Technical Project Manager, Applied AI – Contract

LILT

. Own end-to-end program plans from pilot and calibration through scaled production and final delivery .

Posted 10/6/2026contractLondon • United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £5,000 - £7,000 per monthWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing high-volume service delivery programs, ensuring quality and timely execution while leading multilingual teams. Proficient in data-driven decision-making and maintaining compliance with privacy and data handling standards.

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Program ManagementData AnnotationQuality Assurance for AI Training DataMultilingual Team LeadershipFluency in Additional Language

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Hard Skills

Data-Driven Decision MakingForecastingQuality EvaluationTranscriptionLocalizationContent OperationsSpeech DatasetsASR Training DataAnnotation PlatformsJira

Soft Skills

CommunicationLeadershipCollaborationProblem-SolvingTraining and Feedback

Industry Keywords

BPOService DeliveryPrivacy ComplianceData HandlingMultilingual Delivery

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end program plans from pilot and calibration through scaled production and final delivery
Align scope, staffing, and milestones with customer requirements
Monitor output against volume and timeline targets, forecast delivery, and adjust capacity or workflows
Lead readiness reviews, quality checkpoints, and acceptance milestones
Manage delivery costs against budget and margin targets
Assemble and lead multilingual delivery teams
Align team capacity and capabilities with program goals
Foster performance through clear expectations, training, and feedback
Ensure AI datasets meet customer standards and improve model capabilities
Collaborate with language experts, Quality, and Research on continuous improvement
Maintain privacy, confidentiality, and secure handling of customer data
Serve as a key delivery contact alongside the account team
Communicate progress, risks, and trade-offs to customers and internal stakeholders
Drive cross-functional alignment, issue resolution, and decisions
Partner with Engineering on tooling and automation improvements
Develop reusable processes and playbooks for scalable language programs

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years managing high-volume, deadline-driven service delivery in data annotation, transcription, localization, content operations, BPO or a comparable field
Demonstrated success leading distributed teams to meet demanding delivery and quality goals
Strong ability to use data, dashboards, and forecasting to guide decisions on delivery, quality, and cost
Working knowledge of quality assurance for AI training data, including evaluation, sampling, and acceptance criteria
Excellent written English and ability to write unambiguous instructions for multilingual contributors
Comfortable bringing structure to ambiguous requirements and leading programs in evolving environments
Able to commit for the full contract term
Experience with speech or audio datasets, ASR training data, or transcription
Experience building or managing multilingual teams across international markets
Experience delivering programs with privacy, confidentiality, and secure data-handling requirements
Familiarity with annotation platforms and Jira
Fluency in an additional language; experience working with low-resource languages is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Potential for contract extension
Global collaboration and growth opportunities