Data Quality Partner Lead

Job description

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our Humanoid is designed for corporate tasks targeting labor shortages and jobs that are undesirable or unsafe. We are based in San Jose, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. We are looking for a Data Quality Partner Lead to build Figure’s external annotation and review vendor network from scratch. You will source, evaluate, onboard, and manage the BPOs, specialized labeling firms, and crowdsourcing platforms that extend our data quality capacity. Responsibilities: Requirements: - Own Figure’s external annotation and review vendor strategy end to end, from sourcing through onboarding through ongoing performance management - Build the vendor pipeline from zero by identifying and engaging BPOs, specialized labeling firms, crowdsourcing platforms, and emerging providers in the AI data ecosystem - Run structured evaluations of prospective vendors, including pilots, quality benchmarking, and capacity testing, and make clear recommendations on who to scale with - Translate the Data Quality team’s standards and methodologies into vendor specs, making sure the bar we set internally is the bar our partner...