Operations Lead - Physical AI Video Annotation

Apna· Operations
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📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India💰 INR 40K–45K

About this role

About Arctic Engine:

Arctic Engines is an enterprise-grade Al human data operations company specializing in high-quality training data, RLHF, and human feedback pipelines for frontier Al models. We are part of the Apna Group, one of India's fastest-growing unicorns, backed by marquee investors such as Lightspeed, Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Peak XV, and others. With native access to Apna's 60M+ workforce, we deliver high-quality training data at unmatched scale and speed.

Company: Arctic Engines

Location: Bengaluru (Work from office - Domlur | 6 days)

Employment: Full-time

Experience: 5+ years in AI data or video annotation operations

Compensation: ₹40,000–₹45,000 per month

Joining: Immediate joiners preferred

About the role

We are looking for an Operations Lead to run large-scale egocentric video annotation programs. You will own workforce planning, daily production, freelancer management, and on-time delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a workforce of **100+ annotators, reviewers, and team leads**, including freelancers.
  • Own sourcing support, onboarding, training coordination, scheduling, task allocation, and performance management.
  • Build capacity and production plans; track productivity, utilization, turnaround time, and delivery against targets.
  • Coordinate annotation and QC workflows, resolve operational blockers, and manage rework.
  • Maintain SOPs, production trackers, and client-ready progress reports.
  • Partner with product and tooling teams to improve task assignment, review queues, and workflow efficiency.

Requirements

  • Proven experience managing a **100+ person annotation workforce**, including distributed freelancers.
  • Direct experience with industrial video, robotics, or Physical AI datasets is mandatory.**
  • Working knowledge of egocentric video annotation, chunking, temporal action segmentation, action labels, keypoints, and natural language descriptions.
  • Strong skills in workforce planning, delivery management, reporting, escalation handling, and stakeholder communication.
  • Comfortable with annotation platforms, spreadsheets, dashboards, and structured data outputs.

Apply through this platform with your CV and a brief summary of the largest annotation team and program you have managed.

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What is the salary for the Operations Lead - Physical AI Video Annotation role at Apna?
The listed salary for this Operations Lead - Physical AI Video Annotation position at Apna is INR 40K–45K. This is an full-time role.
Where is the Operations Lead - Physical AI Video Annotation position at Apna located?
This Operations Lead - Physical AI Video Annotation role at Apna is based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
Which team or department does the Operations Lead - Physical AI Video Annotation at Apna belong to?
This Operations Lead - Physical AI Video Annotation position is part of the Operations department at Apna. See the full job description for more information about the team structure and responsibilities.
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When was the Operations Lead - Physical AI Video Annotation job at Apna posted?
This Operations Lead - Physical AI Video Annotation position at Apna was posted on Oct 3, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
Operations Lead - Physical AI Video Annotation
Apna · 💰 INR 40K–45K
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