We are looking for Retail Specialist candidates for a project delivered through Mercor.
What you'll do
- 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.
What you need
- 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 — 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.
Who you work with
Project and contracting process: Mercor. Applications continue on the provider's website.