Manager - Data Annotation (Audio Annotation)

MANAGER DATA ANNOTATION (AUDIO ANNOTATION)

Location: Gurgaon (5 Days Work From Office + 1 Day Work From Home)
Experience: Minimum 3+ Years in Audio Data Annotation
Industry: AI Data Services / Audio Annotation / Operations
Team Size Exposure: Managed 30-50 Annotators (Freelancers / Vendors / Internal Team)

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are hiring a Manager Data Annotation (Audio) to lead large-scale audio annotation projects within our AI Data Services vertical.

This role requires hands-on operational leadership across:

• Audio annotation execution
  • Team management (freelancers, vendors, internal QC)
  • Quality control frameworks
  • Delivery planning & throughput management
  • Client-facing coordination

The ideal candidate must have prior experience managing end-to-end audio annotation projects at scale.

IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in audio data annotation
  • Strong preference for experience on the Appen platform
  • Experience managing distributed freelancer/vendor teams
  • Exposure to handling a total team size of ~50 members
  • Ability to manage at least 200 audio hours per month
  • Proven ability to maintain 96%+ quality accuracy

This is not an entry-level or coordinator role.
This is an execution-heavy leadership role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

PROJECT DELIVERY & EXECUTION

• Lead end-to-end audio annotation projects
  • Plan monthly throughput (minimum 200+ audio hours)
  • Allocate work across freelancers and vendors
  • Monitor daily progress and output quality
  • Ensure on-time delivery within client SLAs

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

• Design and implement QC frameworks
  • Maintain minimum 96%+ accuracy threshold
  • Monitor inter-annotator agreement
  • Identify recurring quality gaps and resolve root causes
  • Conduct retraining sessions for underperforming annotators

TEAM MANAGEMENT

• Manage freelancers, vendors, and internal annotation teams
  • Build capacity planning models
  • Onboard and train new annotators
  • Handle escalations and performance management
  • Maintain productivity dashboards

CLIENT & STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION

• Act as delivery SPOC for audio annotation projects
  • Provide structured updates and quality reports
  • Handle client feedback cycles
  • Implement corrective action plans

TECHNICAL EXPECTATIONS

Strong understanding of:

• Audio segmentation
  • Transcription & timestamping standards
  • Multi-speaker annotation
  • Emotion tagging / speech classification (preferred)
  • Noise labeling / acoustic tagging (preferred)
  • QA workflows & double-blind validation

Experience on platforms like Appen is strongly preferred.

Comfort with:

• Google Sheets / trackers
  • QC reporting dashboards
  • Throughput forecasting
  • Accuracy metric tracking

No hardcore coding required, but structured data comfort is essential.

WHAT KIND OF CANDIDATE WILL SUCCEED HERE

You will do well if you:

• Have managed high-volume audio projects
  • Are detail-oriented with strong quality focus
  • Can handle operational pressure
  • Are comfortable managing large distributed teams
  • Take ownership of delivery outcomes
  • Think in systems, not just tasks

WORK STRUCTURE

• 5 Days Work From Office (Gurgaon)
  • 1 Day Work From Home
  • Standard 810 hour workday
  • Occasional international time overlap may be required
  • Not a fixed night-shift role

Growth is performance-driven and quality-dependent.

ABOUT CONSULTBAE

ConsultBae is a global services firm operating across AI Data Collection & Annotation and Recruitment & Talent Solutions.

We support global clients in building high-quality datasets across 100+ countries through structured execution and automation-driven operations.

Website: www.consultbae.com