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Faizan Qadri

@faizanqadri1

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Data Lead specializing in multilingual LLM & Speech AI data operations, building scalable pipelines and HITL QA.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can own AI data operations end-to-end—translating research needs into roadmaps, building HITL annotation/QA pipelines, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality multilingual LLM & speech datasets in a remote/hybrid setup.

I’m a Data and program operations leader with 6+ years of experience, including 3+ years owning the data layer behind multilingual LLM and Speech AI systems. At AI4Bharat (IIT Madras), I lead cross-functional programs coordinating research, engineering, and field teams across two concurrent AI data programs (ASR and LLM) for Kashmiri and Urdu.

I translate ambiguous research requirements into structured operational roadmaps, building and managing distributed teams of 30+ while using quantitative analysis to guide delivery and quality decisions. I’ve designed scalable annotation pipelines, QA frameworks, and SOPs, maintaining ~70% structured-output quality through iterative feedback loops, and I’ve led partnerships delivering 1,500+ hours of production-ready multilingual speech datasets.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

ASR & LLM Team Lead

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AI4Bharat (IIT Madras)

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 6 months)

Lead two concurrent multilingual AI data programs (ASR and LLM) for Kashmiri and Urdu by coordinating research, engineering, and field teams. Drive operational roadmaps with milestones and align stakeholders while managing a distributed annotation team.

Program Management Cross functional Leadership Stakeholder Management Remote Team Management SOPs

Current

Data Lead

Current

AI4Bharat (IIT Madras)

Jul 2023 - Present (3 years)

Lead ASR and LLM multilingual data programs for Kashmiri and Urdu, coordinating strategy across research, engineering, and field teams. Manage a distributed team of 30+ and build annotation pipelines, QA frameworks, and SOPs to improve structured output quality.

Data Governance Model Evaluation Program Management Cross functional Leadership Stakeholder Management Process Improvement Remote Team Management Statistical Analysis regression MoSCoW Python Transfer Learning Annotation Pipelines SOPs

Data Collection Team Lead

AI4Bharat (IIT Madras)

Jun 2023 - Dec 2023 (6 months)

Led multilingual speech data collection across seven districts of Kashmir to build foundational low-resource-language NLP datasets. Managed a field team of 25+ contributors, established field-to-cloud pipelines, and implemented quality checkpoints.

Speech Data Collection Data Governance Data Pipelines

Regional Marketing & Operations Manager

WestShape

Jul 2021 - May 2023 (1 year 10 months)

Owned end-to-end regional business operations for a retail brand across marketing, digital transformation, inventory, vendor relations, and fulfillment. Used customer behavior and funnel analytics to inform product positioning, catalog optimization, and budget allocation.

Statistical Analysis Stakeholder Management Process Improvement Vendor Management Funnel Analytics

Operations Manager (B2B/B2C)

Corp.H

Jul 2020 - Jul 2021 (1 year)

Managed software product operations, client implementation, and delivery across enterprise engagements. Standardized onboarding playbooks to reduce time-to-value and tracked team KPIs and resource utilization to support team scaling.

Program Management Cross functional Leadership Stakeholder Management Process Improvement Playbooks

Volunteer

Boffins Foundation

Delivered technical education sessions, career guidance, and competitive-exam awareness programs for students across Jammu & Kashmir. Led community cleanliness and afforestation initiatives across Himalayan forest regions.

Technical Education Career Guidance Competitive Exam Awareness Cleanliness Drives Afforestation