Thinking Machines Lab · 1 month ago
Research Product Manager
San Francisco
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$175K/yr - $475K/yrThinking Machines Lab is dedicated to empowering humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence. As a Research Product Manager, you will drive the execution of complex research products and programs, ensuring alignment and efficiency across technical teams while translating ambitious ideas into actionable plans.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyProduct ResearchSoftware
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
Degree in computer science, artificial intelligence, mathematics, physics, engineering, or similar
Experience in research program management, product management, or similar
Preferred
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
Benefits
Generous health, dental, and vision benefits
Unlimited PTO
Paid parental leave
Relocation support as needed
Company
Thinking Machines Lab
Thinking Machines Lab is an AI research and product company that aims to increase understanding and customization of AI systems.
Founded in 2025
11-50 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (9)
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$2.01BKey Investors
Andreessen HorowitzMinistry of Economy, Culture and Innovation
2025-06-20Seed· $2B
2025-05-05Grant· $9.98M
Leadership Team
Mira Murati
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
Indian Express
2026-01-18
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