Lead, Strategic AI Simulations & Delivery

Patronus AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Patronus AI, a frontier lab advancing simulation research for human-aligned AGI, seeks a Strategic Projects Lead in San Francisco. You will own end-to-end delivery of high-quality simulations that drive training, evaluation, and deployment of frontier models.

You will lead a team, manage customer alignment, and shape reward design, QA, and tooling to ensure robust environments. Bases in SF, in-office 5 days a week.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or equivalent in CS/ML/Engineering
• Experience in human data space working on RL envs and task design
• Strong technical fluency: coding, data analysis, and AI tool usage
• Excellent organization, execution, and cross-functional coordination
• Attention to edge cases, inconsistencies, and failure modes
• Clear written and verbal communication, translating customer needs to tech requirements
• Integrity and respect for others

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of high-quality simulations and environments for real-world workflows.
• Maintain delivery timelines, identify gaps, risks, and blockers, and communicate progress weekly.
• Serve as primary delivery interface with customers, aligning on tasks and incorporating feedback.
• Collaborate with technical, research, and QA leads to prioritize what to build or review.
• Define and uphold objective quality standards for simulations and environments; build QA tooling.
• Analyze model behavior, task quality, and failure modes to improve reward design and QA processes.
• Turn strategic project learnings into scalable systems, processes, and tooling.

Job description

Patronus AI, a frontier lab advancing simulation research for human-aligned AGI, seeks a Strategic Projects Lead in San Francisco. You will own end-to-end delivery of high-quality simulations that drive training, evaluation, and deployment of frontier models.

You will lead a team, manage customer alignment, and shape reward design, QA, and tooling to ensure robust environments. Bases in SF, in-office 5 days a week.