International Field Operations Lead

ABOUT US Sieve is a multimodal lab curating the world’s highest-quality training datasets, spanning video, audio, images, text, and 3D. We combine exabyte-scale data infrastructure with novel multimodal understanding techniques to push the frontier of foundation models. We exist to solve one of the biggest bottlenecks in AI: high-quality training data. We partner with top AI labs and did $XXM last quarter alone, with a team of roughly 40 people. We raised our Series A from firms including Matrix Partners, Swift Ventures, Y Combinator, and AI Grant. WHY NOW We’re standing up data operations internationally — recording footage, hiring people on the ground, and building the local capacity those programs need. That work won’t scale from SF alone. We need someone who’s done on-the-ground ops and can expand teams internationally without waiting for a perfect playbook. ABOUT THE ROLE We’re hiring an International Field Operations Lead to help build and expand Sieve’s on-the-ground operations abroad. You’ll help set up local collection (including recording footage), hire and manage people in-market, and turn early international efforts into reliable operating systems. This is a hands-on ops role for someone with direct field experience — not a remote-only coordinator. You’ll travel when needed, solve problems in the moment, and build the teams and processes that make international data collection repeatable. WHAT YOU’LL DO - Stand up international ops: Help launch and expand on-the-ground operations in priority markets, including footage recording and related collection workflows. - Hire and grow local teams: Source, hire, onboard, and manage people in-market; build the staffing model as volume grows. - Own day-to-day field execution: Solve logistics, quality, scheduling, and vendor/partner issues so collection stays on track. - Build repeatable playbooks: Turn one-off market launches into documented processes for hiring, training, quality control, and escalation. - Partner with SF product and ops: Translate project requirements into field plans; feed back what’s working and what breaks in-market. - Scale carefully: Balance speed with quality, compliance, and contributor/operator experience as we expand. WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE - Live international ops that reliably deliver footage and other required data - Local teams hired, trained, and producing without constant firefighting from SF - Clear playbooks for launching and expanding into new markets - Improving quality, throughput, and time-to-launch across sites - Strong coordination between field teams and SF stakeholders REQUIREMENTS - Direct on-the-ground operations experience, ideally expanding teams internationally - Track record hiring and managing people in the field (contractors, vendors, or full-time) - Comfort with ambiguity, travel, and building systems where none exist yet - Strong operator instincts: logistics, quality, people management, and follow-through - Clear communicator across time zones and cultures - Based in San Francisco or willing to relocate; able to travel internationally as needed NICE TO HAVE - Experience in data collection, media production, field research, marketplace ops, or logistics in emerging markets - Prior work standing up ops in multiple countries - Familiarity with physical AI, robotics, or AI training data workflows - Language skills relevant to priority markets BENEFITS - 401(k) and full health insurance - Breakfast, lunch, and dinner covered, plus your choice of snacks - Ubers covered home *All roles at Sieve require you to be onsite in San Francisco 5 days per week