Convocante: 
Pygmalion
Tipo de convocatoria: 
Ofertas de empleo
Materias de especialidad: 
Fecha límite de solicitud: 
Lunes, 1 agosto, 2016
Descripción: 

Mexico City, Mexico.

Languages: Spanish (Mexico), English.

The role of the Linguistic Project Manager is to consult with Natural Language Understanding Researchers on creating guidelines and setting standards for a variety of NLP projects, as well as to lead and manage the work of a team of junior linguists to achieve high quality data output.


This includes:


- Reviewing and annotating linguistic data

- Deriving NLP data for new and on-going projects

- Training, managing, and overseeing the work of a team of junior linguists

- Creating guidelines for semantic, syntactic and morphological projects

- Consulting with researchers and engineers on the development of linguistic databases

- Identifying and assigning required tasks for a project

- Tracking and reporting the team's progress

- Monitoring and controlling quality of the data annotated by the team

- Providing linguistic/operational guidance and support to the team

- Delivering final output


Minimum Requirements:


- Native speaker of Spanish (Mexico) and fluent in English

- Master's degree or higher in Linguistics or Computational Linguistics, with experience specializing in semantics, syntax, morphology or lexicography

- Excellent oral and written communication skills

- Good organizational skills

- Previous project management and people management experience


Desired Skills:


- Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts; should have an interest in natural language processing.

- Keen interest in technology and computer-literate (should feel comfortable using in-house tools and should have an interest in linguistics and linguistic resources).

Project duration: 6-9 months (with potential for extension).


This is not a permanent position but a full-time contract position.

For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in English (PDF format preferred) with "Analytic Linguistic Project Manager [Spanish (Mexico)]" in the subject line.


Contact:

Alena Butryna (advancedlinguistics@gmail.com)


Correo electrónico: 
16/06/2016 Convocatorias y empleo