Appen collects and labels images, text, speech, audio, video, and other data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. Our expertise includes having a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors who speak over 235 languages, in over 70,000 locations and 170 countries, and the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform. Our reliable training data gives leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products. Founded in 1996, Appen has customers and offices globally.     Position Summary   Seeking a responsible, organised and results driven Office Administrator with a strong administrative background to join our Chatswood office. This position will foster collaborative relationships with employees and create a welcoming guest experience.   In this role, you will be responsible for facilities management, front desk duties, maintaining office supplies and services, shipping, mailings, deliveries, and screening guests. You will serve as the primary liaison with office supply vendors, building management and maintenance. You will supportthe Executive Assistant with various tasks such as company initiatives, event planning, and miscellaneous administrative duties. Providing general assistance and support to the project teams and operations team along with other ad hoc office projects will also be required.   This role is ideal for an individual who is highly organised, resourceful, self-motivated and a problem solver      This is a Fixed Term 6 months contract position and extend as required.       Job Responsibilities - •Screen, greet and direct visitors with a high level of customer service • Manage all front desk responsibilities, reception, conference rooms and communal areas • Coordinate office and equipment maintenance with building management and vendors • Organise security access in accordance with office requirements • Maintain kitchen and office supply inventory or catering services for team events • Assist HR as required with office orientation and onboarding of new hires • Arrange shipping of equipment and other collaborative work with IT • Work with IT to resolve technical issues including conference room technology • Reconcile invoices and receipts for expense report submissions • Travel management and assistance as required, build relationships with vendors • Support administrative team with special projects, events, and other administrative tasks including covid safety practice for office, staff and visitors • Support project and data collection teams as needed including procurement and purchasing • Assist with participant payments for data collection work • Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change as the role develops or office needs change     Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - High school diploma or equivalent, university degree an advantage - Minimum of 2 to 3+ years of office administration or coordination experience - Relevant experience working in a corporate office environment - Customer service oriented with excellent follow-up skills - Able to work independently or as part of a team - Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint - Strong multi-tasking, organizational skills and attention to detail - Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) - Adaptable and quick to learn new processes and tools - ‘Self-starter’, resourceful and proactive when issues arise - Problem solver and can meet deadlines - A creative mind with an ability to suggest improvements - Physical demands may include lifting, carrying or rearranging of office furniture or delivery item       We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.    

Program Manager – Language Technology Projects   To meet our current and future work commitments we are inviting applications from individuals with interest in project & program management, language and technology. The role involves managing complex linguistic projects, applying your project/program management & linguistic skills. The successful candidate will join a friendly project focused team supporting clients in North America.   You will lead teams towards customer project delivery while simultaneously handling key stakeholder relationships. You will need to be a highly motivated, ‘results driven’ individual, with superior organizational skills. You will be a natural leader, with excellent communication skills, that enable you to build relationships, manage client relationships and motivate project team members.   The position is open to applicants in either Australia, or the US.   Position Summary: The Program Manager at Appen will manage a portfolio of linguistic projects for established clients. He/She will rely on their project/program management and linguistic skills to lead project teams of linguists/specialists, while bringing in their project management and customer focus to effectively manage project scope, and to meet or exceed project targets while delivering high quality. Key Responsibilities: - Autonomously plan and manage project teams to quality, scope, time, and budget; ensure effective project execution and delivery - Build strong client relationships through customer service and regular reporting - Identify opportunities and drive initiatives to expand and maximize revenue potential within the project portfolio, in partnership with Sales and other internal stakeholders - Proactively explore and implement strategies to improve project performance, reduce cost and increase margins - Report and manage project financial activities - Report project status, manage risk and issues and undertake recovery action as necessary to ensure project success - Ensure close and regular communication with all internal project stakeholders - Train, mentor and develop Project Managers and Associate Project Managers as needed from time to time - Share knowledge and take initiative to improve processes - Participate in corporate initiatives and committee work as assigned Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: - Min 5 years project/program management experience in a client facing role, applying formal project management methodology, and in a language, linguistics, or software-related field - Degree in linguistics, computational linguistics, language studies, a related field, or equivalent experience - Solid understanding of linguistic concepts and terminology - Familiarity with a broad range of Natural Language Processing Technologies and their application to the company's business areas - Strong technical and data management skills - Excellent communication skills - Demonstrated ability to work effectively in an environment characterized by frequent change, and a fast, deadline-driven culture   Advantageous Skills: - PMP or Prince 2 certifications - Native or near-native proficiency in at least one language other than English - Familiarity with a range of Natural Language Processing technologies - Experience with regular expressions, scripting, or programming skills     About Appen Appen is a global leader in the development of high-quality, human-annotated datasets for machine learning and artificial intelligence. Appen brings over 20 years of experience capturing and enriching a wide variety of data types including speech, text, image and video. With deep expertise in more than 180 languages and access to a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors, Appen partners with technology, automotive and eCommerce companies — as well as governments worldwide — to help them develop, enhance and use products that rely on natural languages and machine learning.   At Appen, we value performance, honesty, humility, and grit. We persevere and remain focused, whilst maintaining agility to achieve quality outcomes and exceed expectations. We’re truth tellers – respectfully of course. We take accountability for our actions and believe in giving and receiving direct feedback. We give credit where credit is due and show gratitude to others for their contributions. We seek diverse perspectives as we recognize the value in teamwork and collaboration. Through grit, we take ownership, and we don’t give up     We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.  

Program Manager – Language Technology Projects   To meet our current and future work commitments we are inviting applications from individuals with interest in project & program management, language and technology. The role involves managing complex linguistic projects, applying your project/program management & linguistic skills. The successful candidate will join a friendly project focused team supporting clients in North America.   You will lead teams towards customer project delivery while simultaneously handling key stakeholder relationships. You will need to be a highly motivated, ‘results driven’ individual, with superior organizational skills. You will be a natural leader, with excellent communication skills, that enable you to build relationships, manage client relationships and motivate project team members.   The position is open to applicants in either Australia, or the US.   Position Summary: The Program Manager at Appen will manage a portfolio of linguistic projects for established clients. He/She will rely on their project/program management and linguistic skills to lead project teams of linguists/specialists, while bringing in their project management and customer focus to effectively manage project scope, and to meet or exceed project targets while delivering high quality. Key Responsibilities: - Autonomously plan and manage project teams to quality, scope, time, and budget; ensure effective project execution and delivery - Build strong client relationships through customer service and regular reporting - Identify opportunities and drive initiatives to expand and maximize revenue potential within the project portfolio, in partnership with Sales and other internal stakeholders - Proactively explore and implement strategies to improve project performance, reduce cost and increase margins - Report and manage project financial activities - Report project status, manage risk and issues and undertake recovery action as necessary to ensure project success - Ensure close and regular communication with all internal project stakeholders - Train, mentor and develop Project Managers and Associate Project Managers as needed from time to time - Share knowledge and take initiative to improve processes - Participate in corporate initiatives and committee work as assigned Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: - Min 5 years project/program management experience in a client facing role, applying formal project management methodology, and in a language, linguistics, or software-related field - Degree in linguistics, computational linguistics, language studies, a related field, or equivalent experience - Solid understanding of linguistic concepts and terminology - Familiarity with a broad range of Natural Language Processing Technologies and their application to the company's business areas - Strong technical and data management skills - Excellent communication skills - Demonstrated ability to work effectively in an environment characterized by frequent change, and a fast, deadline-driven culture   Advantageous Skills: - PMP or Prince 2 certifications - Native or near-native proficiency in at least one language other than English - Familiarity with a range of Natural Language Processing technologies - Experience with regular expressions, scripting, or programming skills     About Appen Appen is a global leader in the development of high-quality, human-annotated datasets for machine learning and artificial intelligence. Appen brings over 20 years of experience capturing and enriching a wide variety of data types including speech, text, image and video. With deep expertise in more than 180 languages and access to a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors, Appen partners with technology, automotive and eCommerce companies — as well as governments worldwide — to help them develop, enhance and use products that rely on natural languages and machine learning.   At Appen, we value performance, honesty, humility, and grit. We persevere and remain focused, whilst maintaining agility to achieve quality outcomes and exceed expectations. We’re truth tellers – respectfully of course. We take accountability for our actions and believe in giving and receiving direct feedback. We give credit where credit is due and show gratitude to others for their contributions. We seek diverse perspectives as we recognize the value in teamwork and collaboration. Through grit, we take ownership, and we don’t give up     We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.  

Position Summary Appen has an opportunity for a Vendor Management Specialist to join a dynamic, global team, supporting clients in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Applications are invited from candidates with experience in global supplier management.   Responsibilities - Research potential partnership opportunities with vendors around the world. - Follow new vendor vetting processes – background research, due diligence calls, documenting/categorizing vendor capabilities. - Working with operational SMEs, identify scope & acceptance criteria from sales quote requests, and draft vendor RFQs. - Collect RFQ responses – summarize cost & timeline received from multiple vendors in a consistent & timely manner. - Negotiate contract terms of agreement and pricing. - Draft vendor contracts. - Manage and maintain Appen’s vendor database, including quotations used for pricing proposals and vendor performance trackers. - Maintain positive relationships with key vendors to ensure product is high quality and delivered on time. - Liaise with other internal departments as required to resolve vendor’s issues and questions and manage vendor escalations during project execution. - Monthly vendor invoice reconciliation against work products delivered.    Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Good knowledge of vendor sourcing practices (researching, evaluating and liaising with vendors). - Solid analytical skills, with the ability to create financial reports and conduct cost analyses. - Excellent negotiation skills and the capability to develop creative solutions. - Confident in communicating with stakeholders across the globe in a variety of cultural contexts and good relationship building skills. - Accountable and results driven. - A team player who is willing to work flexible hours within a global team across different time zones. - Confident user of MS Office tools, especially Excel and Word.    Qualifications and Experience - Relevant BA/BS degree with 3+ years’ experience in vendor management, consulting or sourcing - Familiarity with AI/ML data services highly preferred, but not essential   If this resonates with you, or if you feel like you would excel in the role, apply now!   We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.   About Appen Appen collects and labels images, text, speech, audio, video, and other data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. Our expertise includes having a global crowd of over one million skilled contractors who speak over 180 languages and dialects, in over 70,000 locations and 130 countries, and the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform. Our reliable training data gives leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products. Founded in 1996, Appen has customers and offices globally.   At Appen, we value performance, honesty, humility, and grit. We persevere and remain focused, whilst maintaining agility to achieve quality outcomes and exceed expectations. We’re truth tellers – respectfully of course. We take accountability for our actions, and believe in giving and receiving direct feedback. We give credit where credit is due, and show gratitude to others for their contributions. We seek diverse perspectives as we recognize the value in teamwork and collaboration. Through grit, we take ownership, and we don’t give up.    

Position Summary Appen’s Recruitment Specialist will be responsible on the daily recruiting operations to meet the hiring demands of our clients. Recruitment Specialist responsibilities includes close coordination with the team lead, conducting market research, identifying candidates, screening, coordinating recruitment activities & support fair hiring practices.   Responsibilities - Involve in recruiting candidates - Closely collaborate with sourcing team to build effective and strategic advertisements and communications for a better crowd engagement - Provide real-time endorsement tracking and candidate monitoring - Communicate with the Hiring team on the status of their requirements - Research new technologies to understand the requirement/s better. - Make recommendations on additional candidate pool and recruiting techniques and evaluating market conditions. - Conduct phone interviews to pre-screen candidates, verifying their qualifications, availability, and compensation requirements - Other recruitment related activities deemed necessary in fulfilling the crowd projects’ goals.    Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Solid understanding of Recruitment practices - Good time-management skills with the ability to handle various open positions simultaneously - Technical expertise with an ability to understand and explain job requirements - Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems and resume databases - Solid knowledge of sourcing techniques (e.g. social media recruiting and job boards) - Hands-on experience with various interview formats (e.g. phone, MS Teams, Zoom etc.) - Ability to quickly learn and absorb processes, and various recruitment systems in a short span of time. - Proactive and independent with the ability to take initiative. - Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines. - Familiarity with laws, regulations, and best practices applicable to hiring and recruitment. - Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.    Qualifications and Experience - Bachelor’s degree in human resources management or relevant field, or equivalent work experience, required - 1+ year of work experience as a Recruiter - Experience working in fast paced global organizations, RPO, Tech, Languages, Remote Work companies (tutorials) or Shared Services, preferred - Flexible in accommodating varying shift schedule   If this resonates with you, or if you feel like you would excel in the role, apply now!   We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.   About Appen Appen collects and labels images, text, speech, audio, video, and other data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. Our expertise includes having a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors who speak over 235 languages, in over 70,000 locations and 170 countries, and the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform. Our reliable training data gives leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products. Founded in 1996, Appen has customers and offices globally.    

Position Summary Appen’s Recruitment Specialist will be responsible on the daily recruiting operations to meet the hiring demands of our clients. Recruitment Specialist responsibilities includes close coordination with the team lead, conducting market research, identifying candidates, screening, coordinating recruitment activities & support fair hiring practices.   Responsibilities - Involve in recruiting candidates - Closely collaborate with sourcing team to build effective and strategic advertisements and communications for a better crowd engagement - Provide real-time endorsement tracking and candidate monitoring - Communicate with the Hiring team on the status of their requirements - Research new technologies to understand the requirement/s better. - Make recommendations on additional candidate pool and recruiting techniques and evaluating market conditions. - Conduct phone interviews to pre-screen candidates, verifying their qualifications, availability, and compensation requirements - Other recruitment related activities deemed necessary in fulfilling the crowd projects’ goals.    Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Solid understanding of Recruitment practices - Good time-management skills with the ability to handle various open positions simultaneously - Technical expertise with an ability to understand and explain job requirements - Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems and resume databases - Solid knowledge of sourcing techniques (e.g. social media recruiting and job boards) - Hands-on experience with various interview formats (e.g. phone, MS Teams, Zoom etc.) - Ability to quickly learn and absorb processes, and various recruitment systems in a short span of time. - Proactive and independent with the ability to take initiative. - Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines. - Familiarity with laws, regulations, and best practices applicable to hiring and recruitment. - Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.    Qualifications and Experience - Bachelor’s degree in human resources management or relevant field, or equivalent work experience, required - 1+ year of work experience as a Recruiter - Experience working in fast paced global organizations, RPO, Tech, Languages, Remote Work companies (tutorials) or Shared Services, preferred - Flexible in accommodating varying shift schedule   If this resonates with you, or if you feel like you would excel in the role, apply now!   We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.   About Appen Appen collects and labels images, text, speech, audio, video, and other data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. Our expertise includes having a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors who speak over 235 languages, in over 70,000 locations and 170 countries, and the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform. Our reliable training data gives leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products. Founded in 1996, Appen has customers and offices globally.    

Position Summary Appen’s Recruitment Specialist will be responsible on the daily recruiting operations to meet the hiring demands of our clients. Recruitment Specialist responsibilities includes close coordination with the team lead, conducting market research, identifying candidates, screening, coordinating recruitment activities & support fair hiring practices.   Responsibilities - Involve in recruiting candidates - Closely collaborate with sourcing team to build effective and strategic advertisements and communications for a better crowd engagement - Provide real-time endorsement tracking and candidate monitoring - Communicate with the Hiring team on the status of their requirements - Research new technologies to understand the requirement/s better. - Make recommendations on additional candidate pool and recruiting techniques and evaluating market conditions. - Conduct phone interviews to pre-screen candidates, verifying their qualifications, availability, and compensation requirements - Other recruitment related activities deemed necessary in fulfilling the crowd projects’ goals.    Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Solid understanding of Recruitment practices - Good time-management skills with the ability to handle various open positions simultaneously - Technical expertise with an ability to understand and explain job requirements - Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems and resume databases - Solid knowledge of sourcing techniques (e.g. social media recruiting and job boards) - Hands-on experience with various interview formats (e.g. phone, MS Teams, Zoom etc.) - Ability to quickly learn and absorb processes, and various recruitment systems in a short span of time. - Proactive and independent with the ability to take initiative. - Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines. - Familiarity with laws, regulations, and best practices applicable to hiring and recruitment. - Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.    Qualifications and Experience - Bachelor’s degree in human resources management or relevant field, or equivalent work experience, required - 1+ year of work experience as a Recruiter - Experience working in fast paced global organizations, RPO, Tech, Languages, Remote Work companies (tutorials) or Shared Services, preferred - Flexible in accommodating varying shift schedule   If this resonates with you, or if you feel like you would excel in the role, apply now!   We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.   About Appen Appen collects and labels images, text, speech, audio, video, and other data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. Our expertise includes having a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors who speak over 235 languages, in over 70,000 locations and 170 countries, and the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform. Our reliable training data gives leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products. Founded in 1996, Appen has customers and offices globally.    

Appen collects and labels images, text, speech, audio, video, and other data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. Our expertise includes having a global crowd of over one million skilled contractors who speak over 180 languages and dialects, in over 70,000 locations and 130 countries, and the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform. Our reliable training data gives leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products. Founded in 1996, Appen has customers and offices globally.   At Appen, we value performance, honesty, humility, and grit. We persevere and remain focused, whilst maintaining agility to achieve quality outcomes and exceed expectations. We’re truth tellers – respectfully of course. We take accountability for our actions, and believe in giving and receiving direct feedback. We give credit where credit is due, and show gratitude to others for their contributions. We seek diverse perspectives as we recognize the value in teamwork and collaboration. Through grit, we take ownership, and we don’t give up.     - Position Summary A Technical Support Analyst helps in resolving technical issues within different components of computer systems, such as software, hardware, and network-related IT related problemsfocusing on the endpoint and the end user experience. Most importantly, the technical support analyst may work on-ground orremotely to provide quality customer service to Appen’s internal users.   This contributor addresses the doubts that consumers of corporate IT resources raise with regard to products or services through tickets, calls and emails, resolving issues on priority.   Apart from possessing excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, this professionalshould have solid verbal and written communication skills. A technical support analyst should be able to work calmly when under pressure.   IT support staffshould be good team players. A technical support analyst takes ownershipfor all technical issues that comes to their attention and queue.   - Responsibilities   - Installsand configurescomputer applications - Monitorsand maintainscomputer networks - Configuresoperating systems - Diagnoses, troubleshoots, and resolve issues by questioning customers about the technical issues they are facing in a detailed fashion so that they understand the nub of the problems - Keep strack of users’ system issues until they are resolved by adhering to the agreed timelines - Resolves complex problems, escalated from Service Desk - Interacts with clients through ticket,phone, emailsor chats and provide unambiguously written instructions or technical manuals - Provides accurate feedback to customers promptly. - Ensure sproper logging of all issues - Followsup with clients to make sure their computer systems are functioning properly after troubleshooting - Documents technical knowledge in the knowledge database. - Maintains procedural documents and process related to the nature of their work - Follows standard procedures of their organizations to resolve issues by escalating them to the relevant internal departments - Trainspeople on how to use different types of systems - Monitors daily performance of technical systems - Helps the organisation todeploy new software orhardware systems   - Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities - Technology Environmento - Desktop / productivity services –Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac hardware and software, Antivirus, MS Office365 - Directory services –Microsoft - Hosting Services –Azure, AWS, GCPoMDM/MAM –Intune&Jamf - Networking services –IPv4, IPv6, Wifi, basics of routing and switching - Printer Services - Communication& Telephony –MS Teams, Zoom - Able to establish productive, co-operative relationships and demonstrate effective use of conflict resolution skills - Possessesthe ability to learn and work on changing and emerging technologies. - Demonstrated ability to work effectively in an environment characterised by constant change, ambiguous dataand a fast-paced, deadline-driven culture - Demonstrated commitment to Appen core values and company vision - Demonstrated time management and organizational skills with high level attention to details - Demonstrates strong IT skills combined with a good head for business - Excellent communication skills including an ability to present information clearly and concisely in writing or verbally to a wide audience including clients and managers; effectively uses active listening skills - Independent, autonomous, motivated self-starter who can establish a course of action for self and others while driving initiatives to completion - Proven analytical skills including the ability to proactively identify problems, gather information and set course of action. - Takes personal responsibility for continuous learning   - Qualifications & Experiences - A bachelor’s degree(complete or on-going)in a relevant field of studyispreferred (ie: Computer Science). - 3+ years ofa combinationin IT Support and customer service related experience, preferably in a high-volume global corporate environment. - Hands-on experience and supporting modern technology platforms for communication and collaboration. - Familiarity with ITIL V4 practices and principles,ensuring and promotingits practices tointrinsically guide IT’sphilosophy to run a flexible, iterative, continuously evolving IT Service Delivery.   We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. 

Position Summary Appen’s Recruitment Associate will be responsible on the daily recruiting operations to meet the hiring demands of our clients. Recruitment Specialist responsibilities includes close coordination with the team lead, conducting market research, identifying candidates, screening, coordinating recruitment activities & support fair hiring practices.   Responsibilities - Involve in recruiting candidates - Closely collaborate with sourcing team to build effective and strategic advertisements and communications for a better crowd engagement - Provide real-time endorsement tracking and candidate monitoring - Communicate with the Hiring team on the status of their requirements - Research new technologies to understand the requirement/s better. - Make recommendations on additional candidate pool and recruiting techniques and evaluating market conditions. - Conduct phone interviews to pre-screen candidates, verifying their qualifications, availability, and compensation requirements - Other recruitment related activities deemed necessary in fulfilling the crowd projects’ goals.    Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Solid understanding of Recruitment practices - Good time-management skills with the ability to handle various open positions simultaneously - Technical expertise with an ability to understand and explain job requirements - Familiarity with Applicant Tracking Systems and resume databases - Solid knowledge of sourcing techniques (e.g. social media recruiting and job boards) - Hands-on experience with various interview formats (e.g. phone, MS Teams, Zoom etc.)    Qualifications and Experience - Bachelor’s degree in human resources management or relevant field, or equivalent work experience, required - Experience working in fast paced global organizations, RPO, Tech, Languages, Remote Work companies (tutorials) or Shared Services, preferred - Flexible in accommodating varying shift schedule   If this resonates with you, or if you feel like you would excel in the role, apply now!   We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.   About Appen Appen collects and labels images, text, speech, audio, video, and other data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. Our expertise includes having a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors who speak over 235 languages, in over 70,000 locations and 170 countries, and the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform. Our reliable training data gives leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products. Founded in 1996, Appen has customers and offices globally.    

Responsibilities - Responsible for - Oversee the implementation, administration, and operation of multiple endpoint security technologies such as but not limited to CrowdStrike, Tenable, defender etc - Perform health check of Antivirus tool, update with latest signatures and maintain the minimum hygiene of IT systems - Performs vulnerability discovery and validation using in-house tools, analyse vulnerability results to determine technical validity and merit - Work with security team to perform tests and uncover network vulnerabilities. Fix detected vulnerabilities to maintain a high-security standard. - Monitor and analyse alerts from SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) tool - Internal contacts (list of stakeholders for this role) - Director - IT Security and compliance - Manager - IT Service Desk and Analysts - IT infrastructure operations team - IT Solution architect team - Appen Project team - Engineering team - External contacts - Industry information security institutions - Main Activities - Monitor and investigate security breaches and other cyber security incidents. - Monitor and analyse the logs and alerts and reduce false positives - Handle Security related tickets in ServiceDesk portal such as admin rights requests, USB access etc - Provide support in IT Security related projects like Secure configuration and application authorisation to name few. - Creating IT Security awareness documents and materials organisation wide. - Acting as median between IT Infra ops team and service desk for any IT Security related tasks - Prepare and create regular reports to document any process changes, improvements made, and security breaches that caused damage to the company.  Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Degree in Computer Science or Information technology – Required - IT Service Management certification – Desirable - Candidates with certification in information security (CISSP, CEH, Security+, ECSA, GSEC, GCIH, GCIA etc.) or comparable work experience will be given preference. - Good to Have: - Prior knowledge and experience working with various information security frameworks (ISO/IEC 27001/2, NIST 800-53/171, COBIT5, etc.) and regulatory - frameworks (SOX, PCI-DSS3.2, GDPR, etc.) - Basic Knowledge on Role-based Access Control (RBAC), Mandatory Access Control (MAC), Discretionary Access Control (DAC) - Experience on Network and server administration troubleshooting.  Qualifications and Experience - Hands on experience with any or all of the following technologies: Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR), Host-based antivirus, Full Packet Capture tools, Intrusion - Detection/Prevention Systems (IPS). Example: like Crowdstrike, Defender, Sophos UTM and XG, Palo Alto - Conducts technical analysis against impacted systems to determine impact, scope, and recovery from active and potential cyber incidents. - Experience monitoring and analysing alerts from SIEM tools like Log Rhythm, Splunk, ArcSight, QRadar - Leverages basic Forensics tools, techniques, and capacities to support Cyber Incident Response activities. - Documents results of cyber threat analysis and subsequent remediation and recovery in an effective and consistent manner. - Knowledge of vulnerability management including the tools expertise like Nessus Tenable, Qualys etc (assessment, remediation, communications etc.) - Experience on Microsoft Active Directory Group Policy, Azure AD and ACLs and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Directory Services. - Basic knowledge on MDM solutions such as Intune, Jamf etc. - Ability to understand key security controls and how they factor into assessing overall security risk in an Enterprise level. - Effective at communicating with various levels of the organization (e.g., technical/non-technical verbal & written communication abilities In English)   If this resonates with you, or if you feel like you would excel in the role, apply now!   We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.   About Appen Appen collects and labels images, text, speech, audio, video, and other data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. Our expertise includes having a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors who speak over 235 languages, in over 70,000 locations and 170 countries, and the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform. Our reliable training data gives leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products. Founded in 1996, Appen has customers and offices globally.    

Project Manager – Language Technology Projects   To meet our current and future work commitments we are inviting applications from individuals with interest in language, technology and project management. The role involves managing concurrent projects, applying your linguistic & project management skills. The successful candidate will join a friendly project focused team supporting clients in North America.   You will lead teams towards customer project delivery while simultaneously handling key stakeholder relationships. You will need to be a highly motivated, ‘results driven’ individual, with superior organizational skills. You will be a natural leader, with excellent communication skills, that enable you to build relationships, manage client relationships and motivate project team members.   The position is open to applicants in either Sydney, Australia, or the US.   Position Summary:   The Project Manager at Appen will manage a portfolio of small to medium-sized linguistic projects for established clients. He/She will rely on their linguistic skills to lead project teams of linguists/specialists, while bringing in their project management and customer focus to effectively manage project scope, and to meet or exceed project targets while delivering high quality. Key Responsibilities: - Autonomously plan and manage project teams to quality, scope, time, and budget; ensure effective project execution and delivery - Build strong client relationships through customer service and regular reporting - Report and manage project financial activities - Report project status, manage risk and issues and undertake recovery action as necessary to ensure project success - Ensure close and regular communication with all internal project stakeholders - Share knowledge and take initiative to improve processes - Provide operational input to the Sales team to support business growth opportunities Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: - Degree in linguistics, computational linguistics, language studies, a related field, or equivalent experience - 2-5 years project management experience preferably in a language, linguistics, or software-related field, in a client-facing role - Solid understanding of linguistic concepts and terminology - Familiarity with a broad range of Natural Language Processing Technologies and their application to the company's business areas - Strong technical and data management skills - Excellent communication skills - Demonstrated ability to work effectively in an environment characterized by frequent change, and a fast, deadline-driven culture   Advantageous Skills: - Native or near-native proficiency in at least one language other than English - Familiarity with a range of Natural Language Processing technologies - Experience with regular expressions, scripting, or programming skills     About Appen Appen is a global leader in the development of high-quality, human-annotated datasets for machine learning and artificial intelligence. Appen brings over 20 years of experience capturing and enriching a wide variety of data types including speech, text, image and video. With deep expertise in more than 180 languages and access to a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors, Appen partners with technology, automotive and eCommerce companies — as well as governments worldwide — to help them develop, enhance and use products that rely on natural languages and machine learning.   At Appen, we value performance, honesty, humility, and grit. We persevere and remain focused, whilst maintaining agility to achieve quality outcomes and exceed expectations. We’re truth tellers – respectfully of course. We take accountability for our actions and believe in giving and receiving direct feedback. We give credit where credit is due and show gratitude to others for their contributions. We seek diverse perspectives as we recognize the value in teamwork and collaboration. Through grit, we take ownership, and we don’t give up     We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.  

SENIOR COMPUTATIONAL LINGUIST   Position Summary  As part of Appen’s Advanced Research and Consulting (ARC) team, the Senior Computational Linguist will help design and prototype next-generation tools for data creation, enrichment, and structuring.  The Senior Computational Linguist will envision, scope, design, build, and test new solutions from the ground up, in collaboration with a highly effective cross-functional team consisting of linguists, ML scientists, knowledge engineers, and other developers.     Responsibilities  - Collaborate closely with ARC subject matter experts and developers to envision, create, and prototype solutions for our clients’ most pressing data problems - Participate in all parts of the software development life cycle for prototype solutions - Communicate effectively with awide range of stakeholders, including Product, Engineering, Sales, Customer Delivery teams, and customers    Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities  - Strong programming skills with a working knowledge of both front-end and back-end development - Experience in the full software development lifecycle from conception to production deployment - Expertise with at least one widely adopted programming languagesuch as Python, Java, C++  - Knowledge of or willingness to quickly learn to our tech stack: Python, ReactJS - Ability to think outside the box and create innovative solutions to new problems - Strong interpersonal, presentation, written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to adapt your message to the context of the audience - Strong requirements gathering and discovery skills - Excellent problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills - Ability to work effectively as a teamplayer in a collaborative environment  - Embodiment of Appen’score values: performance, honesty, humility, and grit  - Bonus for dev-ops skills: Linux, automation, sever administration, cloud environments, etc.   Qualifications and Experience    - -   Required:  4-year degree in a relevant technical field, or equivalent combination of formal training and experience  - Required: 3+ years’ software engineering experience   - Required: Familiarity with semantic web technologies (RDF, SPARQL, etc.), graph databases (Neo4J, AWS Neptune, etc.) and related technologies     Preferred Qualifications and Experience - Preferred:  Experience with computer vision and image processing  - Preferred:  Experience with AI/ML pipelines, including NLP, ASR, and TTS  - Preferred:  Advanced degree in a relevant technical field  - Preferred:  Experience writing white papers and/or publishing at academic conferences or willingness to learn         About Appen Appen is a global leader in the development of high-quality, human-annotated datasets for machine learning and artificial intelligence. Appen brings over 20 years of experience capturing and enriching a wide variety of data types including speech, text, image and video. With deep expertise in more than 180 languages and access to a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors, Appen partners with technology, automotive and eCommerce companies — as well as governments worldwide — to help them develop, enhance and use products that rely on natural languages and machine learning.   At Appen, we value performance, honesty, humility, and grit. We persevere and remain focused, whilst maintaining agility to achieve quality outcomes and exceed expectations. We’re truth tellers – respectfully of course. We take accountability for our actions and believe in giving and receiving direct feedback. We give credit where credit is due and show gratitude to others for their contributions. We seek diverse perspectives as we recognize the value in teamwork and collaboration. Through grit, we take ownership, and we don’t give up.   We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.      

Senior Director, Global Business      Position Summary The Senior Director will drive customer relations, growth, PMO, digital transformation, operational excellence, performance efficiencies, quality, qualification, and resource planning for a large book of business. This senior delivery role will ensure all requirements of the terms of customer agreements are met or exceeded where possible. This role will engage with our client teams, driving strategy, partner with sales, solutions, and all internal business partners.         Responsibilities - Customer relationships, PMO office, best practices, and optimization: Lead transformation, customer relationships, growth, quality, efficiencies, delivery metrics, resource management, PMO best practices, team performance, and ultimately customer satisfaction. Strive to be profitable and efficient while supporting Appen’s overarching vision. - Operational Strategy: Partner with Senior Leadership to make decisions relating to operational activities and set strategic goals for their teams and business partners. Develop strategic and annual objectives / goals to support strategic resource planning for account personnel and year over year growth. - Growth and Efficiency Strategy: Devise strategies to ensure growth of programs organizationally wide, identifying and implementing process improvements that will maximize output and minimize cost. Understand and deploy technologies and automation to improve operational team’s performance and quality. - Senior Client Relationship Management: Partner with senior leadership on the client team, managing quarterly strategy sessions relating to vendor performance. - Team Development and Management: Support, develop and maintain high-performing delivery teams including, hiring, training, coaching, mentoring and continually driving performance development initiatives. - Mentoring and Leadership: Management of team functional areas, developing resources and providing growth and learning. Driving thought leadership and professional support for customers. - Sales Partnership: Support the sales organization, partnering on new pilots, SOW development and PO renewal. - KPIs, Reporting, and Scorecard Management: Driver of the Operational performance scorecard where applicable, partnering with the client on solutions and performance improvement. - Reporting and Automation: Drive efficiencies at the account level, reporting on optimization monthly to the Senior leadership team.Review and revise policies and procedures as needed to support the organization and ensure they are followed. - Trends and Insights: Evaluate data/trends, gather other information, and analyze their findings to drive KPI’s throughout the org. Industry thought leadership and demonstrated knowledge share. - Executive presentations: Hold weekly, bi-weekly, monthly department meetings to ensure problems are handled quickly. - Cross team collaboration: Partnership with internal functional teams such as Quality, Qualification, SLA, Product Engineering, and Marketing on account strategy.         Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Qualifications and Experience - 15 to 20 years of qualified experience, preferably managing large scale teams, and senior client relationships. - Big Consulting experience and Master’s degree preferred. - Large scale PMO $250+Mil revenue operations of Portfolio of Programs preferred. - Strong negotiation skills and experience with partnering with sales on key proposals and opportunities. - Cross functional Leadership skills, ability to understand impact to decisions on Delivery Operations, Sales, Brand, Marketing, Product, and Finance - Strong P&L knowledge and experience. - Experience in scaling and improving efficiencies for large scale Digital Transformation engagements. Global and International experience and cultural awareness specifically in the growth regions such as Europe and APAC. - Qualifications: Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Data Science/Management, Business Management, or similar - Preferred Certifications: Lean Six Sigma, PMP/PMI, PMO, Agile, Scrum, Design Thinking, Strategy - Evidence of continuous learning and growth.         Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: - Must be a proven leader and motivated self-starter that can establish a course of action for self and others and drive initiatives to completion while meeting deadlines. Large scale PMO operations. Simplify complex operations, large scale transformation, and scale the organization. - Demonstrated time management, organizational skills, detail oriented, summary level and actionable executive reporting, and a strong commitment to personal and organizational accountability. - Strong operational skills to effectively manage and optimize large delivery teams while meeting increasing client high performance requirements. - Excellent ability to serve as the liaison between Client and internal executive teams. - Professional expertise is demonstrated through problem solving, applying professional judgement, and competent performance. - Motivated leader that can empower and motivate a group of different functional teams. - Flexible, independent, self-motivated; able to deal calmly and professionally with ambiguous data while leading in an environment of constant change. - Excellent communication skills including an ability to present information clearly and concisely in writing or verbally. Must also be an attentive and careful listener and respond appropriately to others while demonstrating the ability to connect with team members. - Excellent analytical skills including ability to proactively identify problems, gather information and set course of action. - Demonstrated experience creating productive, cooperative relationships and conflict resolution skills. Effectively coaches, mentors, promotes, educates peers and team members. - Displays a high level of professionalism by setting appropriate examples in meetings and interactions with peers and team members. - Track record of excellent leadership skills including ability to build highly functioning teams that deliver high caliber metrics. - Demonstrates a high level of fiscal awareness and responsibility. Continuously looks for methods to develop processes that have a positive impact on the bottom line. - Ability to travel post COVID. Ability to work and adapt to team and customer location and time zones. We have business across the world and time zones.           About Appen   Appen collects and labels images, text, speech, audio, video, and other data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. Our expertise includes having a global crowd of over one million skilled contractors who speak over 180 languages and dialects, in over 70,000 locations and 130 countries, and the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform. Our reliable training data gives leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products. Founded in 1996, Appen has customers and offices globally.   At Appen, we value performance, honesty, humility, and grit. We persevere and remain focused, whilst maintaining agility to achieve quality outcomes and exceed expectations. We’re truth tellers – respectfully of course. We take accountability for our actions and believe in giving and receiving direct feedback. We give credit where credit is due and show gratitude to others for their contributions. We seek diverse perspectives as we recognize the value in teamwork and collaboration. Through grit, we take ownership, and we do not give up.   We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.  

Chief of Staff to the CTO         About the Role:   As the Chief of Staff, you’ll be responsible for the day-to-day needs of a wide variety of stakeholders. This essential role will help the CTO in driving the technology vision of the company while providing a wide range of assistance with administrative and execution tasks. These tasks range from promoting values and cultures, defining and enforce processes, managing critical engineering initiatives, and more. It is a critical position who will drive our engineering excellence and culture.       Responsibilities: - Acts as a role model of Appen’s culture and values. - Assist CTO on strategic initiatives. - Drive engineering excellence and optimize agile practice. - Work closely with other engineering leadership team to promote engineering culture. - Responsible for the management of largely cross-functional, high visible, and business critical initiatives in the technology organization       Qualifications: - A./B.S. degree or higher, or equivalent experience. - Experience in a leadership position - Self-motivated, a strong sense of ownership and responsibility - Advanced knowledge in Agile practice - Fantastic interpersonal skills - Strong problem solver - Experiencing leading large cross functional products and team preferred     About Appen Appen is a global leader in the development of high-quality, human-annotated datasets for machine learning and artificial intelligence. Appen brings over 20 years of experience capturing and enriching a wide variety of data types including speech, text, image and video. With deep expertise in more than 180 languages and access to a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors, Appen partners with technology, automotive and eCommerce companies — as well as governments worldwide — to help them develop, enhance and use products that rely on natural languages and machine learning.   At Appen, we value performance, honesty, humility, and grit. We persevere and remain focused, whilst maintaining agility to achieve quality outcomes and exceed expectations. We’re truth tellers – respectfully of course. We take accountability for our actions and believe in giving and receiving direct feedback. We give credit where credit is due and show gratitude to others for their contributions. We seek diverse perspectives as we recognize the value in teamwork and collaboration. Through grit, we take ownership, and we don’t give up.   We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.  

Project Manager – Language Technology Projects   To meet our current and future work commitments we are inviting applications from individuals with interest in language, technology and project management. The role involves managing concurrent projects, applying your linguistic & project management skills. The successful candidate will join a friendly project focused team supporting clients in North America.   You will lead teams towards customer project delivery while simultaneously handling key stakeholder relationships. You will need to be a highly motivated, ‘results driven’ individual, with superior organizational skills. You will be a natural leader, with excellent communication skills, that enable you to build relationships, manage client relationships and motivate project team members.   The position is open to applicants in either Sydney, Australia, or the US.   Position Summary:   The Project Manager at Appen will manage a portfolio of small to medium-sized linguistic projects for established clients. He/She will rely on their linguistic skills to lead project teams of linguists/specialists, while bringing in their project management and customer focus to effectively manage project scope, and to meet or exceed project targets while delivering high quality. Key Responsibilities: - Autonomously plan and manage project teams to quality, scope, time, and budget; ensure effective project execution and delivery - Build strong client relationships through customer service and regular reporting - Report and manage project financial activities - Report project status, manage risk and issues and undertake recovery action as necessary to ensure project success - Ensure close and regular communication with all internal project stakeholders - Share knowledge and take initiative to improve processes - Provide operational input to the Sales team to support business growth opportunities Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: - Degree in linguistics, computational linguistics, language studies, a related field, or equivalent experience - 2-5 years project management experience preferably in a language, linguistics, or software-related field, in a client-facing role - Solid understanding of linguistic concepts and terminology - Familiarity with a broad range of Natural Language Processing Technologies and their application to the company's business areas - Strong technical and data management skills - Excellent communication skills - Demonstrated ability to work effectively in an environment characterized by frequent change, and a fast, deadline-driven culture   Advantageous Skills: - Native or near-native proficiency in at least one language other than English - Familiarity with a range of Natural Language Processing technologies - Experience with regular expressions, scripting, or programming skills     About Appen Appen is a global leader in the development of high-quality, human-annotated datasets for machine learning and artificial intelligence. Appen brings over 20 years of experience capturing and enriching a wide variety of data types including speech, text, image and video. With deep expertise in more than 180 languages and access to a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors, Appen partners with technology, automotive and eCommerce companies — as well as governments worldwide — to help them develop, enhance and use products that rely on natural languages and machine learning.   At Appen, we value performance, honesty, humility, and grit. We persevere and remain focused, whilst maintaining agility to achieve quality outcomes and exceed expectations. We’re truth tellers – respectfully of course. We take accountability for our actions and believe in giving and receiving direct feedback. We give credit where credit is due and show gratitude to others for their contributions. We seek diverse perspectives as we recognize the value in teamwork and collaboration. Through grit, we take ownership, and we don’t give up     We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.  

Appen collects and labels images, text, speech, audio, video, and other data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. Our expertise includes having a global crowd of over one million skilled contractors who speak over 180 languages and dialects, in over 70,000 locations and 130 countries, and the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform. Our reliable training data gives leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products. Founded in 1996, Appen has customers and offices globally.   At Appen, we value performance, honesty, humility, and grit. We persevere and remain focused, whilst maintaining agility to achieve quality outcomes and exceed expectations. We’re truth tellers – respectfully of course. We take accountability for our actions, and believe in giving and receiving direct feedback. We give credit where credit is due, and show gratitude to others for their contributions. We seek diverse perspectives as we recognize the value in teamwork and collaboration. Through grit, we take ownership, and we don’t give up.     - Position Summary IT Infrastructure Operations Engineer at Appen partners with IT Infrastructure Operations Analysts and IT Technical Support Analysts to identify solutions to fix root cause and recurring issues. Ensures that the IT infrastructure is sufficiently robust, scalable, and efficient to deliver the integrated services underlying the physical,virtual and cloud environment that supports the processes, resources, and operators required for accessing, integrating, operating, and sustaining IT applications and support services. Understands and is proficient on cloud hosting services as AWS, Azure, etc on a conceptual and hands-on aspect to be able to easily figure out architectural design and how technical components interact. Provides third-level support to augment IT Infrastructure Operations capacity to handle escalated tickets.   - Responsibilities • Application compatibility – Ensure that software systems and feature releases are compatible with the Appen IT Infrastructure • Backup and disaster recovery – Data backup and recovery processes, replacement of hardware (networking) • Documentation – Maintain records of IT asset usage, End-user requests, operating procedures, system design & architecture,business requirements, IT Issues and  regulatory compliance. • Network administration – follow organizational polices and protocols in order to maintain network integrity & performance • Security administration – Infrastructure and network security monitoring & analysis, IAM, licensing, updates and patching • Service administration and configurations – ensuring configuration changes are documented and follow Appen Policies • System health monitoring – System health and identifying anomalous behavior including security-sensitive activities. • System maintenance – Dependable access and availability, troubleshoot and fix issues that compromise system performance or access. • User administration – managing identities and access, resolve technology related issues at the 3rd line • User training - conduct training programs to bring users up to pace with new software installations or IT system changes   - Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities • Technology Environment   - o Desktop / productivity services – Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac hardware and software, Antivirus, MS Office365 o Directory services – Microsoft, AWS o Hosting Services – AWS, Azure, Alibaba cloud, GCP o MDM/MAM – InTune, Jamf, Idaptive (Munki) o Networking services – Routing, Routers, Firewalls, Switching, Cabling, Wireless access points, configuration o Printer Services o Server services – Linux (Debian), Windows Server and Hyper V o Storage services – DAS SATA – Samba and NFS access, Dell SAN, Synology NAS, Windows File Services   • Able to establish productive, co-operative relationships and demonstrate effective use of conflict resolution skills • Demonstrated ability to work effectively in an environment characterized by constant change, ambiguous data and a fastpaced, deadline-driven culture • Demonstrated commitment to Appen core values and company vision • Demonstrated time management and organizational skills with high level attention to details. • Demonstrates strong IT skills combined with a good head for business. • Excellent communication skills including an ability to present information clearly and concisely in writing or verbally to a wide audience including clients and managers; effectively uses active listening skills • Independent, motivated self-starter who can establish a course of action for self and others while driving initiatives to completion • Proven analytical skills including the ability to proactively identify problems, gather information and set course of action. • Takes personal responsibility for continuous learning   - Qualifications & Experiences • A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study, preferred (ie: Computer Science). • 5+ years of related Infrastructure or System Administration experience, preferably in a high-volume global corporate environment. • Hands-on experience and supporting modern technology platforms for communication and collaboration. • Industry Certification on relevant technologies, frameworks and practices • ITIL Certified V4 (preferred) and ensure its practices are intrinsically guiding IT’s philosophy to run a flexible, iterative, continuously evolving IT Service Delivery.   We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. 

                                                                             HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER (UK & EU) - Position Summary The HR manager role is part of a globally spread, dynamic team of Human Resources professionals. This is a stand-alone HR role for the UK and EU region and has high visibility with internal and external stakeholders. This role operates within a fast-paced and agile work environment and delivers a world-class, generalist HR services that is customer-focused, enthusiastic and passionate.   - Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities        HR Generalist function – 70% - Influencing, advising and educating managers on the full spectrum of people related issues with particular focus on employee relations, performance management, grievance and disciplinary matters, pay and reward. - Developing new HR processes and policies to support and enable an innovative, fast-paced, ever-evolving environment. Partner with the global HR leadership team to roll out all key people processes (performance management, compensation, benefits, development programs, etc.) - Maintaining current processes by auditing and updating HR policies and procedures (including employee handbooks), programs, and practices. - Championing HR policies, procedures and tools (including Appen HCM system Workday) to drive a consistent approach across the business and ensuring all policies and practices are in line with current legislation. Providing advice on contractual and legislative issues to the business. - Enabling the regional management team to be better leaders and provide coaching on interventions to manage performance. - Being a people and culture ambassador and fostering company values through various HR functions. - Coordinating with centre of excellence teams like recruitment, payroll, L&D to achieve regional HR goals. - Drafting employment agreements for successful candidates, reviews and approves candidate information in the HR system for seamless onboarding. - Conducting Appen orientation and training sessions for the new hires. Monitoring probationary periods, issues probationary period completion notices and termination notices accordingly. - Ongoing HR data management, using the HCM system, producing reports and analyses, ensuring accurate audit trails are maintained. - Being responsible and accountable for communicating and driving the successful implementation of all HR projects in the region. - Partnering with the global HR team to provide time-zone support to a small team of non-UK European employees on various HR matters.   Recruiter function – 30% - Coordinate end-to-end recruitment (personally or via agencies) to enable on-time staffing. - Coaching regional management team on the candidate selection.   - Qualifications and Experience - Bachelor’s Degree, with emphasis in Human Resources Management, Business, Psychology, or Organizational Development. - At least 5 years of HR and 2 years of recruitment experience in fast paced, time critical, multi-national organisations. Experience in technology or professional services companies will be desirable. - Experience of dealing with organisational change advantageous. - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Should have experience of liaising with senior stakeholders, professionals. - Ability to learn quickly on the job and operate independently. - Knowledge and experience of UK employment law is essential. - Strong administrative skills with an eye for detail and a knack for accuracy. - Excellent knowledge of Microsoft suite, including Excel. - Be able to travel to our Exeter office at least once a week to provide in-person support our management and staff in the secured facility. - Strong business and HR acumen, including ability to diagnose and analyse problems and drive appropriate solutions and business strategies.    - About Appen   Appen collects and labels images, text, speech, audio, video, and other data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. Our expertise includes having a global crowd of over one million skilled contractors who speak over 180 languages and dialects, in over 70,000 locations and 130 countries, and the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform. Our reliable training data gives leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products. At Appen, we value performance, honesty, humility, and grit.   We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.          

Position Summary This role is an entry-level position and reports to either the HR team lead, or manager. Your main responsibilities as the HR Assistant will be to maintain and update employee records, support HR processes, as well as manage various HR documents and internal databases, such as holiday and leave HR Assistant will act as the first point of contact to employees and external partners for all HR related queries. As a priority, HR Assistant will handle most employee documentation, including contracts, onboarding paperwork and starter packs. A good understanding and knowledge of employment law and ensuring the HR department conforms to these is key. Assisting with any other administrative tasks as and when they arise may be necessary   Responsibilities - Forming and maintaining employee records - Updating databases internally, such as sick and maternity leave - Preparing and amending where necessary HR documents, i.e. offer letters and employment contracts. - Communicating with external partners and internal stakeholders - Reporting regularly on HR metrics, such as company turnover, diversity, productivity, etc - Being the first point of contact for employees on any HR related queries - Submit documents to government agencies - Assisting with payroll by providing the department with relevant employee information, i.e. holiday and sick days taken, company ID, etc. - Helping with various arrangements internally - Assist and support in engagement activities    Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Attention to detail, organized and can prioritize workload - Above average English written and verbal skills - Can communicate with any level of colleague within the business - Experience in engagement activities a plus - Experience in 201 filing - Above average MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint skills - Experience as an HR Assistant or HR administrator - Understanding various HR software, systems a plus - Good understanding of PH labor laws - Willing to work in the office as needed during pandemic - Graphic design experience is a plus    Qualifications and Experience - HR Assistant is expected to be qualified to degree level, in either HR, management or a business-related field. Previous administrative experience is essential, but not necessarily within the HR sector. Being organized and able to prioritize is vital, as is having good communicative and relationship building skills, as you will work with various people across the whole business. - Open to other non-HR degree but must have at least 6 months experience as an HR Admin/ HR Assistant.   If this resonates with you, or if you feel like you would excel in the role, apply now!   We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.   About Appen Appen collects and labels images, text, speech, audio, video, and other data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. Our expertise includes having a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors who speak over 235 languages, in over 70,000 locations and 170 countries, and the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform. Our reliable training data gives leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products. Founded in 1996, Appen has customers and offices globally.    

Global Deal Desk Analyst       Position Summary   We are seeking a proven motivated intelligent hard working individual contributor, with experience accurately implementing processes while quickly and concisely explaining those to others. This Sales Operations role will support the global Sales organization by assessing and assigning support tickets as well as completing tickets regarding customer forms/information requests.  The role will provide daily interaction with the Sales team.  We are seeking an individual with a strong analytical, decision making, and communications skills, along with the ability to quickly process and act on information.       Responsibilities - Follow established processes to ensure the smooth flow of internal requests from Sales - Triage ticket requests and assign appropriately - Fill out customer forms and answer information requests accurately - Follow up with ticket assignees to ensure timely resolutions - Answer questions from Sales regarding the document review and approval process and where specific documents are in the process - Recommend process improvements to improve customer service   Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Detailed oriented and analytical mind with a drive to seek the truth and drive what is right for the organization and company at large - Outstanding decision making and communication skills - Ability to interact with other internal teams to drive closure of support tickets - Ability to learn new processes quickly   Qualifications and Experience - Four-year college degree from an accredited institution; master’s in business administration (MBA) or equivalent preferred - Minimum 5 years of sales operations or Deal Desk experience in an enterprise sales environment - Strong business acumen. Prior sales, contracts management, or business consulting experience preferred. - Experience in sales operations, business planning, or sales support team is a strong plus. - Experience successfully working analytically rigorous corporate initiatives - Prior experience in the enterprise hardware space a plus. - Bachelor’s degree, Masters’ degree preferred, project management certification a plus     About Appen   Appen collects and labels images, text, speech, audio, video, and other data used to build and continuously improve the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence systems. Our expertise includes having a global crowd of over one million skilled contractors who speak over 180 languages and dialects, in over 70,000 locations and 130 countries, and the industry’s most advanced AI-assisted data annotation platform. Our reliable training data gives leaders in technology, automotive, financial services, retail, healthcare, and governments the confidence to deploy world-class AI products. Founded in 1996, Appen has customers and offices globally.   At Appen, we value performance, honesty, humility, and grit. We persevere and remain focused, whilst maintaining agility to achieve quality outcomes and exceed expectations. We’re truth tellers – respectfully of course. We take accountability for our actions and believe in giving and receiving direct feedback. We give credit where credit is due and show gratitude to others for their contributions. We seek diverse perspectives as we recognize the value in teamwork and collaboration. Through grit, we take ownership, and we do not give up.   We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.  

CROWD OPERATIONS SPECIALIST   Position Summary   The Crowd Operations Specialist provides communication with and engagement for our community of over one million Contributors by providing support as necessary, monitoring and responding on social media channels, creating and promoting engagement content, and writing and distribution of disaster/emergency messaging. This role is responsible for helping Appen build and maintain a solid community engagement program and process flow, as well as improving Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) and Net Promoter Score (NPS).   Role Responsibilities   Support - Assist in communicating with our Crowd by providing superior customer service and support, by leveraging best-in-class communication tools - Work cross-functionally (Crowd Support, PMs, Recruiting, Product, Marketing) to identify opportunities to improve Crowd experience and overall Appen retention - Act as an advocate for the Crowd, engaging in dialogues with various departments and answering questions where appropriate   Social Media Monitoring - Help monitor and respond to company-related content located on social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn - Work with Product and Marketing to create proactive messaging around product releases, platform updates, and any other major changes - Partner with Marketing to develop reactive messaging for negative incidents, Crowd complaints or Customer issues   Crowd Communication - Help develop and implement internal and external communication strategies, including process documents, style guides, responses for online reviews and posts, crisis and disaster communications, and other messaging as necessary - Generate compelling content and help manage a scheduled engagement calendar for the Crowd, focused on Wellness, Community and Education - Create and execute Crowd surveys and deliver results upon request from various teams and departments - Complete other tasks as assigned     Qualifications - Required Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities   - BS or BA degree in Marketing, Writing or Communications from an accredited University or equivalent work experience - Ability to effectively communicate information and ideas in written and verbal format, - 4-5 years working in a customer facing role - In-depth knowledge and understanding of online community platforms and their respective participants (forums, blogs, web casts, photo uploads, profiling etc.) and how they can be deployed in different scenarios - 2-3 years’ experience managing/moderating an online community - Creative, diplomatic, cool under pressure and possesses fantastic interpersonal skills - Proficient in building and maintaining relationships, with both internal and external stakeholders - Able to quickly become a subject matter expert on a variety of Appen programs - Good technical aptitude and can pick up new tools quickly - Demonstrated time management and organizational skills, with attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem solving - Motivated self-starter that drives initiatives to completion - Ability to drive customer service excellence and provide a positive experience for the Crowd   About Appen Appen is a global leader in the development of high-quality, human-annotated datasets for machine learning and artificial intelligence. Appen brings over 20 years of experience capturing and enriching a wide variety of data types including speech, text, image and video. With deep expertise in more than 180 languages and access to a global crowd of over 1 million skilled contractors, Appen partners with technology, automotive and eCommerce companies — as well as governments worldwide — to help them develop, enhance and use products that rely on natural languages and machine learning.   At Appen, we value performance, honesty, humility, and grit. We persevere and remain focused, whilst maintaining agility to achieve quality outcomes and exceed expectations. We’re truth tellers – respectfully of course. We take accountability for our actions and believe in giving and receiving direct feedback. We give credit where credit is due and show gratitude to others for their contributions. We seek diverse perspectives as we recognize the value in teamwork and collaboration. Through grit, we take ownership, and we don’t give up.   We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.