Technical Program Manager

Qualifications and Attributes

• We’re looking for someone with:
• 4+ years managing technical (scientific/engineering) projects, with demonstrable impact
• PhD-level comprehension of AI/ML concepts (though a PhD itself isn’t required)
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Linear, JIRA, or equivalent
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaboration tools (e.g., Notion, GSuite)
• Exceptional writing skills, able to communicate complex ideas clearly and concisely
• More important than any specific qualification is your ability to navigate uncertainty and find clarity in complexity. The problems we’re tackling don’t have clear solutions—that’s why we’re tackling them.
• Our ideal candidate is someone who:
• Thinks from first principles, knowing when to adopt or discard standard practices
• Simplifies complexity and sees unnecessary processes as problems to be solved
• Automates everything that should be automated
• Makes tough calls on project direction and resource allocation, often with incomplete information
• Excels at distilling nebulous research questions into concrete, actionable project plans
• Understands the human side of research, balances individual team-member needs with project progress
• Works and acts quickly, maintaining team momentum at the right level of intensity
• Relentlessly reduces uncertainty and ambiguity—is persistent in getting clarity
• Has expertise in our core technical areas including statistics, causal reasoning, probabilistic machine learning, and/or programming languages, with an appetite to learn more
• Is a fast learner, able to quickly build upon a solid mathematical foundation into the diverse technical areas that we work in
• Obsesses over effective program management and continuously asks, “How can we do this better?”

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