General Manager, Data Operations

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a team of Data Product Operations Leads to spin up and scale data pipelines from early experiments to production systems generating high-quality audio data at scale.
• Act as thought partner to executive leadership on evolving and scaling delivery capabilities for customer needs.
• Monitor and improve pipeline health, spotting issues in sourcing, quality, or process early and owning end-to-end solutions.
• Use metrics to drive decisions, tracking throughput, quality, and cost to guide prioritization and investments.
• Work with researchers at leading AI labs to identify new model capabilities and turn them into concrete data workflows and project plans.
• Partner with internal research team to design and test new data shapes unlocking frontier model capabilities.
• Own outcomes across functions, designing systems, managing execution, unblocking bottlenecks, and ensuring delivery at prototype and production scale.

Requirements

• 5–10 years of experience in high-ownership roles (e.g., founder, GM, COO, or strategy/ops at a venture-backed startup).
• Prior experience scaling large-scale operational efforts at high-growth startups or fast-paced companies.
• Technical fluency with data and operations; SQL proficiency required.
• Prior experience designing and scaling systems, processes, and teams across different customer segments and product lines.
• Relentless operator with high standards, bias to action, and strong attention to detail.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid pace; thrives in a "build while flying" environment.
• Low-ego, collaborative, and mission-driven, focused on team and company success.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in data, ML, or large-scale operations.
• Background in CS, industrial engineering, or similar.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO.
• Top-notch health, dental, and vision coverage with 100% coverage for most plans.
• FSA & HSA access.
• 401k access.
• Meals 2x daily through DoorDash + snacks and beverages at office.
• Unlimited company-sponsored Barry’s classes.