Senior or Principal Technical Program Manager, AI Platform

Lila Sciences, Inc.
San Francisco, MA
Job Description
Role Overview

As a Senior or Principal Technical Program Manager, you will sit at the center of the AI Platform team's programs and serve as the connective tissue between platform engineering, AI research, vendor partners, and the Lila teams that depend on us. You will drive multi-quarter programs across compute, storage, utilization, support, and evaluation infrastructure.

What You Will Do

Drive the compute fleet scale-up program, lead the unified storage strategy, build a systematic cluster utilization program, own the ML software platform vendor partnership, stand up a data-driven researcher support and user experience program, and define and build the eval leaderboard program.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The successful candidate thrives in ambiguity, communicates exceptionally well across audiences, and knows how to build clarity and momentum on a fast-paced, rapidly scaling team.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
  • 8+ years of program or project management experience in technology, infrastructure, or platform engineering organizations
  • Proven experience leading multi-workstream platform or infrastructure programs to successful completion across distributed teams
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn technical and operational requirements into actionable roadmaps and metrics
  • Track record of driving accountability without direct authority across engineering, research, and vendor stakeholders
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; track record of producing executive-quality documents, roadmaps, and updates that drive decisions

Benefits

  • Competitive base compensation with bonus potential
  • Generous early-stage equity
  • Comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Employer-paid life and disability insurance
  • Flexible time off with generous company-wide holidays
  • Paid parental leave
  • Educational assistance program
  • Commuter benefits, including bike share memberships for office-based employees
  • Company subsidized lunch program
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