TL;DR

Senior Project Manager (AI Data Operations): Overseeing multi-project portfolios for AI training data programs, leading delivery and scale, including capacity planning, vendor management, and process automation. Focus on quality consistency across projects, driving performance improvements, and planning work jointly with the Sr. Quality Analyst.

Location: Remote in Mexico

Company

Welo Data works with technology companies to provide datasets that are high-quality, ethically sourced, relevant, diverse, and scalable to supercharge their AI models.

What you will do

Plan and run a group of projects (collection, labeling, evaluation) end-to-end across time zones.
Run status updates, risk assessments, and executive updates, aligning scope and budget.
Forecast and secure rater/annotator capacity, balancing shifts, throughput, and skills.
Partner with the Sr. Quality Analyst on acceptance criteria, audits, and corrective actions, keeping guidelines aligned.
Identify manual steps, pilot automation with Ops Tech, and scale successful automations.
Set vendor expectations and SLAs, review performance, and drive improvements.

Requirements

Portfolio planning and governance across several projects.
Clear communication with senior clients and internal leaders.
Strong use of spreadsheets, PM/task boards, and basic BI; familiarity with SQL/ETL concepts is a plus.
Sound judgment on scope, time, cost, and quality trade-offs.
Negotiation and escalation skills to resolve risks, issues, and changes.
Comfortable working with global, distributed teams.
Near-native English with strong writing and editorial skills.

Nice to have

Hands-on experience with generative AI tools (text, voice, or video).
Background in QA testing, rubric design, or AI safety/ethics evaluation.
Familiarity with data-annotation platforms and model-evaluation tools.
Ability to interpret code, datasets, and system workflows at a conceptual level.
Multilingual ability beyond English.

Culture & Benefits

Owns outcomes for a portfolio of small/medium projects or a large multi-workstream program.
Works independently; defines delivery approach and engages leaders for non-standard items.
Joint planning and shared responsibility for quality and client outcomes with the Sr. Quality Analyst.

Senior Project Manager (Ai Data Operations)