{"id":14121,"date":"2026-04-17T15:19:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kick-start.us\/?post_type=job_listing&#038;p=14121"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:19:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:19:55","slug":"california-396-transcription-operations-manager-contract","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/kick-start.us\/ko\/vaga\/california-396-transcription-operations-manager-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Transcription Operations Manager (Contract)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\uc804\uccb4 \uc9c1\ubb34 \uc124\uba85<br \/>About Cartesia<br \/>Our mission is to architect AI that learns from and interacts with the world like humans do.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re pioneering the model architectures that will make this possible. Our founding team met as PhDs at the Stanford AI Lab, where we invented State Space Models or SSMs, a new primitive for training efficient, large-scale foundation models. Our team combines deep expertise in model innovation and systems engineering paired with a design-minded product engineering team to build and ship cutting edge models and experiences.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re funded by leading investors at Index Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, along with Factory, Conviction, A Star, General Catalyst, SV Angel, Databricks and others. We&#8217;re fortunate to have the support of many amazing advisors, and 90+ angels across many industries, including the world&#8217;s foremost experts in AI.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>About the Role<\/p>\n<p>We are looking for a Transcription Operations Manager to establish a transcription workflow across 30+ different locales. You will act as the single accountable owner for this critical pipeline, driving end-to-end execution from hiring and training annotators to partnering with our engineering team on tooling.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Your Impact<\/p>\n<p>Own day-to-day transcription operations, successfully delivering ground truth transcripts for 30+ locales.<br \/>Oversee the entire annotator lifecycle: hiring, onboarding, training, calibration, and ongoing performance management.<br \/>Create robust training materials, quizzes, and instructions to ensure annotators meet our exact standards.<br \/>Audit annotator work continuously, providing highly detailed feedback to ensure data integrity.<br \/>Partner closely with the Engineering and Product teams to coordinate requirements and iterate on our internal transcription tools.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What you bring<\/p>\n<p>Strong project management and operational execution skills\u2014you know how to build a process from scratch and see it through to completion.<br \/>Experience managing and calibrating distributed teams, contractors, or annotators.<br \/>A systems-thinking mindset with the ability to translate manual workflows into product\/tooling requirements.<br \/>Extreme attention to detail and a high standard for data accuracy.<br \/>Nice to Have<\/p>\n<p>Background in linguistics, translation, or managing high-quality transcription pipelines.<br \/>Basic technical proficiency (e.g., SQL, Python, or experience with AI coding assistants) to help streamline workflows.<br \/>Prior experience working with quality control, audio data, transcription, or linguistics.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Details<\/p>\n<p>Rate: $25-40\/hr<br \/>Hours: 20-40 hrs a week<br \/>Duration: Initial 3 months (with potential for extension)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please Note:\u00a0This position is a contractor role and is not eligible for the full-time employee (FTE) benefits listed below. Contractors are engaged on an independent basis and do not receive company-sponsored health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, or some of the other benefits outlined in this posting, which apply exclusively to permanent FTE positions<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More Details<br \/>In-office policy:\u00a0We\u2019re an in-person team based out of offices in San Francisco, London and Bangalore We love being in the office, hanging out together, and learning from each other every day.<\/p>\n<p>Visa sponsorship:\u00a0We provide visa sponsorship support and assess each circumstance on a case-by-case basis. However, visa sponsorship is dependent on many factors, including the role you are applying for, and the location you are going to be based, and so we can&#8217;t always guarantee success. Your Recruiter will work with you to understand your visa sponsorship needs from the first call.<\/p>\n<p>We ship fast.\u00a0All of our work is novel and cutting edge, and execution speed is paramount. We have a high bar, and we don\u2019t sacrifice quality or design along the way.<\/p>\n<p>We support each other.\u00a0We have an open &amp; inclusive culture that\u2019s focused on giving everyone the resources they need to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our Benefits<\/p>\n<p>Compensation.\u00a0Competitive base salary alongside attractive equity package.<\/p>\n<p>Commuter Allowance. A monthly stipend to help you get to and from the office.<\/p>\n<p>Flexible PTO. Take as much time as you need to recharge your batteries.<\/p>\n<p>Meals &amp; Snacks. 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