[Hiring] Project Manager @Pillar Labs

Role Description

We’re looking for a Project Manager to help lead complex, multi-phase annotation initiatives from planning through execution. This role combines strategic oversight, operational coordination, and people management. This looks like owning projects end to end, meeting client and internal quality standards, and supporting the continued growth of our annotator community.

You’ll collaborate closely with the Pillar Labs core team, project specialists, and reviewers to:

• Translate goals into actionable workflows
• Monitor project health
• Drive continuous improvement across quality, efficiency, and engagement

As a member of a small and fast-moving team, you’ll also contribute to broader operational efforts that help Pillar Labs scale effectively as we expand our research and production capabilities.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects in AI training, data operations, product operations, or a related analytical/technical field.
• Experience at an early-stage or scaling startup, or in product operations or annotation project environments, where systems and roles are still being built.
• Overlap with UK/European business hours.

Requirements

• Plan, execute, and monitor multiple initiatives simultaneously, balancing speed, quality, and clarity without losing sight of long-term goals.
• Excel at building and scaling operational systems: identify inefficiencies, design sustainable workflows, and implement improvements with measurable impact.
• Fluent in metrics-driven decision-making: use data to identify risks, measure progress, and drive alignment across teams.
• Communicate with precision and confidence: translate technical, ambiguous, or evolving information into clear action plans and decisions.
• Demonstrate structured problem-solving under ambiguity: break down loosely defined goals into actionable, trackable steps.
• Bring strong interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills, balancing empathy with accountability in working with leadership/founders, engineers, researchers, reviewers, experts, and annotators alike.

Benefits

• Support light operational or administrative tasks as needed during high-growth or transition phases.