AI Research Manager - Meta Superintelligence Labs

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 219,000 - 301,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Research Scientist Manager to lead teams of researchers and technical leaders in the Superintelligence Labs. You will drive technical strategy across the LLM post-training stack, translating ambiguous needs into actionable research plans and measurable outcomes.

You will balance hands-on technical work with people management, maintaining high standards for quality and engineering practices while guiding the team through frontier AI challenges.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, ML, or related field required.
• 6+ years of AI research experience in industry or similar settings.
• 4+ years leading teams of researchers or engineers, including technical leaders.
• Experience with frontier large language models and post-training workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor research scientists and engineers in Meta Superintelligence Labs.
• Oversee the full LLM post-training stack and influence roadmap and direction.
• Translate ambiguous needs into tractable research plans and measurable outcomes.
• Review code and provide technical guidance to unblock scaling and modeling challenges.

Skills

Team leadership

Research management

LLM post-training

Machine learning

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Code review

Publications (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL

Education

PhD in Computer Science or Machine Learning

Job description

Meta is seeking a Research Scientist Manager to join Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). In this role, you’ll lead the efforts of building and shipping personal superintelligence at the frontier. This is a technical leadership role requiring research expertise, people management skills, and the experience of driving execution on open-ended AI challenges with high reliability. In this role, you will manage teams of researchers and technical leaders working on large-scale AI problems. The evaluations and datasets your team builds will directly impact the research direction and major model lines within MSL, making engineering reliability, rigor, and scalability paramount. You will maintain high velocity across your team while adapting to rapidly shifting priorities as we advance the technical research frontier. You'll need to be flexible and adaptive, guiding your team through a wide variety of problems in the LLM post-training space. If you are excited about defining the capabilities that drive AI progress, have a track record of building high-performing technical research teams, and thrive in fast-paced, high-impact research environments, we encourage you to apply for this exciting leadership opportunity at the core of MSL.AI Research Manager - Meta Superintelligence Labs Responsibilities:Team leadership & management: Build, mentor, and grow a team of research scientists and research engineersTechnical Strategy & Execution: Oversee work across the full LLM post-training stack. Influence the technical roadmap and research direction. Translate ambiguous user and product needs into tractable research questions, technical plans, and measurable outcomesCross-functional collaboration: Lead complex cross-functional projects end-to-endHands-on technical contributions: Maintain technical credibility through hands-on contributions to critical projects. Review code, provide technical guidance, and unblock complex scaling or modeling challenges. Define and maintain clear research quality standards and engineering best practices and engineering standards for the teamMinimum Qualifications:PhD degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related technical field6+ years of industry experience in AI research, machine learning, or a closely related technical field4+ years of experience managing teams of researchers or engineers, including experience managing other technical leaders or managersExperience working on frontier-quality/state-of-the-art Large Language Models. Deep, practical experience in LLM post-trainingDemonstrated ability to balance hands-on technical work with people management and strategic planningExperience communicating technical strategy and research direction to cross-functional stakeholdersPublications at peer-reviewed venues (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, or similar) related to deep learning, language models, or data-centric AIPreferred Qualifications:Hands-on experience managing teams that build language model post-training pipelines (SFT/RLHF/RLVR), synthetic data generation, or high-quality evals infrastructureExperience in implementing or developing environments for agentive workflows (e.g., tool use, web browsing environments, coding sandboxes)Extensive experience working on long horizon agents, agent tool use, personalization, and/or searchExperience building infrastructure for agentive workflows, tool-use data collection, or reinforcement learning environmentsExperience building and scaling large-scale distributed systems and high-throughput data processing pipelinesExperience managing teams in fast-paced research or startup environmentsAbout Meta:Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [e-mail].$219,000/year to $301,000/year + bonus + equity + benefitsIndividual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.