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Head of Operations Planning

Mercor · San Francisco

CHECKED 49M AGO

Applied AIonsitelead$200k–$250k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build the Operations Planning function from scratch for Human Data business.
  • Turn signed deals into fully staffed, forecasted and tracked production plans.
  • Own demand forecasting and staffing strategy across multi-account delivery.

What they offer

  • Equity starting at $1.5m / 4 years
  • $10K proximity bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
  • $1.5K monthly stipend for meals
  • Free Equinox membership
  • $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
  • $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
  • Health, Dental, Vision insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Up to $15k Relocation bonus

Ideal candidate

An operations leader who loves building functions from zero and being the trusted source of truth on the numbers. You thrive standardizing messy processes and partnering across delivery, finance and talent in fast-paced environments.

Requirements

  • 5+ years in operations, program management, or business operations with demand planning, staffing, or forecasting experience
  • Experience with complex, multi-account delivery
  • Experience building a team or function from scratch
  • Direct experience managing people
  • Strong command of spreadsheets and reporting tools with comfort building systems
  • Track record of standardizing messy processes into repeatable and auditable workflows
  • Comfortable being the source of truth on numbers
remote policy
In-person five days a week

Lab profile

About Mercor

AI data company organizing human expertise to train frontier models for the AI economy.

What they build

  • APEX benchmark family
  • Mercor Enterprise
  • Human expertise training data platform

Known for

  • Massive domain-expert network
  • Frontier model training infrastructure
  • Real-world professional work evaluation

Key facts

  • Millions of domain experts on platform
  • Pays over $4M per day to experts
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