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: Research Operations & Administration Expert Type: Contract Compensation: $1,150–$1,450/task Location: Remote Role Responsibilities Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily. Include grant proposals, budgets, IRB/IACUC protocols, and compliance training records. Design multi-step tasks grounded in real workflows. Navigate multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents . Collaborate with other research-operations and administration experts to design environments and shape task scope. Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for research-administration agent benchmarks. Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking. Your work directly informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems . Qualifications Must-Have 3+ years of full-time experience at a top R1 university , academic medical center, federal research agency, or large research nonprofit. Background in pre-award grants management, post-award financial/compliance management, sponsored-programs administration, research compliance, or core-facility operations. Day-to-day use of SharePoint , Box , DocuSign , Mendeley / EndNote , and ADP Workforce Now / UKG Pro . Strong analytical thinking and writing skills. Preferred Certifications: CRA , CPRA , CFRA . Compensation & Legal Task Completion Pay: Competitive and based on task quality (~ $1,150–$1,450 per completed task). Performance Bonus: Weekly bonus incentive for top performers. Hourly Opportunity: Transition to hourly compensation based on sustained quality and throughput. Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete) Upload resume AI interview based on your resume Subm
