Research Product Manager
Drives large-scale research products and programs in AI, coordinating cross-functional teams to translate technical ideas into scoped plans and integrate research into production systems. Requires CS/AI degree and experience in research or product management, thriving in technical, ambiguous environments.
About the job
What You’ll Do
- Drive and coordinate large-scale research products and programs, ensuring that complex projects are executed efficiently, transparently, and with scientific excellence.
- Translate technical ideas into actionable, well-scoped plans, defining milestones and keeping teams aligned across model development, data campaigns, infrastructure, and product integration.
- Collaborate across disciplines — from research and ML infrastructure to legal and business development — ramping up quickly on new domains as needed.
- Create and maintain compute and resource roadmaps, identifying bottlenecks, trade-offs, and opportunities to accelerate progress.
- Synthesize and communicate progress across diverse technical teams, ensuring the right people are looped in at the right time and that information flows smoothly across the organization.
- Support the integration of new technologies and research insights into production systems and product roadmaps, bridging the gap between frontier research and real-world applications.
Skills and Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Degree in computer science, artificial intelligence, mathematics, physics, engineering, or similar
- Experience in research program management, product management, or similar
Preferred qualifications:
- Masters or PhD in computer science, artificial intelligence, mathematics, physics, engineering, or similar
- Past experience at a frontier or academic research lab, contributing to research in artificial intelligence
- Past publications relevant to artificial intelligence or frontier models, with contributions to areas like evals, multimodality, human-ai interaction, post-training, pre-training, data, or other similar domains needed to conduct frontier AI research
- Ability to learn new technical domains
- Strong technical communication, written and verbal
Logistics
Compensation: Depending on background, skills and experience, the expected annual salary range for this position is $175,000 - $475,000 USD.
Benefits: Generous health, dental, and vision benefits, unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, and relocation support as needed.
Skills
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Research Program Management, Product Management, Model Development, ML Infrastructure, Compute Roadmaps, Technical Communication, Multimodality, Post-Training, Pre-Training
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