# Director, AI Data Strategy and Operations

**Company**: Microsoft AI
**Location**: Redmond
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: USD $106,400 – $203,600 per year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://microsoft.ai/job/director-ai-data-strategy-and-operations-3/
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_3f8ea357-63d

## Description

## Summary

Microsoft AI are looking for a talented Director, AI Data Strategy and Operations at their Redmond office. This role sits at the heart of strategic decision-making, turning market data into actionable insights for a company that's revolutionising AI technology. You'll work directly with leadership to shape the company's direction in the AI market.

## About the Role

As a Director, AI Data Strategy and Operations, you will lead post-training data collection, including vendor selection, contract negotiation, and management. You will act as primary data operations POC for key research efforts and pillars, with particular focus on post-training domains. You will support data operations across human data vendors, including tracking POs, spend, amortization schedules, and milestone delivery. You will coordinate cross-functional initiatives across Business Development, Procurement, Legal, Compliance, Finance, and Engineering.

## Accountabilities

- Lead post-training data collection (e.g. human evals, training data), including vendor selection, contract negotiation, and management.

- Act as primary data operations POC for key research efforts and pillars, with particular focus on post-training domains.

- Support data operations across human data vendors, including tracking POs, spend, amortization schedules, and milestone delivery.

- Coordinate cross-functional initiatives across Business Development, Procurement, Legal, Compliance, Finance, and Engineering.

## The Candidate we're looking for

**Experience:**

- Master's Degree in Business Administration or related field AND 3+ years strategy or finance, data operations, program/technical program management, procurement, or finance integration, OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years strategy or finance, data operations, program/technical program management, procurement, or finance integration, OR equivalent experience.

**Technical skills:**

- Proven experience in leading large, cross-functional programs and strategically managing AI data vendor relationships.

- Expertise in managing data operations for AI research organizations and working closely with scientists on data collections.

**Personal attributes:**

- Demonstrated ability to maintain oversee budget/impact tracking systems and cross-functional programs.

- Experience leading large-scale multimodal data programs for AI research organizations.

## Benefits

- Business Strategy IC4 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 – $203,600 per year.

- Business Strategy IC5 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 – $251,900 per year.

## Skills

### Required
- strategy
- finance
- data operations
- program management
- procurement
- finance integration

### Nice to have
- AI data vendor relationships
- data operations for AI research organizations
- budget/impact tracking systems