Freelance AI Data Project Manager | Physical AI

Company Intro

At Toloka AI, our mission is to connect human expertise and real-world experience with the AI systems shaping the future. For more than a decade, we’ve built the technology, global contributor network, and data operations that help leading AI companies train and evaluate advanced models.

Today, we work with frontier labs, big tech, leading AI startups, enterprises, and research organizations worldwide. Our network spans 100+ countries and 40+ languages, with experts across 50+ domains. Our clients include Anthropic, Amazon, Microsoft, Poolside, Recraft, and Shopify.

Recently, we secured strategic investment led by Bezos Expeditions, with participation from Mikhail Parakhin, CTO of Shopify, who now serves as our Chairman of the Board. Our remote-first team is globally distributed.

Physical AI at Toloka

Toloka is expanding into Physical AI, applying our experience in large-scale AI data collection to systems that interact with the physical world. We collect and produce real-world data across egocentric and exocentric video, human demonstrations, teleoperation, and multisensory data.

About the Role

Frontier AI companies partner with Toloka to build the data behind frontier AI systems. As a Freelance AI Data Project Manager on our Physical AI team, you will:

• Own and scale Physical AI data collection programs from pilot to production.
• Work directly with researchers and technical teams at leading AI labs.
• Lead global operations across egocentric, exocentric, teleoperation, and multisensory data.
• Coordinate engineering, hardware, supply, quality, and contributor networks to deliver against ambitious quality, throughput, cost, and timeline targets.

This is a hands-on role for someone excited by frontier AI, fast iteration, and a fast-paced environment. 

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the end-to-end execution of complex Physical AI data projects.
• Build deep client relationships with researchers and technical teams at frontier AI companies.
• Orchestrate the work of thousands of contributors and collection partners across global markets.
• Own data quality, throughput, delivery timelines, and unit economics.
• Lead cross-functional teams across engineering, supply, quality, analytics, and operations.
• Ensure high-quality execution under fast-moving requirements and demanding timelines.
• Build and improve the processes needed to take new data programs from pilot to global scale.

What You Bring

• Mindset: High ownership, bias for action, comfort with ambiguity, and energy for a fast-moving environment.
• Experience: Proven success in startups, technology, consulting, operations, or other demanding environments.
• Analytical ability: Strong problem-solving skills; comfortable using data to diagnose issues, make trade-offs, and drive decisions.
• Communication: Clear, confident communicator who can work effectively with technical teams, senior stakeholders, and customers.
• Pace: Customer requests are often time-sensitive, with aggressive timelines that require rapid execution, quick iteration, and the ability to adapt as requirements change.

What we can offer

• Freelance collaboration (B2B) via the OnTop freelance platform.
• Flexible, fully remote schedule (40 hours per week).
• Salary: $120K–$180K per year
• You’ll have the opportunity to work on highly innovative projects at the leading edge of AI development, together with a genuinely dedicated and dynamic team of experts.
• You’ll also be working on projects with customers that are AI industry leaders and well-known household names.
• Friendly community.
• Fully remote

We know great candidates don’t always check every box. If this role excites you and you believe you can make an impact, we encourage you to apply.

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