AI Research Manager — Lead Frontier LLM & Systems Teams

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Research Scientist Manager to lead Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). You will manage teams of researchers and technical leaders tackling large-scale AI problems, shaping model directions and evaluation infrastructure.

The role blends hands-on research with strategy, prioritizing reliability, scalability, and cross-functional collaboration to advance frontier AI capabilities.

Qualifications

• PhD required with 6+ years in AI research or related field.
• 4+ years of experience managing teams of researchers or engineers, including technical leaders.
• Experience with frontier-quality LLMs and post-training pipelines (SFT/RLHF/RLVR).

Responsibilities

• Lead teams of researchers and technical leaders on large-scale AI problems.
• Balance hands-on technical work with people management and strategic planning.
• Drive execution on open-ended AI challenges with high reliability and impact.
• Build and scale infrastructure for agentive workflows and evals pipelines.

Skills

Team leadership

LLM research

Deep learning

Post-training LLM

Agentive workflows

Data pipelines

Publications

Cross-functional communication

Reinforcement learning

Education

PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related technical field

Job description

Meta is seeking a Research Scientist Manager to lead Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). You will manage teams of researchers and technical leaders tackling large-scale AI problems, shaping model directions and evaluation infrastructure.

The role blends hands-on research with strategy, prioritizing reliability, scalability, and cross-functional collaboration to advance frontier AI capabilities.