We are looking for an experienced Workforce Recruitment & Operations Lead to build, scale, and manage a large database of US-based freelance annotators supporting an Amazon speech-data/AI program.

Key Responsibilities

- Recruit and onboard several hundred US-based freelance annotators.
- Build and maintain a high-quality, scalable annotator database.
- Manage testing, qualification, onboarding, certification, and workforce activation.
- Coordinate US identity and location verification and support fraud-prevention processes.
- Track workforce availability, capacity, productivity, quality, and assignment status.
- Manage piece-rate payments based on accepted and approved work.
- Maintain an active bench of qualified annotators for rapid project ramp-ups.
- Monitor performance and quality; remove low performers and continuously replenish the workforce.
- Partner closely with US Operations, Quality, and Program teams to meet project requirements.
- Develop workforce processes, dashboards,



and reporting to improve scalability and operational efficiency.

Required Qualifications
- 6–10+ years of experience in workforce recruitment, operations, crowdsourcing, or vendor management.
- Experience managing large freelance/contractor workforces, preferably in AI data annotation, transcription, speech, localization, or similar programs.
- Hands-on experience with US contractor recruitment and workforce management.
- Robust understanding of high-volume recruitment, qualification testing, onboarding, and certification.
- Experience with identity verification, fraud prevention, and quality/performance management.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to operate in a high-volume, fast-paced, metrics-driven environment.

📌 US Annotation Workforce Recruitment & Operations Lead (Hyderabad)
🏢 PanAscent Technologies
📍 Hyderabad