[Remote] Program Director: Coding data
Posted 21 days ago|Apply before June 9, 2026
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Toloka AI is a company that creates data powering leading GenAI models and innovations. They are seeking a Program Director to manage and scale complex AI data projects, ensuring operational excellence and exceptional client outcomes across a major client portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Take ultimate ownership for AI program strategy, roadmaps, and success metrics, ensuring they are fully aligned with business goals and senior leadership expectations
- Lead end-to-end delivery of multiple complex AI initiatives (LLM-powered products, automation, analytics), ensuring all projects meet scope, budget, and quality standards
- Translate ambiguous business problems into clear technical workstreams and architectures, collaborating directly with data scientists, ML engineers, and software engineers
- Establish and own program governance, including operating rhythms, steering committees, risk/issue management, and high-level executive communications
- Drive solution design reviews and provide technical oversight, challenging approaches where needed to ensure the robustness, scalability, and security of AI solutions
- Embed responsible and ethical AI practices into program design, focusing on data privacy, bias mitigation, model monitoring, and human-in-the-loop workflows
- Manage vendor and partner relationships (cloud, model providers, integrators), including technical evaluations, contracts input, and performance management
- Lead and mentor cross-functional teams (PMs, tech leads, data scientists), fostering a high-performance delivery culture and driving continuous process improvement
Skills
- 10+ years in technology consulting and delivery, with significant experience at a Big 3 or top-tier firm in technology, digital, or data
- 5+ years of program or portfolio management, leading large, multi-disciplinary tech programs with multi-million dollar budgets
- Proven track record of delivering AI, data, or analytics programs (LLM/ML products, intelligent automation) into production
- Hands-on technical background in Data Science or Software Engineering (Python, Java, etc.), with the ability to read code and support technical decision-making
- Demonstrated ability to influence and communicate effectively with C-level stakeholders and non-technical audiences
- Proactiveness in suggesting process changes and a deep understanding of the LLM life cycle
Benefits
- Life insurance, medical insurance for you and family.
- Vision and Dental plans are also included.
- Paid parental leave.
- 401k + company match.
- PTO 18 business days, plus 1 working day for every year of service, with a max of 21 days of PTO + Paid Public Holidays.
- Flexibility: we offer a completely remote employment.
Company Overview
- Toloka offers a data-centric environment that supports fast and scalable AI development across the ML lifecycle. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in Luzern, Luzern, CHE, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://toloka.ai/.