Nvidia

AI/ML

TechnicalProgramManager,DatasetOperations

$168–322k Santa Clara, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Technical Program Manager, Dataset Operations at Nvidia. Skills: Technical Program Management, Dataset Operations, AI/ML Data Pipelines, Vendor Management, Data Quality. Lead the end-to-end management of large-scale, multi-modal datasets that power next-generation Physical AI systems. Focus heavily on vendor-sourced data pipelines, ensuring data quality, compliance, scalability, and alignment with research and product goals”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensuring data quality, compliance, scalability, and alignment with research and product goals; Driving execution across complex, high-stakes data programs; Ensuring that we can reliably acquire, manage, and scale the data needed to train next-generation systems

Industry & Context.

AI/ML

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of experience as a TPM, Product Ops, or similar role in AI/ML or data-intensive systems, Masters degree (or equivalent experience), Proven experience managing external vendors or large-scale data programs, understanding of ML data pipelines and dataset lifecycle, Ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-moving research environments, Familiarity with one or more: Computer vision / video datasets, Robotics / embodied AI data, Autonomous driving datasets, Understanding of Annotation workflows, Understanding of Data quality evaluation, Understanding of Dataset biases and coverage challenges, program structuring skills (clear specs, milestones, tracking), Ability to convert high-level goals into concrete execution plans, Comfortable working across research, engineering, and external partner

Nice to Have

Experience with multi-modal datasets (video, sensor, action data), Background in robotics, self-driving, or AR/VR, Experience building vendor ecosystems from scratch, Familiarity with data compliance (GDPR, privacy, licensing constraints)

What You'll Do.

Lead the end-to-end management of large-scale

multi-modal datasets that power next-generation Physical AI systems

Focus heavily on vendor-sourced data pipelines

ensuring data quality

and alignment with research and product goals

Operate at the intersection of research

driving execution across complex

high-stakes data programs

Own the lifecycle of large-scale datasets across modalities

Manage external data vendors end-to-end

Establish scalable processes for multi-vendor coordination

Translate research and model requirements into clear

enforceable data specs

Define and track data quality metrics

Drive continuous improvement via structured feedback loops with vendors

Partner with Research teams

Align dataset strategy with model training and product timelines

Build frameworks for Dataset versioning and traceability

Build frameworks for Vendor performance benchmarking

Build frameworks for Cost vs. quality optimization

Drive automation where possible

but maintain operational rigor

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with Research teams (to understand evolving model needs); Partner with Engineering teams (data pipelines, storage, tooling); Partner with Legal/compliance (data usage rights, privacy, licensing)

Process & Methodology

program structuring skills (clear specs, milestones, tracking), Ability to convert high-level goals into concrete execution plans, Scope definition, onboarding, contracting, Delivery tracking, quality control, iteration loops

Full Job Description

We are looking for a Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead the end-to-end management of large-scale, multi-modal datasets that power next-generation Physical AI systems. This role will focus heavily on vendor-sourced data pipelines, ensuring data quality, compliance, scalability, and alignment with research and product goals. You will operate at the intersection of research, engineering, data vendors, and legal/compliance, driving execution across complex, high-stakes data programs. **What You’ll Be Doing:** Dataset & Vendor Program Management * Own the lifecycle of large-scale datasets across modalities: * Ego-centric video (AR/VR, human interaction) * Robotics data (manipulation, embodied AI) * Autonomous driving data (multi-sensor, multi-agent) * Manage external data vendors end-to-end: * Scope definition, onboarding, and contracting * Data specification and annotation guidelines * Delivery tracking, quality control, and iteration loops * Establish scalable processes for multi-vendor coordination Data Quality & Specification * Translate research and model requirements into clear, enforceable data specs * Define and track data quality metrics (coverage, diversity, labeling accuracy, temporal consistency) * Drive continuous improvement via structured feedback loops with vendors Cross-Functional Execution * Partner with: * Research teams (to understand evolving model needs) * Engineering teams (data pipelines, storage, tooling) * Legal/compliance (data usage rights, privacy, licensing) * Align dataset strategy with model training and product timelines Scaling Data Systems * Build frameworks for: * Dataset versioning and traceability * Vendor performance benchmarking * Cost vs. quality optimization * Drive automation where possible, but maintain strong operational rigor **What we need to see:** * 5+ years of experience as a TPM, Product Ops, or similar role in AI/ML or data-intensive systems and Masters degree (or equivalent experience) * Proven experience managing

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