Organization AI Research Program Manager, DeepMind (Fixed-Term Contract)

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

DeepMind in Mountain View, CA, USA is seeking an Organization AI Research Program Manager for a 12-month fixed-term assignment. You will scale AI research capacity, build scalable operations, and partner with leadership to prioritize research and manage collaborations.

You will bridge cross-functional teams across research, engineering and legal, formalize agreements with institutions, and help design workflows that enable researchers to thrive while advancing Google.org initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of program/product management experience or related technical roles.
• Experience managing cross-functional projects and coordinating stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design operational frameworks, onboarding logistics, external partner access, and playbooks for recurring academic programs.
• Establish business cases, triage processes, metrics, and build cross-functional teams for prioritized goals.
• Manage relationships with partners, formalize academic agreements, and lead Google.org initiatives.
• Architect insights-sharing strategies and coordinate publication cadences and content calendars.
• Translate research needs into technical requirements and oversee tooling, data migrations, and testing.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Job description

Organization AI Research Program Manager, DeepMind (Fixed-Term Contract)

DeepMind

Mountain View, CA, USA

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in program management, product management, or related technical roles.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in program management, including managing cross-functional projects, tracking timelines, and coordinating stakeholders.
• Experience managing complex, large-scale programs from initiation to delivery.
• Experience leading cross-functional program management initiatives across multiple teams or organizations.

About the job

As a Program Manager for Organizational AI Research, you will be the operational engine scaling our AI research capacity. In this 12-month assignment based in Mountain View or New York, you will build scalable research operations from the ground up while acting as a strategic partner to leadership. You will foster high-impact external partnerships with leading academic institutions and internal partners like Google.org, while seamlessly bridging the gap between cross-functional partners, such as research, engineering, and legal teams. Your work will directly impact how we prioritize research, manage inbound collaborations, and build the technical workflows that enable our researchers to thrive. If you excel at bringing operational excellence to ambiguous spaces and possess the strategic and technical acumen to collaborate on cross-functional AI initiatives, this role is for you

Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.

We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $132000 - $176000 (USD) + 0% bonus target

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Design operational frameworks, managing researcher onboarding logistics, external partner access, legal contracts, playbooks for recurring academic programs, and inbound collaboration triage.
• Act as a thought partner by establishing business cases and triage processes, defining project success metrics, and building cross-functional teams for prioritized goals.
• Drive operational relationships with key partners, formalize academic agreements with institutions, manage Google.org initiatives, and lead high-profile research conferences.
• Architect internal and external insights-sharing strategies, maintain visibility of the lab’s mission via internal sites, and collaborate with PR on publication cadences and content calendars.
• Translate complex research needs into technical requirements, partnering with technical program managers, engineering, and data teams to oversee tooling adoption, data migrations, quality standards, and application testing.

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