NLP Annotation & Analysis Team Lead

NLP Annotation & Analysis Team Lead

We are Walmart-Aspectiva

Aspectiva is Walmart's first acquisition in Israel, and has become an integrated part of the core of Walmart's e-commerce, the largest retailer in the world!

We develop state-of-the-art NLP solutions that enable millions of Walmart’s shoppers to make smarter and more confident buying decisions.

About the role:

We are seeking an experienced leader to manage our NLP Annotation & Analysis team. In this role, you will oversee the daily operations of the team, ensuring efficient task prioritization and the successful delivery of high-quality data analysis and annotation. Your leadership will directly contribute to the improvement of our NLP technology, deep learning models, and the overall quality of our data.

As a key collaborator, you will work closely with cross-functional teams including product managers, data scientists, and software developers to translate product requirements into actionable data tasks. You will be responsible for ensuring that the team's efforts align with broader company objectives, and that data insights are applied to drive continuous improvement in our models and features.

You will have the opportunity to shape the team’s development, mentoring and coaching team members to help them grow in their roles. Your guidance will be crucial in fostering a culture of learning, collaboration, and high performance.

The ideal candidate is not only an expert in language data analysis but also has a proven track record of managing teams and projects that drive meaningful business outcomes. If you're passionate about building and leading teams, ensuring the success of NLP initiatives, and working on high-impact projects, this role will offer you a challenging and rewarding opportunity.

Responsibilities:

• Leading a team of data annotators and data analysts, managing the flow and prioritization of their tasks.
• People management: recruiting, developing and managing team members, providing mentorship and guidance to help them grow professionally and enhance their impact on the business.
• Working closely with product managers, data scientists and software developers to translate product and technical requirements into actionable data annotation and analysis tasks.
• Collaborating with product managers, data scientists and software developers to translate insights achieved from your team's deliverables into projects aimed at improving data quality.
• Overseeing multiple projects of creating datasets used both for training deep learning models and for evaluating the quality of NLP technology and features.
• Working alongside senior data analysts and product managers to set standards for evaluation methods and annotation guidelines.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in language data analysis roles
• 2+ years experience managing a language data analysis team
• Bachelor’s degree, ideally in a language-related or quantitative subject (e.g. linguistics, computer science or statistics)
• Proven track record of leading and inspiring a team, managing multiple projects simultaneously, and driving results
• Proficiency with data analysis tools - Excel/Google sheets, SQL, etc.
• Ability to effectively communicate data results and related conclusions
• Excellent English and Hebrew - reading, writing, conversation
• Excellent communication skills in English and in Hebrew, both orally and in writing
• Proficiency with advanced data analysis tools - Solr, Python, etc. - an advantage
• Experience working with E-commerce data - an advantage