Program Manager (Crisis Ops)

Program Manager (Crisis Ops)

Posted 2 days ago by micro1

Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
EMEA

Summary: Join our customer's team as a Program Manager (Crisis Ops) to enhance AI training and rubric development initiatives. This role requires leveraging crisis management expertise to execute critical response initiatives and design structured reasoning tasks for model training. The position involves collaboration with cross-functional teams and communication of complex ideas to various stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in crisis management and incident response within enterprise settings.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the creation, refinement, and implementation of robust crisis response and incident management rubrics for AI model training.
  • Develop clear, actionable tasks and data sets focused on high-stakes execution, ensuring alignment with enterprise workflows.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, document, and validate operational procedures and escalation paths.
  • Evaluate and iterate on structured reasoning frameworks for assessing model outputs in crisis scenarios.
  • Communicate complex ideas succinctly, both in writing and verbally, to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Analyze incident data to identify gaps and propose enhancements to response protocols and AI assessment criteria.
  • Drive adoption of best practices in crisis operations, business continuity, and emergency response within the customer’s team.

Key Skills:

  • Proven experience in crisis management, incident response, BCP, or emergency operations, preferably in enterprise settings.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a detail-oriented approach to documentation.
  • Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment under uncertainty and to plan multi-stage, scalable responses.
  • Expertise in designing, evaluating, and refining rubrics or structured assessment frameworks, ideally for AI or data-driven projects.
  • Strong familiarity with organizational workflows, including HR, security, and communications.
  • Experience working with diverse teams in remote, fast-paced environments.
  • Ability to synthesize insights from qualitative and quantitative incident data.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: undetermined

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

Job Title: Program Manager (Crisis Ops)
Job Type: Contractor
Location: Remote

Job Summary: Join our customer's team as a Program Manager (Crisis Ops) and play a pivotal role in advancing our AI training and rubric development initiatives. You will leverage your crisis management expertise to drive execution of critical response initiatives, designing and evaluating structured reasoning tasks that directly inform model training and evaluation.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the creation, refinement, and implementation of robust crisis response and incident management rubrics for AI model training.
  • Develop clear, actionable tasks and data sets focused on high-stakes execution, ensuring alignment with enterprise workflows.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, document, and validate operational procedures and escalation paths.
  • Evaluate and iterate on structured reasoning frameworks for assessing model outputs in crisis scenarios.
  • Communicate complex ideas succinctly, both in writing and verbally, to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Analyze incident data to identify gaps and propose enhancements to response protocols and AI assessment criteria.
  • Drive adoption of best practices in crisis operations, business continuity, and emergency response within the customer’s team.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

  • Proven experience in crisis management, incident response, BCP, or emergency operations, preferably in enterprise settings.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a detail-oriented approach to documentation.
  • Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment under uncertainty and to plan multi-stage, scalable responses.
  • Expertise in designing, evaluating, and refining rubrics or structured assessment frameworks, ideally for AI or data-driven projects.
  • Strong familiarity with organizational workflows, including HR, security, and communications.
  • Experience working with diverse teams in remote, fast-paced environments.
  • Ability to synthesize insights from qualitative and quantitative incident data.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Background in AI model training, annotation, or operationalizing AI in critical environments.
  • Advanced degree or certification in emergency management, business continuity, or related field.
  • Experience developing training materials or operational guides for crisis response in technology-driven organizations.