Operations Data Analyst — Workplace Communications

About OpenTrain

OpenTrain is the #1 platform for finding and building careers in AI training and data labeling. The platform helps people discover projects, build a unified portfolio, and grow a durable freelance career working on the human side of how AI gets built.

Creating an OpenTrain account is free; many contributors use the platform to find flexible, remote projects that fit studies, other work, or family commitments.

About AI training work

AI training (data labeling/annotation) is how modern AI systems learn from human examples: annotating, evaluating, and shaping model behavior. Contributors perform tasks like evaluating outputs, writing prompts, extracting key facts from text, and creating rubrics that guide model learning.

This work is often remote and flexible, accessible to people with strong judgment and domain familiarity rather than formal AI degrees, and it directly influences how next-generation AI systems behave.

The role

OpenTrain is recruiting a contractor Operations Data Analyst to analyze authentic workplace communications and convert them into high-quality inputs for AI training and evaluation. This is a remote, part-time contractor role (20+ hours/week) that suits clear writers and generalist operators.

You will work with text data (Slack messages, emails, internal files) to identify decisions, action items, dependencies, blockers, and unresolved questions, then synthesize those into multi-step tasks, prompts, and evaluation rubrics.

• Employment type: Contractor, Part-time
• Time: 20+ hours/week
• Data type: Text
• Labeling focus: Evaluation ratings and data collection
• Location: Remote / Worldwide (English required)

What you'll do

Your day-to-day work centers on reasoning over fragmented, multi-channel workplace conversations and turning them into clear, realistic tasks and evaluation materials for advanced AI agents.

• Analyze Slack messages, email threads, and internal files to extract context and key information.
• Identify decisions, action items, dependencies, blockers, and unresolved questions in unstructured conversations.
• Synthesize multi-source workplace data into realistic multi-step tasks for agent evaluation.
• Develop prompts and evaluation rubrics grounded in startup workflows and workplace dynamics.
• Distinguish relevant details from irrelevant context while tracing information across channels and timelines.
• Handle ambiguity and incomplete information using structured approaches that preserve realism and accuracy.
• Maintain confidentiality and data integrity when working with sensitive workplace materials.

Requirements

You must demonstrate strong communication, information-synthesis ability, and a detail-oriented, generalist operations mindset. No prior AI experience is required.

• Excellent written and verbal communication with clarity and precision.
• Ability to interpret fragmented workplace communications across different formats.
• Experience organizing messy, unstructured information into actionable insights.
• Ability to identify decisions, action items, and contextual dependencies in fast-moving business settings.
• Strong generalist skills; startup or operational experience is helpful.
• Comfort working with evolving scenarios, distributed knowledge, and shifting priorities.
• High attention to detail and commitment to confidentiality.

Helpful background

These are not strict requirements but will help you succeed in the role and review work faster and more accurately.

• Startup operations or dynamic ops experience.
• Experience synthesizing business communications or internal documentation.
• Familiarity with evaluation workflows, structured decision-making, or creating rubrics.

Compensation & commitment

Pay is hourly, USD $20–$45 per hour (range provided by the project). This is a contractor role with part-time hours; expect at least 20 hours per week.

Work is remote and worldwide but requires fluency in English. The project uses text-based annotation and evaluation workflows and may use a custom or third-party labeling tool.

• Pay type: Hourly (USD $20–$45/hr)
• Typical weekly hours: 20+
• Language: English
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How to apply

If you are precise, organized, and comfortable working across complex business contexts, this role offers contractor work that rewards strong judgment and communication.

Create a free OpenTrain account, complete your profile to highlight relevant ops or startup experience, and apply directly to the listing. Be prepared to show examples of written synthesis or brief explanations of approaches you've used to turn messy communications into clear next steps.