Program Manager, Research

FutureSearch; Greater London; Remote; GBP 97,000 - 142,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Full benefits

Travel reimbursements

Job summary

FutureSearch is seeking a Program Manager, Research to coordinate a small team of brilliant researchers driving frontier AI. You will balance directions, deadlines, and stakeholder priorities in a high-ambiguity environment.

You will work closely with the VP of Engineering, VP of Research, and the CEO. The role is fully remote, with focused travel to London, SF, and Berlin and a requirement to align US-Europe overlapping hours.

Qualifications

• Strong technical background with research exposure.
• Experience delivering high-quality research under time pressure.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and empathy during disagreements.
• Proven ability to operate under uncertainty and ambiguity.
• High attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
• Ambition to influence frontier AI directions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate a small team of research scientists.
• Balance research directions, deadlines, and tradeoffs with stakeholders.
• Negotiate priorities and adapt deliverables as needed.

Skills

Technical background

High-stakes research delivery

Communication and negotiation

Ambiguity management

Attention to detail

Frontier AI ambition

Job description

The Program Manager, Research is responsible for coordinating the research of a small team of brilliant research scientists at FutureSearch.

Research at FutureSearch is on the frontier of the fastest moving technology in human history. We learn new things every day, and we adjust our research strategy on that cadence. But world-class research requires deep strategic foresight and persistence. We also regularly have ambitious external deadlines we must meet, with many tradeoffs in what makes the research valuable. And brilliant researchers have strong opinions - as the saying goes, if you ask 3 researchers a question, you'll get 4 opinions. Balancing these factors is an enormous challenge. This Program Manager, Research must rapidly make excellent judgment calls balancing these constraints. These judgment calls - to start up a new direction, to wind down an existing direction, to change the nature of a deliverable - are high stakes and will require adroit negotiation with stakeholders.

The Program Manager, Research works closely with the VP of Engineering, VP of Research, and the CEO.

• A strong technical background
• Experience delivering high-stakes research at high quality, and under time pressure
• Excellent communication skills, high tolerance for disagreement, proficiency in negotiation and compromise, and high empathy for those who disagree
• A track record of successful operation under great uncertainty and ambiguity
• High consciousness and attention to detail in fast-paced environment
• Great ambition in positively influencing the direction of frontier AI

FutureSearch is fully remote. We concentrate in London, with SF and Berlin as our next most traveled work locations. We prioritize traveling to meet at minimum 6 times per year, usually in or near London.

As a remote company, we have flexible hours, with required synchronous attendance for critical US - Europe overlap hours (~7-10am PDT).

We are a seed stage startup, and we offer higher-than-average equity for startups of our stage.

We offer full benefits, depending on the country, including healthcare, paternity/maternity leave, equipment, and travel expenses.

Salary range is $130k - $190k for US roles, and adjusted for the local labor market outside the US.