Principal Product Manager, Foundational AI Research

• Have built data collection or evaluation pipelines for pre-training or post-training AI models 
• Have experience in working side-by-side with ML researchers or ML infrastructure teams to build large scale ML / AI models 
• Take the initiative and enjoys finding paths through complexity in a fast-paced environment, innovative environment 
• Are passionate about managing high stakes time-sensitive large-scale goals, and drive to relentlessly unblock progress 
• Demonstrate a proactive attitude and enthusiasm for exploring new methods and are familiar with research and technical advancement in their area 
• Have worked backwards from customer needs to deliver robust, scalable solutions that empower developers and enterprise customers.

• Identify and prioritize language / coding / multimodal issues and work with researchers to find a path to resolution. 
• Create novel data collection tasks for taskers to evaluate models and to collect training data for fine-tuning. 
• Create model prototypes to prove out new feature directions and scope projects. 
• Collaborate closely with teams on infrastructure, data engineering, pre-training, post-training, and product feedback 
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and growth. 
• Advance the AI frontier responsibly  

• Bachelor's Degree AND proven experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience. 
• Direct, hands-on collaboration with model researchers and ML engineers in areas such as training runs, data evaluation, infrastructure, coding, or safety.
• Experience building and shipping data pipelines or evaluation systems personally. 

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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