Senior Human Evaluation Manager
Description For Senior Human Evaluation Manager
Apple Maps is seeking an experienced leader to head their human evaluation team in a role that combines data science, quality assurance, and team leadership. This position offers an exciting opportunity to shape the quality and relevance of Apple Maps features through data-driven insights and strategic direction.
The role demands a seasoned professional with at least 5 years of leadership experience in cross-functional environments, though 8+ years is preferred. You'll be responsible for managing teams that provide crucial data and insights to improve Apple's products and services, working closely with analysts, data scientists, and engineers across the organization.
Key responsibilities include developing comprehensive human evaluation strategies, implementing quality assurance protocols, and overseeing data collection and analysis processes. The role requires someone who can balance technical expertise with strong leadership skills, as you'll be driving multiple concurrent projects while ensuring high-quality data standards are maintained.
The position offers a competitive compensation package ranging from $175,700 to $349,600 base salary, plus additional benefits including stock options, comprehensive healthcare, and education reimbursement. This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about data quality, AI/ML technologies, and leading teams in a world-class technology company.
The ideal candidate will bring experience with search relevance, data quality best practices, and AI/ML/LLM technologies. Knowledge of crowdsourced platforms like Figure-Eight and Mechanical Turk is valuable, as is experience with vendor crowd management. You'll be working at Apple's Cupertino location, contributing to products that impact millions of users worldwide.
This role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technology while leading and developing a team of professionals. You'll be part of shaping the future of Apple Maps while working in an environment that values innovation, quality, and user experience. The position combines technical expertise with leadership opportunities, making it ideal for someone looking to make a significant impact in a leading technology company.
Responsibilities For Senior Human Evaluation Manager
- Collaborate cross-functionally with analysts, data science, engineering and other teams
- Oversee team efforts to design guidance for data collection, grading, analysis, and interpretation
- Lead design and implementation of quality assurance protocols
- Develop and implement human evaluation strategies and tools
- Define high-quality data standards across projects
- Drive development of manual and automated processes for labeled data
- Drive execution and delivery of technical projects
- Design and conduct experiments for evaluating rater quality
- Analyze qualitative and quantitative data for actionable insights
Requirements For Senior Human Evaluation Manager
- 5+ years of leadership and experience managing a team in cross-functional environment
- Extraordinary leadership, communication, and organizational skills
- Meticulous, strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience with Search Relevance and Search Quality
- Knowledge of data quality concepts, challenges, and best practices
- Experience with AI/ML/LLM
- Experience using crowd sourced platforms
Benefits For Senior Human Evaluation Manager
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- Retirement benefits
- Employee stock programs
- Education reimbursement
- Discretionary restricted stock unit awards
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Discretionary bonuses
- Relocation benefits
- Product discounts
- Free services
