.50 / hr

Job Summary :

DataBricks R&D Operations Organization is seeking a highly motivated and technically skilled Technical Program Manager (TPM III) to lead and oversee large-scale data annotation programs that power cutting-edge AI research initiatives. This role bridges program management data operations and AI / ML ensuring annotation efforts are scalable high-quality and aligned with research and product needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Program Ownership Lead large-scale data annotation initiatives end-to-endfrom requirements gathering planning and execution to delivery and post-mortem analysis.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner with AI Research leadership data scientists ML engineers and product managers to define data needs success metrics and annotation guidelines.
• Vendor & Workforce Management Manage external annotation vendors and internal labeling teams including contracts SLAs quality standards and throughput planning.
• Quality & Process Design and implement robust quality control pipelines annotation tools and feedback loops to ensure high data quality at scale.
• Tooling & Automation Collaborate with engineering teams to optimize annotation infrastructure workflows and data pipelines for efficiency.
• Data Strategy & Governance Ensure privacy security ethics and compliance best practices in annotation workflows.
• Reporting & Metrics Define and track key program metrics (cost quality speed volume) and communicate progress to stakeholders and leadership.
• Internal Adoption Build onboarding processes workflows and change management strategies for internal adoption of AI products.
• Data Quality Leadership Establish and standardize processes to monitor measure and improve data quality across datasets and annotation teams.
• Customer Engagement Collaborate with external customers and research partners on pilots workshops and feedback sessions to drive continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

Skills & Competencies :

Required Skills :

Advanced Project ManagementData Labeling and AnnotationMachine LearningSQL QueryTechnical Program Management

Key Skills

Project Management Methodology,Project / Program Management,Program Management,Management Experience,Microsoft Powerpoint,Project Management,Microsoft Project,Budgeting,DoD Experience,Leadership Experience,Supervising Experience,Contracts

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1