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Thinking Machines Lab · 6 hours ago

HR Business Partner

San Francisco, California

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$190K/yr - $300K/yr

5+ years exp

Thinking Machines Lab is focused on advancing collaborative general intelligence and empowering humanity through AI. The HR Business Partner will coach managers, provide strategic support on performance and team dynamics, and build scalable people infrastructure as the company grows.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyProduct ResearchSoftware

H1B Sponsored

Responsibilities

Coach managers by observing how they lead, identifying strengths and blind spots, and working on continuous improvement

Advise leadership on organizational decisions: team structure, succession planning, and strategic people choices that shape how we work

Design compensation structures that let us compete for the best machine learning talent in the world while staying aligned on values and principles

Create career/leveling frameworks that work for a research lab where career advancement often doesn’t mean managing people, contributions such as mentorship and taste are harder to measure, and where senior researchers expect to grow and learn even after a decade in the role

Build feedback and evaluation processes that help people improve, not just get measured

Qualification

HR business partner experienceCoaching experienceEmployment law knowledgePeople systems designPerformance managementTeam dynamicsDiversity supportConflict resolution

Required

5+ years experience working as a people leader or HR business partner in a high-growth technical environment

Fluency with employment law and best practices in North America

Proven track record of developing HR practices and supporting a diverse set of talent

Preferred

10+ years experience as a people leader or HR business partner

Experience in setting up novel systems that scale in a fast-growing company

Coaching experience that showcases a skill set in providing confidential support, motivating improvement, and conflict resolution

Track record of supporting a high trust and low ego environment for high caliber talent with strong retention and growth

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

San Francisco, California, USA

11-50 employees

https://www.thinkingmachines.ai

H1B Sponsorship

Thinking Machines Lab has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (9)

Funding

Current Stage

Early Stage

Total Funding

$2.01B

Key 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

Jonathan Lachman

Founding Head of Operations

Recent News

Latest Technology News | New York Post

Co-founder of $12B AI startup fired after boss learns about office romance: report

2026-01-22

Techmeme

Inside the turmoil at Thinking Machines; sources say Meta discussed buying TML, and CTO Barret Zoph had been in talks since October 2025 about an OpenAI return (New York Times)

2026-01-22

Techmeme

Barret Zoph says Thinking Machines Lab fired him only after learning he was leaving, and at no time did the company cite his performance or unethical conduct (Wall Street Journal)

2026-01-21

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