AI Data Operations Lead

Responsibilities

• Own contributor acquisition, activation, and retention strategy and execution to drive data collection.
• Identify and launch operations in new geographies, managing localization and community building.
• Coordinate with engineering, product, and ops teams to develop new hardware, software, and operational systems.
• Manage data dashboards to track volume, quality, and throughput metrics, identifying and fixing bottlenecks.
• Source and manage relationships with local partners, agencies, and vendors to accelerate growth.
• Act as the connective tissue between field contributors and internal teams to translate feedback into product improvements.

Requirements

• 4+ years in investment banking, management consulting, corporate development, growth, or startup operations.
• Ability to rapidly build and deploy apps or agents using AI coding tools.
• Experience working across different cultures or in international markets.
• Strong project management instincts with the ability to manage multiple contributors and sites simultaneously.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Commitment to 5 days/week in-office collaboration in San Jose, CA.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience scaling consumer mobile applications or marketplace platforms.
• Background in AI/ML companies or experience with data collection for machine learning.
• Prior experience in emerging markets or managing distributed workforces.
• Fluency in additional languages.
• Experience managing physical-world operations such as field crews or hardware logistics.

About the Company

Figure is an AI robotics company developing autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. Our goal is to ship humanoid robots with human-level intelligence capable of performing a variety of tasks in both home and commercial markets.