Program Manager, Customer Operations Planning
Job Description:
As Scale continues to grow as the top provider of data products and services to Generative AI companies across the globe, our Customer Operations Planning team is growing along with it to meet that demand. The team oversees a variety of critical work streams that help Scale to maximize its operational resources to have the greatest impact in helping our customers advance the state of the art in Generative AI technology. These work streams include demand forecasting, new project intake, staffing and resource allocation tracking, and customer delivery attainment.
We are looking for a Program Manager to build, develop, and execute across these work streams and others. You will work with stakeholders across the delivery operations, engagement management, sales, finance, analytics, product, business operations, and leadership teams to fulfill your goals.You will:
Build and maintain analytical systems to:
- Manage Scale’s customer demand forecasting system, working with Engagement Managers and Account Executives
- Translate demand signal into financial projections, working in coordination with Scale’s Finance team.
- Track staffing assignments and availability across Scale’s GenAI operations team, working with ops leaders to drive allocation decision making
- Access key operational and financial performance data for Scale’s GenAI projects
Apply operational insight to:
- Vet new projects and opportunities that come to Scale’s GenAI team with ops resourcing and capabilities in mind
- Track operational attainment of forecasted demand across GenAI project teams, understanding where there are operational gaps that need to be filled
Flex problem-solving skills to:
- Identify and escalate project and account-level operational risks
- Work with ops stakeholders to develop methods to effectively investigate and solve operational challenges
- Continuously seek ways to improve and streamline Customer Operations Planning systems and processes
Ideally you’d have:
- Degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Math, Engineering, Economics, Computer Science, etc.)
- 3+ years of experience in an analytical and/or operational role
- Proficiency in SQL + advanced skills in Sheets and/or Excel
- Proficiency in project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, etc.)
- Experience working at a B2B-focused company strongly preferred
- An action-oriented mindset that balances creative problem solving with the scrappiness to ultimately deliver results
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, working within cross-functional environments
- Leadership skills to guide and mentor more junior members of the team
- An eye for and appreciation of the importance of detail
Nice to haves:
- A solid understanding of Generative AI technology
- Python proficiency
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About Us:
At Scale, we believe that the transition from traditional software to AI is one of the most important shifts of our time. Our mission is to make that happen faster across every industry, and our team is transforming how organizations build and deploy AI. Our products power the world's most advanced LLMs, generative models, and computer vision models. We are trusted by generative AI companies such as OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft, government agencies like the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, and enterprises including GM and Accenture. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.
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Scale AI
- 📍 US (San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY)
- 📝 Full Time
- 💰 USD $108,000 - $125,000
- 📅 1 day ago