AI Annotation Team Lead

About the role

Gramian Consultancy, a boutique consultancy specialising in IT professional services and engineering talent solutions, is looking for an experienced AI Annotation Team Lead. You will oversee annotation teams that produce accurate, high-quality AI training data, manage daily workflows, guide annotators and Pod Leads, and monitor productivity and quality metrics. Work involves tight deadlines, often within 24-hour turnaround windows.

Key responsibilities

• Manage annotation batches from project launch through final delivery, meeting deadlines and quality standards.
• Review client guidelines and turn them into clear, actionable instructions for annotators and Pod Leads.
• Lead and coordinate annotation teams, set daily production targets and balance staffing and workload.
• Monitor productivity, quality, turnaround times and other operational metrics.
• Coach, retrain and remediate performance gaps and recurring quality issues.
• Work with QA and tooling teams to remove bottlenecks and improve workflows.
• Support high performers' development toward future leadership roles.
• Track project progress, flag risks and blockers and update the Project Lead.

Required profile

• 4-6 years of overall professional experience, including at least 2 years in a team leadership or supervisory role.
• Proven experience managing teams against productivity, quality and delivery targets.
• Ability to interpret complex guidelines and turn them into clear instructions and workflows.
• Experience managing competing priorities, staffing needs and time-sensitive deliverables.
• Availability to work the specified schedule for the full 16-week project.