Job Description
Job Description
We're ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.
As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.
When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you'll collaborate on some of the world's toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.
Our team is looking for an experienced operations people leader to manage a team of 20-30+ data collectors and annotators for physical data generation. This person will be responsible for delivering data output while ensuring efficient operations, maintaining quality standards, and optimizing workflow processes. They will be the primary point of contact between the annotation and data collection staff and the customer team within our organization.
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR DATA COLLECTION OPERATIONS MANAGER
Leadership
- Manage daily operations of Data Collection and Annotation teams
- Serve as main interface point between data collection and research teams
- Manage team headcount needs and coordinate hiring, when needed
- Own and refine the job profiles for the data collection and annotation teams
- Create and maintain team schedules and rotation plans
- Conduct regular team meetings to relay team updates
- Develop and implement onboarding and training materials
- Set and monitor productivity goals and KPIs
- Manage team member performance and provide coaching
- Ensure compliance with safety protocols and procedures
- Create and maintain standard operating procedures
- Contribute to the improvement of data collection methodology
Software
Manage project tracking systems (e.g. Jira / Asana) for team task assignmentCreate data reports and dashboards for management to understand program performanceMaintain detailed documentation of data collection processes and outcomesTriage software issues and route them to the correct partner team to resolveMonitor ongoing software skillset needs on the teamTrack software updates and maintenance schedules with software engineering partnersHardware
Triage hardware issues and route them to the correct partner team to resolveMonitor ongoing hardware skillset needs on the teamSupervise workspace organization and safety standardsEnsure proper equipment handling and storage protocols across the teamsTrack and implement hardware upgrades alongside hardware engineering partnersManage equipment training programsREQUIRED SKILLS :
5+ years people management experience10+ years of professional experienceProven team leadership experience managing 20+ operations associates or similarExperience in a business operations leadership role, with responsibility for hitting KPIsExperience performing or managing data collection / annotation, especially in a robotics or autonomous vehicle contextStrong interpersonal and communication skillsStrong organizational skillsExperience defining metrics, pulling data (e.g. SQL), and building dashboards with that data from the ground upSufficient technical ability to interface with software and hardware engineering for supportPREFERRED SKILLS :
Experience operating robotsExperience with physical world simulationExperience running basic commands on a terminalExperience with virtual reality devicesStrong understanding of 6S methodology and processes to improve and maintain workspace organizationSALARY RANGE :
$75,000 - 100,000 per yearThe actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate's combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience.ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression or veteran status.
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Compliance Notice : Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
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