Role Overview
The Senior Program Manager, Data Operations at Deepgram is a remote position based in the United States that suits a hands-on, systems-minded builder ready to design and execute voice data programs. This professional will operate within the Data Operations department to transform abstract modeling goals into concrete data strategies and pipelines.
Key Responsibilities
Design, launch, and manage end-to-end data workflows starting from raw audio ingestion all the way to production-ready datasets.
Create and evolve labeling specifications, style guides, and instructional documentation tailored for global annotation teams.
Spot opportunities for improved tooling, automation, and workflow optimization, then lead their implementation.
Translate product goals and model requirements into actionable data creation strategies.
Own the complete lifecycle of assigned domains, taking accountability for final model outcomes rather than simple data hand-offs.
Prototype and deploy data tools and infrastructure while partnering with Research and Engineering teams.
Track advancements in speech AI research and evolving market use cases to shape labeling approaches.
Partner with QA and evaluation leads to deliver high-quality, human-in-the-loop datasets and benchmarks.
Manage, mentor, and track the performance of data vendors, freelancers, and potential internal individual contributors.
Curate and refine datasets to match specific product goals, linguistic coverage, and research hypotheses.
Requirements
Demonstrated experience owning data, machine learning, or operations programs end-to-end in product or program management roles.
Technical fluency that enables effective communication with technical teams regarding data quality, evaluation, and model impact.
Strong systems thinking capabilities to reason from fundamentals and design scalable solutions.
A proven history of prioritization under constraint, including sequencing and resource allocation.
Exceptional operating instincts focused on scoping, sequencing, assigning, and shipping work efficiently.
A proven ability to design and build entirely scalable processes rather than merely managing existing ones.
Nice to Have
Direct exposure to speech, audio, automatic speech recognition, or text-to-speech data complexities.
Familiarity with multilingual, code-switched, low-resource, or domain-specific data sets.
Experience utilizing active-learning or data-selection methodologies.
Previous background working within startups or high-ambiguity environments.
Skills and Tools
End-to-end data pipeline design and execution
Labeling specification and style guide creation
Tool and infrastructure prototyping
Vendor and team management
Workflow optimization and automation
Cross-functional collaboration with research and engineering
Salary and Benefits
Annual base salary ranging from $152,200 to $208,400 USD.
About the Company
Deepgram operates as a leading platform behind the Voice AI economy, delivering real-time APIs for speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and production-grade voice agents. Over 200,000 developers and 1,300 organizations utilize voice offerings powered by the company. Backed by a recent Series C funding round, the organization has processed over 50,000 years of audio and transcribed more than 1 trillion words.
How to Apply
Visit the official Deepgram careers page to submit an application for this remote position.
