Retail Specialist

DESCRIPTION

Join a leading AI lab's cutting-edge GenAI team and help build foundational AI models from the ground up. We're seeking talented Retail subject-matter experts (SMEs) with deep domain expertise and hands-on experience evaluating AI model outputs against rubrics to bring rigor and real-world retail judgment to our AI training data. This is a W-2 employment position with Cincinnatus LLC, with the opportunity to be placed at a leading AI Lab as part of their extended workforce. 2. Key Responsibilities Guide research and engineering teams to close knowledge gaps in retail merchandising, category management, and operations reasoning. Design challenging, domain-relevant retail tasks and write accurate, well-reasoned solutions grounded in real retail practice. Evaluate AI model outputs against structured rubrics and provide clear, written feedback on correctness, judgment, and reasoning quality. Develop and refine evaluation guidelines and scoring rubrics specific to retail tasks. Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data. 3. Core

REQUIREMENTS

• ▸Prior hands-on experience evaluating LLM/AI model outputs against rubrics or structured scoring criteria — mandatory; please describe this experience in your application.
• ▸Demonstrable career progression (e.g., Category Manager → Senior Manager → Director of Merchandising).
• ▸Ability to engage reliably for at least 35 hours/week during weekdays.
• ▸Verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving skills, and interpersonal skills.
• ▸We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.
• ▸Contract and Payment Terms
• ▸You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• ▸This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.

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