Category Manager
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About the role
Pay: Up to $80/hour
Overview
Handshake is looking for retail category management professionals to support AI research through flexible, hourly contract work. This is not a traditional job. You'll draw on your hands-on experience with pricing strategy, markdown planning, and competitive analysis to evaluate AI-generated content and provide feedback that helps AI better understand retail category management workflows and practices.
This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity that can be done alongside research, teaching, postdoctoral work, or industry employment.
Details
This project involves using your professional experience and hands-on knowledge of the tools you use in your daily work to create expert-level training data and evaluate AI-generated responses for accuracy and relevance. No prior AI experience required.
Fully remote with a flexible, asynchronous schedule and no minimum hour requirement; most contributors work approximately 5–20 hours per week when participating in an active project.
Placement depends on current project needs, with opportunities to be considered for future projects as they become available.
Qualifications
At least 2 years of professional experience in retail category management or buying, in roles such as:
Category Manager
Or equivalent roles in the retail industry
Hands-on experience with category management workflows, including:
Tariff pricing and competitive pricing analysis
Markdown optimization and hindsight analysis
Promotional campaign planning
Strong written communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently and asynchronously with AI research teams.