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You will maintain the partnership with Engineering leaders to land big outcomes, pushing teams to land impact with high leverage and hold leaders to account\r\nDrive flagship programs directly: Data platform, data pipelines, enrichment & curation, labelling / annotation, and dataset management and quality\r\nEstablish scalable practices: Planning cadences, governance, KPIs and dashboards, escalations and operational reviews\r\nAlign cross-functionally: Work with data, ML, engineering, and external data / annotation suppliers; manage dependencies, risk, and trade-offs\r\nConnect to outcomes and represent the data org: Tie delivery to data quality, throughput, cost, and time-to-insight, and represent the data org in company-level reviews\r\nBenefits\r\nPrivate healthcare: Choose our optional health insurance for comprehensive coverage for you and your family.\r\nPaid time off: Paid vacation plus public holidays and additional leave programs, ensuring you have time to unwind.\r\nMental health resources: Through Spill, you can access therapy and mental health support.\r\nCommunity and socials: Join clubs or attend team socials to connect over hobbies, sports, or just for fun.\r\nCompetitive compensation: Our compensation package includes cash and equity, making you a true partner in our success.\r\nLearning and development: Budgets for books, courses, and company-wide training to support your continuous growth.\r\nQualifications\r\n(The first four are our must-haves.)\r\nClear, data-driven communicator: You set direction with clarity and steer with the right metrics\r\nSolid understanding of Machine Learning, GPUs and training and inference of 500M-20B parameter models\r\nExperience with data ingestion from raw data to processing through different stages and pipelines. 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