Strategic Project Lead - Audio

 Position Overview

We are seeking a Strategic Project Lead to own end-to-end delivery and growth for audio and multimodal AI initiatives. This is a client-facing, builder role at the forefront of AI — spanning audio, speech, language, and multimodal systems. The scope includes both commercial and technical ownership. You’ll identify opportunities for collaboration, define the structure and terms of each engagement, and ensure successful delivery across internal and external teams.

Success in this role requires the ability to navigate early-stage problem spaces, build trust with technical stakeholders, and consistently deliver outcomes in complex, evolving environments.

We are looking for a strategic thinker with strong Audio AI data annotation experience who can translate loosely defined technical objectives into executable programs and grow relationships by consistently delivering value in complex, evolving environments.

Primary Responsibilities

1. Delivery Ownership & Client Partnership

• Own P&L, delivery outcomes, and client satisfaction for audio and multimodal engagements
• Lead client conversations and solutioning, translating ambiguous needs into structured programs
• Build strong relationships with enterprise and frontier AI lab partners
• Identify and drive account expansion opportunities, shaping early-stage ideas into commercial engagements

2. Delivery Systems & Scalable Execution

• Design and run high-performance delivery systems across audio and multimodal workflows
• Define metrics and leading indicators to proactively manage quality, speed, and cost
• Build reusable playbooks and frameworks to accelerate program launches
• Scale and structure global delivery teams, ensuring clear ownership and fast decision-making

3. Cross-Functional Influence & Strategic Alignment

• Align product, engineering, and operations around client priorities
• Drive execution in ambiguous, fast-changing environments
• Feed client and delivery insights into internal roadmap and capability building

4. Technical & Domain Leadership (Audio / Multimodal)

• Own and evolve Turing’s audio and speech capability across ASR, TTS, conversational audio, and multimodal systems
• Build new audio offerings — including data generation, evaluation frameworks, alignment workflows, and emerging agentic/audio use cases
• Partner with ML/research teams to define benchmarks and evaluation methodologies
• Translate advances in LLMs, speech, and multimodal AI into scalable, client-ready solutions

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