Remote Program Manager, Frontier AI Research & Strategy

FutureSearch; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Travel for in-person meetups

Flexible hours

Equity in seed-stage startup

Full benefits: healthcare, parental/mé

Job summary

FutureSearch is seeking a Program Manager, Research to coordinate a small team of brilliant scientists in a frontier AI program. You will balance fast-moving research directions, deadlines, and stakeholder expectations across the VP Engineering, VP Research, and CEO.

The role is fully remote with occasional travel to meet partners in London, SF, and Berlin, and requires aligning research delivery with ambitious external deadlines while maintaining high-quality outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong technical background.
• Experience delivering high-stakes research under time pressure.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and empathy for dissent.
• Track record working under uncertainty and ambiguity.
• High attention to detail in fast-paced environment.
• Ambition to influence frontier AI direction.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate research activities of a small team of researchers.
• Balance tradeoffs and set effective research directions.
• Negotiate deliverables with stakeholders and executives.
• Collaborate with VP of Engineering, VP of Research, and CEO.

Skills

Technical background

Delivery under pressure

Communication skills

Negotiation

Empathy

Ambiguity tolerance

Attention to detail

Influence frontier AI

Job description

FutureSearch is seeking a Program Manager, Research to coordinate a small team of brilliant scientists in a frontier AI program. You will balance fast-moving research directions, deadlines, and stakeholder expectations across the VP Engineering, VP Research, and CEO.

The role is fully remote with occasional travel to meet partners in London, SF, and Berlin, and requires aligning research delivery with ambitious external deadlines while maintaining high-quality outcomes.