Typical operations & people pay at Mercor: $160K–$200K — median of 23 listed ranges.
Across all startups we track: $139K–$184K for operations & people roles (2,138 listed ranges).
Mercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between human expertise and frontier models. Millions of domain experts on the platform are paid over $4 million per day to train frontier AI models. Mercor's APEX benchmark family measures AI's real-world impact on professional work. Mercor Enterprise brings this same infrastructure to Fortune 500 companies: helping companies capture how their best people actually work, translating that expertise directly back into agents.
Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious, fast-paced and deeply committed team. You’ll work alongside researchers, operators, and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco, NYC, or London offices.
As an Engagement Manager, you will own key customer relationships across application-layer companies, research labs, and enterprise clients, serving as the primary point of contact from evaluation through delivery. You’ll partner closely with technical and business stakeholders to guide training and deployment, resolve issues, and ensure a high-quality customer experience.
You’ll work cross-functionally with product, operations, and engineering to manage timelines, support execution, and surface insights that drive account growth. This role also plays a key part in expanding revenue—leading commercial processes for new and existing customers and helping leadership identify and unblock growth opportunities in a fast-moving AI environment.
Job Description
Manage and grow a portfolio of relationships across application-layer companies, research labs, and enterprise customers
Serve as the primary point of contact for customer questions, issues, and escalations; triage internally and drive resolution.
Lead commercial processes to close net-new and existing business
Manage technical relationships with research teams and help guide evaluation and training strategy
Work cross-functionally with product, operations, and engineering to track delivery and timelines
Forecast revenue growth and help leadership understand how to unblock additional growth opportunities
Ideally you’d have:
4+ years of total work experience, with experience in consulting or as a technical program management role in industry
Technical BS/MS (or equivalent practical experience) and comfort working with ML/engineering stakeholders
Experience in a top-tier Consulting Firm and fast-growth technology startup
A proven track record in enterprise client facing roles and expanding customer relationships
Excellent verbal and written communications
Ability to understand the ML training and evaluation lifecycle and build trusted relationships with technical customers.
Great cross-functional experience and collaborative ability
Competitive salary w/ aggressive bi-annual performance bonus structure + meaningful equity (aligned with a venture-backed, rapidly scaling AI company)
$1.5K monthly stipend for meals
Free Equinox membership
$200 monthly laundry/housekeeping reimbursement
$200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
Health, Dental, Vision insurance
401(k) with company match
Up to $15k Relocation bonus
$10K proximity bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
From Mercor's careers page. First seen Jul 15, 2026, last verified Oct 26, 2026.
Open roles: 112, down 2 (-2%) over the last 30 days.