5-7 years of direct on-the-ground operations experience, preferably in international settings
Proven track record in hiring and managing field teams, including contractors and vendors
Ability to navigate ambiguity and build operational systems from scratch
Strong skills in logistics, quality control, and people management
Excellent communication skills across diverse cultures and time zones
Willingness to relocate to San Francisco and travel internationally as needed
Responsibilities
Launch and expand international operations in key markets, focusing on footage collection
Source, hire, onboard, and manage local teams as operations scale
Oversee daily field execution, addressing logistics and quality issues
Develop repeatable playbooks for hiring, training, and quality control
Collaborate with San Francisco product and operations teams to align field plans with project requirements
Ensure a balance between rapid scaling and maintaining quality and compliance
Benefits
401(k) plan and comprehensive health insurance
Meals provided throughout the day, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Transportation costs covered for rides home
Full Job Description
About the Role
We're hiring an International Field Operations Lead to help build and expand Sieve's on-the-ground operations abroad. You'll help set up local collection (including recording footage), hire and manage people in-market, and turn early international efforts into reliable operating systems.
This is a hands-on ops role for someone with direct field experience - not a remote-only coordinator. You'll travel when needed, solve problems in the moment, and build the teams and processes that make international data collection repeatable.
What You'll Do
Stand up international ops: Help launch and expand on-the-ground operations in priority markets, including footage recording and related collection workflows.
Hire and grow local teams: Source, hire, onboard, and manage people in-market; build the staffing model as volume grows.
Own day-to-day field execution: Solve logistics, quality, scheduling, and vendor/partner issues so collection stays on track.
Build repeatable playbooks: Turn one-off market launches into documented processes for hiring, training, quality control, and escalation.
Partner with SF product and ops: Translate project requirements into field plans; feed back what's working and what breaks in-market.
Scale carefully: Balance speed with quality, compliance, and contributor/operator experience as we expand.
What Success Looks Like
Live international ops that reliably deliver footage and other required data
Local teams hired, trained, and producing without constant firefighting from SF
Clear playbooks for launching and expanding into new markets
Improving quality, throughput, and time-to-launch across sites
Strong coordination between field teams and SF stakeholders
Requirements
Direct on-the-ground operations experience, ideally expanding teams internationally
Track record hiring and managing people in the field (contractors, vendors, or full-time)
Comfort with ambiguity, travel, and building systems where none exist yet
Strong operator instincts: logistics, quality, people management, and follow-through
Clear communicator across time zones and cultures
Based in San Francisco or willing to relocate; able to travel internationally as needed
Nice to Have
Experience in data collection, media production, field research, marketplace ops, or logistics in emerging markets
Prior work standing up ops in multiple countries
Familiarity with physical AI, robotics, or AI training data workflows
Language skills relevant to priority markets
Benefits
401(k) and full health insurance
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner covered, plus your choice of snacks
Ubers covered home
*All roles at Sieve require you to be onsite in San Francisco 5 days per week
