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Manager, Strategic Programs

Handshake Indexed employerSan Francisco, CA · New York, NY
Source-hosted applyChecked 41m ago$152K–$190K/yrFull-Time
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Workplace

On-site

Employment

Full-Time

Published

Jul 10, 2026

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The role

ABOUT HANDSHAKE AI Handshake is building the career network for the AI economy. Our three-sided marketplace connects 18 million students and alumni, 1,500+ academic institutions across the U.S. and Europe, and 1 million employers to power how the next generation explores careers, builds skills, and gets hired. Handshake AI is a human data labeling business that leverages the scale of the largest early career network. We work directly with the world’s leading AI research labs to build a new generation of human data products. From PhDs in physics to undergrads fluent in LLMs, Handshake AI is the trusted partner for domain-specific data and evaluation at scale. This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing team shaping the future of AI through better data, better tools, and better systems—for experts, by experts. Now’s a great time to join Handshake. Here’s why: - Leading the AI Career Revolution: Be part of the team redefining work in the AI economy for millions worldwide. - Proven Market Demand: Deep employer partnerships across Fortune 500s and the world’s leading AI research labs. - World-Class Team: Leadership from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, just to name a few. - Capitalized & Scaling: $3.5B valuation from top investors including Kleiner Perkins, True Ventures, Notable Capital, and more. ABOUT THE ROLE The Operator Enablement team ensures our Strategic Project Leads (SPLs) can run their projects successfully, meet customer demand, and deliver high quality data. As a Manager of Strategic Programs on this team, you will build and own the systems, tooling, and processes that SPLs depend on, from their first week at Handshake through running projects at scale. Your primary focus will be scaling our central quality control program — the processes and systems that give us a reliable, calibrated quality read on every dataset before it reaches a customer. You will start as an individual contributor with clear room to grow your scope and bui

Requirements

Department: HAI Delivery Ops; Team: Delivery Operations