Technical Program Manager, Model Alignment and Deployment
Core
Operational and programmatic backbone connecting Post-Training, Safety Engineering, Trust & Safety, ML Infra, and UXR teams to transform pretrained language models into safely aligned, scalable products.
Role type
Technical Program Manager (Model Alignment and Deployment)
Builds
Intelligent, engaging, safely aligned, and highly scalable products based on powerful pretrained language models
Domain
Artificial Intelligence / Large Language Models (LLMs) / Model Safety & Alignment
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Cross-functional program leadership, alignment workflow expertise (RLHF, DPO, Constitutional AI), safety guardrail implementation, evaluation framework development, data pipeline management, SQL, Python
Preferred skills
Vendor/partner management, distributed training knowledge, Kubernetes/Docker familiarity, AI research team experience, red-teaming program management
Technologies
RLHF, DPO, Constitutional AI, Kubernetes, Docker, cloud platforms
Responsibilities
Lead planning and execution of cross-functional programs spanning data collection, annotation pipelines, alignment workflows, safety guardrails, and model serving; Serve as connective tissue between Post-Training, Safety Engineering, Trust & Safety, ML Infra, and UXR teams; Develop and maintain custom evaluation frameworks to track model performance and user satisfaction; Drive visibility into data pipeline health, annotation quality, training run progress, and deployment readiness; Partner with leadership on prioritization, sequencing, and tradeoffs balancing capability scaling with safety requirements; Build and refine operational patterns and frameworks for scaling new capability development; Own external partner relationships including annotation vendors and evaluation tooling providers
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC
