OpenTrain

Intelligence Operations and Collection Expert

You will evaluate AI-generated materials about intelligence collection, operational planning, and government security decisions. Your feedback will help improve how AI understands real intelligence work and operational judgment.

Field: Business & operations
Where: United States, Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh +46 more
Commitment: part time
Posted: 13 days ago

How this pay compares

At $125/hr (the midpoint of $80 to $170), this role pays more than 92% of the 167 open business & operations roles with a listed pay range, above the median of $68.

Among platforms with 10 or more priced business & operations roles, Mercor has the highest median ($78/hr across 20 roles) and Alignerr the lowest ($53/hr across 31).

OpenTrain AI roles that closed since late October stayed listed a median of 31 days (122 roles). OpenTrain AI posted this one 13 days ago.

Computed from 2,746 open roles we track across Mercor, micro1, Handshake AI, Alignerr, Appen and OpenTrain AI, refreshed daily. Midpoints of listed ranges; “up to” ceilings are left out of medians.

What you would earn at this rate

Where in the listed range$125/hrHours a week15 hrs

Per week, before tax

$1,875

Per month, if the work is steady

$8,125

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Tax: Contract pay arrives with no tax withheld. A US contractor at this rate and these hours would set aside about $2,054 a month for self-employment tax plus federal income tax at the 12% bracket (25%, before state tax). Outside the US, your own country's rules apply.

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Open business & operations roles on each platform

The same kind of work, priced on every platform we track, with the best-paid open role on each.

Platform	Open	Median	Best-paid open role
Mercor	21	$78/hr	Payer & Market Access Expert — Gross-to-Net & Formulary Strategy$175-200/hr
OpenTrain AIthis role	83	$75/hr	Enterprise Operations AI Evaluation Analyst$135/hr
micro1	32	$61/hr	Brand & Creative Strategy Expert$150-350/hr
Alignerr	31	$53/hr	Frontier Data Lead – AI Client Delivery & Growth$85-120/hr
Handshake AI	31	up to $80/hr	Marketing and Sales ProfessionalUp to $120/hr

“Up to” rows list only ceilings, so their median is a maximum, not comparable with the range midpoints above them.

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The full listing

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The work

Review scenarios involving intelligence collection, operational planning, and government security decisions.
Assess collection methods and operational processes for accuracy, realism, and relevance.
Review and refine intelligence case studies, analytical summaries, and scenario-based materials.
Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and unrealistic assumptions in AI-generated content.
Provide structured feedback that improves AI reasoning about intelligence operations.

What it pays and takes

This is remote contractor work with flexible weekly hours. The role is open to candidates in the listed countries across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

Pay: $80 to $170 per hour.
Work type: Part-time contract work with flexible weekly hours.
Location: Remote; open to candidates in the countries specified for this role.
Language: Professional fluency in English.
Experience: Current or previous professional experience in a civilian intelligence agency or an equivalent organization.
Background: Intelligence operations, intelligence collection, or collection management.
Collection expertise: One or more of HUMINT, SIGINT, or OSINT.
Knowledge of intelligence agency procedures, operational frameworks, legal authorities, and interagency coordination.
Experience with operational planning, intelligence collection requirements, or evaluating intelligence information.
Strong analytical judgment, attention to detail, and written communication skills.

How it works

You apply here in about two minutes and finish on the hiring platform. The next step is a short AI interview (technical roles include a coding challenge). Passing it is how you qualify for paid tasks, so take it soon after you are invited.

The hiring platform's application for this job asks for your resume, your LinkedIn profile, your phone number, your location and answers to 3 screening questions.

About AI training work

AI training is the human work behind systems that learn from examples and feedback. In this role, your professional experience helps assess whether AI-generated intelligence material is accurate, realistic, and operationally sound. OpenTrain helps people find AI training and data-labeling work, build a profile, and apply in one place.

From applying to your first payment on OpenTrain AI

1
Create a profile
Create a free OpenTrain profile with your domains, languages and hourly rate.
2
Apply
Apply to the listing. Some listings hire through OpenTrain; others send you to the hiring platform.
3
Funded milestones
The client funds each milestone before work starts.
4
First payment
OpenTrain pays out to your connected payout method when the client approves the milestone. It doesn't publish a fixed payout schedule.

Sources: OpenTrain: AI training careers, OpenTrain docs: invoicing and payouts

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Pay history

OpenTrain AI has changed the listed pay once since Nov 1, 2026:

Nov 11, 2026$50-100 → $80-170/hrraised

Across OpenTrain AI's business & operations roles, the median listed pay was $60/hr on Nov 1, 2026 (40 roles) and is $75/hr as of Nov 11, 2026 (83 roles).

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