Head of Applied AI Program Delivery

LILT AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Professional growth

Job summary

LILT AI is seeking a Head of Technical Program Management for Applied AI to own and optimize delivery across multilingual and multimodal AI engagements. You will build and mentor a high-performing TPM team, work with researchers and engineers, and ensure on-time, on-budget, high-quality delivery for enterprise labs and customers.

You will partner with Sales and Research, design scalable program frameworks, and drive strategic programs from concept to completion while maintaining strong customer

Qualifications

• Proven track record owning large-scale technical portfolios with SLA accountability.
• Experience leading delivery orgs and multi-team programs in AI/enterprise tech.
• Strong coaching mindset and ability to grow talent.
• Excellent stakeholder management with executive presence.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery for Applied AI programs across multilingual data, evals, and benchmark work.
• Lead and scale the delivery team of TPMs and project managers; foster ownership.
• Manage capacity planning, staffing, and reliable delivery forecasts.
• Build standardized delivery systems, processes, and dashboards.
• Partner with executive stakeholders; drive escalations and scope/pricing alignment.
• Ensure quality through calibration, gold sets, and robust evaluation pipelines.
• Oversee vendor workforce and global contributors with clear metrics.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Program management

AI/ML systems

Cross-functional leadership

People management

Stakeholder management

SQL/BI familiarity

Budgeting & forecasting

Operational scalability

Education

Bachelor/Master/PhD in CS/AI

Tools

Jira

Linear

Job description

LILT AI is seeking a Head of Technical Program Management for Applied AI to own and optimize delivery across multilingual and multimodal AI engagements. You will build and mentor a high-performing TPM team, work with researchers and engineers, and ensure on-time, on-budget, high-quality delivery for enterprise labs and customers.

You will partner with Sales and Research, design scalable program frameworks, and drive strategic programs from concept to completion while maintaining strong customer