Operations Manager

About Human Archive

Human Archive is a robotics data lab founded by Stanford and UC Berkeley dropouts. We work alongside frontier robotics labs and foundation model research groups to collect large-scale, quality, diverse, multimodal datasets of humans performing everyday tasks across household and industrial environments.

We are lean, technical, and operate at extreme speed, taking on unglamorous and conventionally impossible problems that directly unlock step-function gains in model capability.

The deployment of capable humanoids at scale will permanently redefine human labor. Undesirable physical work will disappear, and human effort will shift toward a new era of abundant creativity. This shift is inevitable, and we are building the infrastructure to accelerate it.

We are assembling the best team to solve the hardest problems in embodied intelligence. You will own meaningful systems from day one and see your work directly impact VLA model capabilities. This is a once-in-a-generation inflection point. If you want to leave your dent on humanity and reshape physical labor markets forever, join us!

About the Role

This role is ideal for someone early in their career (1-5 years of experience, or an exceptional dropout) who wants real operational ownership, not a rotational apprenticeship. You’ll work closely with the co-founders and Head of Operations in a high-trust role at the center of execution at Human Archive.

As a founding Operations Manager, you will own the end-to-end lifecycle of field operations, including sourcing and structuring partnerships to unlock access to real-world labor environments, deploying and supporting field teams, and ensuring clean data offload, audit, and closure. Your mandate is to turn site access into reliable, repeatable, high-velocity data collection, even in messy, real-world conditions.

You will build and run core operating systems: coordinating site readiness, managing kits and logistics, leading large field teams during on-site execution, and enforcing post-site workflows that guarantee data quality and operational closure. This is a hands-on execution role: you’ll plan, but you’ll also be on the ground sometimes supporting field teams, unblocking issues, tightening processes, and making sure things actually get done.

What You’ll Do

• Source, structure, and manage site partnerships to unlock access to real-world labor environments, and convert that access into executed field deployments
• Own the end-to-end execution of field operations, from site readiness and kit logistics to on-site execution and post-site closure
• Lead and support large field teams, ensuring consistent execution through SOPs, checklists, and real-time problem solving
• Plan and run high-velocity data collection campaigns, balancing speed, scale, data quality, and operational constraints
• Build, operate, and continuously improve core ops systems across sites, kits, data offloading, audits, and payouts
• Identify failure points in the field and translate them into durable process improvements, not one-off fixes

What We’re Looking For

• Prior experience in operations, top startups, logistics, marketplaces, consulting, banking, or field work is a plus, but not required
• Recent graduates or dropouts, early-career candidates, or experienced operators based in India
• Ability to lead field teams, manage on-site execution, and ensure reliable data capture and upload workflows
• Strong communication skills with the ability to move fast, make decisions with limited information, and take full ownership
• Strategic thinker ready to take on unglamorous, conventionally impossible problems and work harder than they ever have before