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AI Annotation Team Lead

Gramian Consulting Group

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Skills

Required

  • interpret complex guidelines

Preferred

  • Manage annotation batches
  • Review client guidelines
  • identify bottlenecks

About Gramian Consulting Group

Gramian Consultancy is a boutique consultancy specializing in IT professional services and engineering talent solutions. With a strong background in software engineering and leadership, we help companies build high-performing teams by matching them with professionals who truly fit their needs.

Responsibilities

  • The ideal candidate has proven team leadership experience, strong operational and communication skills, and the ability to translate complex client guidelines into clear instructions while maintaining consistent quality and performance.
  • Manage annotation batches from project launch through final delivery, ensuring deadlines and quality standards are met.
  • Review client guidelines and translate them into clear, actionable instructions for annotators and Pod Leads.
  • Lead and coordinate annotation teams, establish daily production targets, and maintain appropriate staffing and workload distribution.
  • Monitor productivity, quality, turnaround times, and other operational performance metrics.
  • Conduct coaching, retraining, and remediation to address performance gaps and recurring quality issues.
  • Partner with QA and tooling teams to identify bottlenecks and improve annotation workflows and processes.
  • Identify high-performing team members and support their development toward future leadership responsibilities.
  • Track project progress, identify operational risks and blockers, and communicate updates to the Project Lead.
  • Maintain consistent annotation quality and operational efficiency in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.

Requirements

  • 4–6 years of overall professional experience, including at least 2 years in a team leadership or supervisory role.
  • Proven experience managing teams against productivity, quality, and delivery targets.
  • Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
  • Ability to interpret complex guidelines and convert them into clear instructions and workflows.
  • Experience managing competing priorities, staffing needs, and time-sensitive deliverables.
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to maintaining high-quality output.
  • Availability to work the specified schedule for the full 16-week project.