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Instawork Robotics Labs is a new initiative within Instawork. We work with the world’s leading robotics and AI labs to collect, manage, and deliver high-quality training data at scale - using a worker network of 10M+ professionals across the US and six countries. This role is for someone who doesn’t only want to run ops. They want to build the operating system.
Job Responsibility:
Own and execute end-to-end robotics data collection programs in the APAC region
Launching new data collection programs from zero
Setting up residential homes, offices, Airbnbs, and field locations from scratch
Designing workflows that work in the real world
Running multi-city, multi-country operations
Recruiting, onboarding, training, and managing large worker cohorts across APAC
Ensuring diversity, quality, speed, and safety at scale
Leading leaders
Managing Team Leads, Trainers, QA Leads, and Ops Managers running parallel programs
Holding the bar on output, quality, and velocity
Partnering with BBOs, staffing firms, logistics vendors to rapidly scale capacity
Knowing when to build in-house vs. augment externally
Executing under ambiguity
Adapting fast and still delivering
Being on the ground
Travel is part of the job
Requirements:
15 years of operations experience (10 years acceptable for IIT/IIM grads with strong execution depth)
Experience running large, distributed, real-world operations in e-commerce, logistics, marketplaces, fast-scaling startups, field ops, or hardware-adjacent orgs
A highly analytical mindset
Extreme agility and resilience
Strong people leadership
Comfort working across cultures and time zones
Clear communication, zero ego
Nice to have:
Exposure to robotics, hardware, AI data, or supply chain ops