Global Director of Data Operations

Santa Clara CA On-site Full-time

Job Description:

As the Global Director of Data Operations you will own the entire data operations lifecycle across multiple regions. You will build and lead scalable processes for high-quality multimodal robotics data collection annotation and delivery. Your leadership will ensure our global clients receive training-ready datasets that power the next generation of intelligent robots.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Leadership: Develop and execute the global data operations strategy aligning with company goals and client needs in the robotics/AI ecosystem.

End-to-End Process Ownership: Oversee the entire data pipeline: planning collection campaigns managing annotation workflows implementing quality control systems and ensuring timely dataset delivery.

Team & Vendor Management: Build and lead a hybrid team of internal specialists and external vendors. Set performance metrics conduct reviews and foster a culture of quality and efficiency.

Quality & Scale: Design and implement systems to scale operations while maintaining stringent data quality standards for model training. Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) for throughput accuracy and cost.

Cross-functional Collaboration: Act as the primary operations liaison for US-based clients engineering and product teams. Communicate requirements report on progress and drive process improvements based on feedback.

Budget & Compliance: Manage the regional operations budget. Ensure all data collection and handling practices comply with relevant regional regulations and ethical guidelines.

Qualifications

Experience: 10 years in operations program management or data management with at least 5 years in a leadership role. Direct experience in robotics AI data autonomous vehicles or a related technical field is required.

Proven Track Record: Success in building scaling and optimizing complex operational processes in a fast-paced environment.

Leadership: Strong leadership and team management skills with an ownership mindset to drive projects and targets.

Technical Acumen: Ability to understand technical requirements for robotics data (sensors modalities formats). Experience with data QA tools basic scripting (Python) or project management software is a strong plus.

Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to manage stakeholders at all levels.

Strong Plus

MBA or advanced degree.

Experience managing distributed or remote teams.

Network within the US robotics and AI research community.

What we offer

Competitive salary equity and comprehensive benefits.

Opportunity to define the data operations standard for an emerging industry.

Work with world-leading experts and companies in robotics.

Default Benefits:

Health insurance

Vision care

Dental coverage

401(k)

Paid holidays

PTO (Paid Time Off)

Sick leave