CareerPlan

Technical Program Manager, AI Research

Santa Clara, CaliforniaFull-time2026-09-23 → 2026-10-22
Hybrid

Core

Drive execution for AI Research scientists and infrastructure engineers advancing reinforcement learning, post-training, and hardware generalization.

Role type

Senior Technical Program Manager (AI Research)

Builds

Executable research plans, reproducible experiments, and scalable RL infrastructure for large-scale AI models.

Domain

Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Hardware Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Reinforcement learning, post-training, distributed training, hardware generalization, program planning, cross-functional alignment, milestone tracking, compute planning, experiment management, technical reporting

Preferred skills

LLM post-training, RLHF, GRPO, reward modeling, GPU cluster planning, EDA, hardware/software co-design, publication cycles

Technologies

Reinforcement learning, LLMs, distributed training, GPU clusters, RL infrastructure

Responsibilities

Own research program planning and milestone tracking; coordinate execution across AI teams on datasets and compute; maintain research operating cadence and decision logs; track progress against research goals and safety checkpoints; manage compute planning and experiment throughput; facilitate cross-pillar collaboration; prepare executive updates on scientific progress and risks.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC