English - Audio Annotator

Role - English - Audio Annotator

Location: Gurgaon (5 Days Work From Office + 1 Day Work From Home)

Experience: Minimum 3+ Years in Audio Data Annotation

Industry: AI Data Services / Audio Annotation / Operations

Team Size Exposure: Managed 3050 Annotators (Freelancers / Vendors / Internal Team)

We are hiring a Manager Data Annotation (Audio) to lead large-scale audio annotation projects within our AI Data Services vertical.

This role requires hands-on operational leadership across:

Audio annotation execution

Team management (freelancers, vendors, internal QC)

Quality control frameworks

Delivery planning & throughput management

Client-facing coordination

The ideal candidate must have prior experience managing end-to-end audio annotation projects at scale.

IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS

Minimum 3+ years of experience in audio data annotation

Strong preference for experience on the Appen platform

Experience managing distributed freelancer/vendor teams

Exposure to handling a total team size of ~50 members

Ability to manage at least 200 audio hours per month

Proven ability to maintain 96%+ quality accuracy

This is not an entry-level or coordinator role. This is an execution-heavy leadership role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

PROJECT DELIVERY & EXECUTION

Lead end-to-end audio annotation projects

Plan monthly throughput (minimum 200+ audio hours)

Allocate work across freelancers and vendors

Monitor daily progress and output quality

Ensure on-time delivery within client SLAs

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Design and implement QC frameworks

Maintain minimum 96%+ accuracy threshold

Monitor inter-annotator agreement

Identify recurring quality gaps and resolve root causes

Conduct retraining sessions for underperforming annotators

TEAM MANAGEMENT

Manage freelancers, vendors, and internal annotation teams

Build capacity planning models

Onboard and train new annotators

Handle escalations and performance management

Maintain productivity dashboards

CLIENT & STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION

Act as delivery SPOC for audio annotation projects

Provide structured updates and quality reports

Handle client feedback cycles

Implement corrective action plans

TECHNICAL EXPECTATIONS

Strong understanding of:

Audio segmentation

Transcription & timestamping standards

Multi-speaker annotation

Emotion tagging / speech classification (preferred)

Noise labeling / acoustic tagging (preferred)

QA workflows & double-blind validation

Experience on platforms like Appen is strongly preferred.

Comfort with:

Google Sheets / trackers

QC reporting dashboards

Throughput forecasting

Accuracy metric tracking

No hardcore coding required, but structured data comfort is essential.

WHAT KIND OF CANDIDATE WILL SUCCEED HERE

You will do well if you:

Have managed high-volume audio projects

Are detail-oriented with strong quality focus

Can handle operational pressure

Are comfortable managing large distributed teams

Take ownership of delivery outcomes

Think in systems, not just tasks

WORK STRUCTURE

5 Days Work From Office (Gurgaon)

1 Day Work From Home

Standard 810 hour workday

Occasional international time overlap may be required

Not a fixed night-shift role

Growth is performance-driven and quality-dependent.

About ConsultBae

ConsultBae is a fast-growing AI Data Services and Recruitment Consulting firm working with globalenterprises, AI companies, and service providers.

Our AI Data Services vertical supports clients with data collection, annotation, QC, and datasetdelivery across multiple geographies and languages. We operate at scale using a hybrid executionmodel combining internal teams and global crowdsourcing networks.

If you enjoy owning delivery, working with global stakeholders, and building execution systemsfrom the ground up, this role is for you.

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