Handshake
HAI Delivery Ops
ManagerStrategicProjectsIndia
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“Manager Strategic Projects India at Handshake. Skills: process management, cross-functional coordination, vendor/stakeholder management, operational metrics. Lead and manage a team of SPLs. Drive on time, high quality delivery”
Industry & Context.
Sustained periods of high intensity, Early, late, and weekend work, Responsible for getting projects back on track
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
7+ years in operationally intensive roles, 2+ years managing high performing teams, Experience leading complex, multi stakeholder projects
Nice to Have
Prior experience in investment banking, private equity or management consulting, Background in AI data operations, ML ops, or technical services
What You'll Do.
Lead and manage a team of SPLs
high quality delivery
Translate researcher and customer needs
Own performance metrics across portfolio
Ensure a top tier experience for Handshake Fellows
Partner with Product and Engineering to evolve tooling
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partnering with Product and Engineering; Work closely with Strategic Project Leads (SPLs); Work with Operations leadership; Work with Researchers, procurement partners, and Engagement Managers
Process & Methodology
Lead complex, multi stakeholder projects, Translate needs into project plans, Manage project delivery
Full Job Description
About Handshake Handshake was founded on a simple belief that everyone deserves a path to a great career, regardless of where they went to school or who they know. Today, we power 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ employers, and 1,600 educational institutions. In 2025, we started Handshake AI and built the fastest-growing AI data business in history. We work directly with frontier AI lab researchers to create evaluations, publish benchmarks, and push the boundary of data. We’ve grown from $0 to ~$1B run rate and pay ~$60M to over 30K individuals every month. Why join Handshake now: - Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel - Partner hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world’s top educational institutions - Work together with engineers, scientists, operators, and more from Palantir, Meta, Scale AI, and former YC founders - Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue About Handshake AI Human data is the core infrastructure to AI advancement. Frontier AI labs currently improve model capabilities with various data-intensive post-training techniques. We believe that data spend for AI training will increase by 3-5x in the next few years and continue for much longer as models take on new domains. Handshake AI supports all of the frontier AI labs, working on their most complex data at the largest scale. About the Role As Manager, Strategic Projects, you will lead an SPL team that sits at the center of our most critical AI data and evaluation work. This is a high intensity, high visibility role where you own delivery, quality, and scalability across some of our most important customer and lab programs. You will manage a team of SPLs across multiple high stakes AI data projects, set the standard for operational excellence, and act as the connective tissue between customers, researchers, procurement partners, Operations leadership, and Pro
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