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About the role
We are seeking an experienced Site Lead to oversee the day-to-day operations, workforce management, and workplace standards of our AI Trust & Safety operation. This role will initially be responsible for approximately 200 employees, supported by 3–4 Area Managers , with the potential to scale over time. The Site Lead will be accountable for maintaining a secure, efficient, and wellbeing-first workplace while building a strong management culture and continuously improving our operating standards. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Experienced people leader: Demonstrated success managing managers and leading large, operationally complex teams
- Sound judgment in employee relations: Working knowledge of employment and labor laws, with the judgment to resolve routine matters independently and recognize when HR or Legal expertise is required
- Analytical and technically capable: Comfortable working with reporting tools, analyzing operational data, developing metrics, and partnering with technical teams to implement improvements
- Operationally disciplined: Strong attention to security, compliance, process consistency, and accountability
- People-first leadership style: Committed to maintaining a safe, respectful, and supportive workplace, particularly in environments involving sensitive or potentially distressing content
- Strong cross-functional partner: Able to collaborate effectively with Security, Workplace Experience, HR, Legal, Recruiting, and senior operations leadership
More about this role
Handshake was founded on a simple belief that everyone deserves a path to a great career, regardless of where they went to school or who they know. Today, we power 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ employers, and 1,600 educational institutions.
In 2025, we started Handshake AI and built the fastest-growing AI data business in history. We work directly with frontier AI lab researchers to create evaluations, publish benchmarks, and push the boundary of data. We’ve grown from $0 to ~$1B run rate and pay ~$60M to over 30K individuals every month.
Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel
Partner hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world’s top educational institutions
Work together with engineers, scientists, operators, and more from Palantir, Meta, Scale AI, and former YC founders
Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue
Human data is the core infrastructure to AI advancement. Frontier AI labs currently improve model capabilities with various data-intensive post-training techniques. We believe that data spend for AI training will increase by 3-5x...
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