Frontier Data Lead – Strategic AI Program Management

Location: Remote; Washington, DC is described as an ideal home base.

Company

hirify.global delivers frontier AI data programs that connect client needs, research, and managed delivery.

What you will do

• Act as the proactive point of contact for client accounts, providing updates on progress, volumes, quality, blockers, milestones, risks, delays, and scope changes.
• Run client check-ins and quarterly business reviews, capture decisions and action items, and maintain visibility into partner goals, research priorities, model roadmaps, and data needs.
• Build stakeholder relationships, own account plans, identify expansion opportunities, and work with the growth team on scoped proposals.
• Connect partner teams with researchers, share partner data challenges and research insights, and facilitate collaborative working sessions.
• Maintain accurate account, program, project, CRM, tracker, and account-plan records; track requests and specification changes through resolution.
• Prepare delivery and account-growth reporting for the Managing Director and leadership, and improve handoffs between sales, project setup, and delivery.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in consulting, program management, account management, or client operations, ideally across several client engagements.
• Excellent written communication and comfort serving as the face of delivery, including communicating difficult news with a proposed plan.
• Strong organization and attention to detail across multiple accounts.
• A consultative, curious approach and a track record of expanding client relationships.
• Ability to translate between technical and business audiences in both directions.
• Experience working closely with an executive and making decisions with incomplete information.
• Self-directed approach, including identifying issues before escalation and opportunities before they become RFPs.

Nice to have

• Experience with AI training data, data labeling, or managed-services delivery.
• Familiarity with how frontier AI labs and enterprise AI teams build and evaluate models.
• Familiarity with Labelbox or similar platforms.
• Comfort with light automation or no-code tools.
• Background in government technology, defense contracting, or policy-adjacent consulting, particularly experience common in the DC metro area.

Culture & Benefits

• Contract engagement with remote work and flexible hours.
• Weekly payouts.
• Quick screening process.
• Success is measured through accurate account visibility, proactive client communication, stronger partner relationships, research collaboration, and growth into new programs.