Technical Program Manager

Who you are

• Significant experience owning complex video/audio data collection, technical production or real-world capture programmes at scale – including the physical operation, not just project coordination
• Experience running onsite or field-based operations involving participants, physical locations, recording equipment and production or field teams
• Hands-on experience with video/audio capture and recording hardware, with a strong understanding of areas such as resolution, frame rate, audio quality, device configuration, multi-camera synchronisation and data integrity
• Experience translating technical or research specifications into participant protocols, production workflows and measurable quality and acceptance criteria
• Commercial ownership of operational programmes, including bottom-up costing, forecasting and the financial impact of rejection and rework
• Experience delivering at scale against defined quality, diversity and acceptance requirements, while working directly with clients or senior stakeholders
• Experience collecting human video, audio or multimodal data for AI/ML, computer vision, robotics or embodied AI
• Experience with egocentric or first-person video, body-worn or wearable cameras and multi-camera recording
• Experience coordinating controlled filming environments, participant recruitment, permits, equipment and external production vendors
• Experience working with Product or Engineering teams on data ingest, metadata, file formats, batch processing or data transfer
• Experience taking a new collection methodology from pilot through to thousands of hours of production data

What the job involves

• This is the first role of its kind at Prolific. You’ll help build how we deliver physical-world multimodal data collection from the ground up – establishing the operating model, production standards and collection methodologies we can scale across future programmes
• As our Technical Program Manager for Multimodal Data Collection, you’ll own the end-to-end execution of large-scale video, audio and multimodal data programmes – capturing and delivering thousands of hours of natural human activity through body-worn cameras, wearable devices and other recording hardware. You’ll turn complex client requirements into real-world collection programmes that meet precise technical, quality and diversity requirements
• That could mean coordinating participants, sourcing controlled filming locations, selecting and deploying hardware, designing natural activity scenarios and running onsite production
• This is a hands-on, highly operational role. You’ll need to understand what it takes to reliably capture high-quality data in physical environments – from video and audio quality and multi-device synchronisation through to participant behaviour, consent, metadata, equipment and field logistics
• You’ll also own programme economics, understanding how participants, locations, hardware, staffing, processing and rework affect the cost, scalability and margin of each collection
• We’re looking for someone equally credible reviewing a technical capture specification, running a production site, working through programme economics and sitting in front of a client
• Own large-scale video, audio and multimodal collections from client brief and pilot through to onsite production, data processing and final delivery
• Design the collection operation across participants, activities, locations, recording hardware, field teams, vendors, logistics and quality controls
• Turn activity requirements into natural, repeatable collection scenarios and participant protocols that capture authentic behaviour without over-scripting
• Translate technical specifications into capture protocols covering video and audio quality, device configuration, synchronisation, metadata and acceptance criteria
• Own programme economics, including bottom-up costing, cost per accepted hour, collection yield, rejection and rework, hardware utilisation and margin
• Run pilots and quality gates, resolving technical and operational issues before moving successful collection methodologies into scaled production
• Lead client delivery, making clear recommendations around trade-offs between quality, coverage, timeline, cost and operational feasibility

Benefits

• Bank holiday swaps
• Enhanced sick pay
• L&D budget – £1000 per year
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Remote Work ( Within UK or US)