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Toloka · Operations · Posted 2026-09-23

Freelance AI Data Project Manager

Toloka · United States

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Company Intro

At  Toloka AI  we create data that powers leading GenAI models and innovations. We work with frontier labs, big tech, renowned AI startups, enterprises and non-profit research organizations worldwide. We use a combination of Experts + Crowd + Tech Platform to teach AI models to reason and evaluate their efficacy and safety. We have experts in more than 50 different domains—from doctors and lawyers to physicists and engineers—and boast one of the most diverse global crowds,  representing over   100 countries and speaking 40+ languages . We are a well-funded startup with an enviable portfolio of clients including  Anthropic ,  Amazon ,  Microsoft ,  poolside ,  Recraft , and  Shopify .

Recently, we secured strategic investment led by  Bezos Expeditions  with participation from  Mikhail Parakhin ,  CTO of Shopify  and board advisor to leading GenAI companies, who now serves as our Chairman of the Board. Our remote-first team is globally distributed around the world:  USA ,  UK ,  the Netherlands , Serbia , and more. We are headquartered in Amsterdam.

About position

We're seeking a Freelance AI Data Project Manager who will join our Delivery team and will build, drive and maintain our client’s solutions. Joining us in this role means you will lead a virtual cross-functional team managing successful project implementation. This involves both client communication and internal coordination.

The team consists of talented engineers of different kinds, supply managers and other departments on an ‘as needed’ basis. This is a key role for us to ensure we deliver the best possible experience for our clients and enable us to constantly grow our business.

Example Projects

SFT (supervised fine tuning) data generation pipeline producing thousands of prompts and completions weekly across several languages and domains of knowledge;

Evaluation pipeline helping to estimate LLMs’ responses quality and reaching a throughput of hundred thousands weekly;

A red-teaming project helping to collect malicious prompts of different kinds to ensure models’ safety.

Key Responsibilities

Take ultimate ownership for all delivery team projects, including data quality, delivery timelines, unit economics and overall transparency for stakeholders;

Lead a cross-functional delivery team ensuring projects are on track, any issues and risks are highlighted and resolved proactively;

Own operations of the delivery team: including internal and external communication, activities planning, posting summaries and status updates, conducting retros etc.;

Drive and motivate the team, seek out change to increase the organization’s efficiency;

Help roll out improvements to the delivery team focussing on increased adoption and providing feedback for further improvements.

Qualifications

Experience leading  technical cross-functional teams ;

Experience  managing   complex projects  including discovery, decomposition, scope planning, implementation and adoption;

Client facing experience ;

Being generally agile, able to switch quickly to new domains and subjects;

Consulting ,  Tech ,  Competitors  background is a big plus;

Good understanding of LLMs and their life cycle in particular;

Experience in  data generation ;

Experience and proactiveness in suggesting process changes is appreciated;

Proven experience in the  AI space , including working with clients and managing teams or projects at scale.

What we can offer

Freelance (B2B) collaboration , with a path into a project team if things go well;

Flexible, fully remote schedule ( 40 hours per week );

Work at the leading edge of AI development, alongside a dedicated and dynamic team of experts;

Projects with customers that are AI industry leaders and well-known household names;

Friendly community.

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