Research Program Manager, AI Training Systems

Reflection; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-tier compensation

Stock options

Health & wellness

Meals provided

Paid parental leave

Unlimited vacation (U.S.)

Sponsorship visas

Team events

Job summary

Reflection is a research lab building open, accessible AI models and tooling. The role of Research Program Manager embeds with research and GPU infra teams to accelerate frontier model development and scale training stacks for pre-training, mid-training, and post-training workloads.

You thrive in high-ambiguity environments, bring structure, and drive multi-team alignment to deliver coherent research programs.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in technical program management, research operations, or infrastructure coordination.
• Deep technical knowledge to engage with engineers on topics like distributed training frameworks and GPU cluster architecture.
• Proven ability to operate in high-ambiguity, fast-moving environments and create structure where none exists.
• Track record of managing complex, multi-team programs with competing priorities and hard deadlines.
• Strong stakeholder management across technical ICs and senior leadership.
• Calm under pressure and able to prioritize when everything is on fire.

Responsibilities

• Own cross-functional programs spanning training infrastructure across pre-training, mid-training, and post-training workstreams.
• Define and own the roadmap for training frameworks at Reflection
• Partner with infrastructure and research engineering leads to identify bottlenecks and align priorities with research velocity.
• Build and maintain visibility into training run health for informed decision-making by leadership.
• Create lightweight, durable processes for cross-team handoffs, config management, and checkpoint workflows.
• Translate technical complexity into clear status updates and decision frameworks for engineering leadership.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Distributed systems

GPU infrastructure

Research operations

Leadership

Crisis management

Job description

Reflection is a research lab building open, accessible AI models and tooling. The role of Research Program Manager embeds with research and GPU infra teams to accelerate frontier model development and scale training stacks for pre-training, mid-training, and post-training workloads.

You thrive in high-ambiguity environments, bring structure, and drive multi-team alignment to deliver coherent research programs.