Program Director, Open Benchmarks Grants
Core
Own and lead Snorkel's $30M Open Benchmarks Grants program, managing the full lifecycle from application review to funding and public release of AI evaluation benchmarks.
Role type
Senior Program Director (Research Grants & Partnerships)
Builds
A multi-year research program funding external teams to develop AI benchmarks, evaluations, and datasets.
Domain
Artificial Intelligence / Research Administration / Grant Management
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Program lifecycle management, budget and resource allocation, cross-functional leadership, strategic partnership development, research program scaling, stakeholder management
Preferred skills
Academic research experience, university partnership management, publication practices, AI benchmark domain knowledge
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Lead operations for grant cycles and SLAs; serve as primary contact for external research partners; manage portfolio, budget, and capacity planning; lead cross-functional execution across research, legal, finance, and marketing; measure and improve program impact.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic oversight
