Senior Project Manager- Data Collection - weloglobal

Welo Data, a Welo Global brand, is the multilingual data and evaluation partner for foundation labs and enterprises deploying GenAI systems globally. They deliver the human judgment, data infrastructure, and evaluation systems that ensure AI models perform reliably across languages, cultures, and real-world contexts, at every stage from training through deployment.  Its global network of 500,000+ vetted experts spans 300+ languages and locales, enabling high-quality multilingual data creation and structured model evaluation across the full spectrum of modern AI applications — from large language models and voice and speech systems to agentic workflows and robotics and embodied AI. This breadth of linguistic, cultural, and domain expertise enables Welo Data to address critical AI development challenges, including safety, bias, inclusivity, and cross-lingual reliability. A unified global operating model, led by specialized program and quality experts and grounded in assessment-driven talent selection, localized rubrics, and continuous calibration, ensures consistent performance across languages, domains, and modalities. Underpinning all of this is NIMO™ (Network Identity Management and Operations), Welo Data's proprietary identity and fraud-prevention framework. Built to maintain data integrity and workforce trust across a global contributor base, NIMO combines advanced verification, continuous monitoring, and structured QA to ensure every dataset is accurate, traceable, and culturally grounded. welodata.ai

The Senior Project Manager oversees a portfolio of Data Collection (DC) projects across onsite, studio, and remote modalities. Leads delivery and scale: contributor capacity planning, vendor management, and process improvement. Ensures quality is consistent across projects, drives performance improvements, and plans work jointly with the Quality team. Ensures financial performance and compliance requirements are met across all DC projects in the portfolio.

Main responsibilities

• DC function build-out: Support the Senior Manager DC in building operational capability - contribute to SOP development, tool evaluation, process design, and piloting new collection modalities as the function scales.
• Portfolio delivery: Plan and run a portfolio of DC projects (onsite, studio, remote) end-to-end; set priorities, milestones, and handoffs across time zones.
• Governance & reporting: Maintain DC portfolio tracker and dashboard; run regular delivery reviews covering project status, contributor pipeline, and quality outcomes (status, risk, escalations); flag risks and escalations to Senior Manager DC with clear options and impact.
• Capacity planning: Forecast and secure contributor capacity across modalities, locales, and project types for the portfolio; flag capacity risks and cross-programme conflicts.