# Research Product Manager

**Company:** [Thinking Machines Lab](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/thinking-machines-lab)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Product Management
**Salary:** $175k – $475k/yr
**Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Research Program Management, Product Management, Model Development, ML Infrastructure, Compute Roadmaps, Technical Communication, Multimodality, Post-Training, Pre-Training
**Posted:** 2026-05-04

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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.

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