Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Retail Specialist
Type: Contract
Compensation: $60–$80/hour
Location: Remote

Role 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 .

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 8+ years of dedicated professional experience in retail (e.g., merchandising, category management, retail operations, buying/planning) at a recognized, top-tier organization (e.g., Amazon, Walmart, Target, Nike, Costco, Home Depot, or equivalent).
• Prior hands-on experience evaluating LLM/AI model outputs against rubrics or structured scoring criteria.
• 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.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

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