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Machine Learning Validation & Data Operations Manager

The University of Chicago

$80,000 - $120,000
Dec 15, 2025
Chicago, IL, US
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The TMW Center is looking to solve the problem of assessing the quality of early language environments for young children, and to develop evidence-based interventions to promote cognitive and social-emotional development, with a focus on children living in poverty.

Requirements

  • Knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.
  • Prior experience setting up data labeling and validation processes.
  • Demonstrated understanding of data science management, Machine Learning and Data operations.
  • Experience building out ML operations teams and processes.
  • Experience with statistical modeling and programming.
  • Advanced Degree in economics, data science, data analytics, computer science, software engineering or related fields strongly preferred.
  • Knowledge and skills developed through 5 years of work experience in a related job discipline, strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Lead data labeling effort to build ground-truth corpus for existing and future algorithms, including identifying data requirements and protocols.
  • Determine validation criteria and metrics across models and settings/partnerships/use cases.
  • Collaborate with data management teams, and application development teams to identify and capture the data necess­ary to perform validation.
  • Recruit, train, and lead a team of data labelers.
  • Ensure alignment between the validation roadmap and Center’s priorities.
  • Establish timelines and strategies for the validation of different algorithms.
  • Work with ML and engineering teams to develop and manage pipelines for continuous algorithm validation and optimization.

Other

  • Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
  • 2 years of experience managing people, strongly preferred.
  • Excellent strategic planning and execution skills.
  • Strong problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to balance short-term, long-term, and big picture objectives.
  • Resume (required)