Senior Technical Program Manager, Applied AI

Lilt---Lega-Italiana-Per-La-Lotta-Contro-I-Tumori-1; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

LILT is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager of Applied AI to bridge cutting-edge research and large-scale execution. You will act as the CEO of the customer’s business, driving benchmark transformations and data deliverables, and architecting workflows for next-generation LLMs and multimodal models with research lab partners.

You will own end-to-end program delivery across multiple modalities (text, image, video, audio), ensure data integrity, and collaborate with research, engineering,

Qualifications

• Education: BS/MS in CS/AI or related field; PhD with 5+ years in AI/Engineering environment.
• Entrepreneurial mindset: founded or scaled a venture or worked in early-stage startup to drive growth.
• Strategic execution: strong business acumen and ability to manage high-stakes stakeholder relationships with frontier AI labs.
• Frontier AI: experience with frontier AI labs or advanced research collaborations.

Responsibilities

• Entrepreneurial Benchmark Leadership: propose and co-develop benchmark transcreations with research lab partners.
• Frontier Lab Program Management: lead end-to-end execution of high-priority technical programs for frontier AI labs.
• High-Volume Data Operations: architect pipelines for multi-modal data delivery at scale.
• End-to-End Quality Control: implement automated and human-in-the-loop QC frameworks to ensure data integrity.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: bridge engineering, research, and production teams to meet frontier AI market needs.

Skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Strategic execution

Cross-functional leadership

Education

B.S or M.S. in Computer Science, AI, or related field

Ph.D. with 5+ years in AI/Engineering

Job description

About LILT

AI is changing how the world communicates - and LILT is leading that transformation.

We're on a mission to make the world's information accessible to everyone, regardless of the language they speak. We use cutting-edge AI, machine translation, and human-in-the-loop expertise to translate content faster, more accurately, and more cost-effectively without compromising on brand, voice, or quality.

At LILT, we empower our teammates with leading tools, global collaboration, and growth opportunities to do their best work. Our company virtues-Work together, win together; Find a way or make one; Dance in the customer's shoes; Quicker than they expect; Quality is Job 1-guide everything we do. We are trusted by Intel Corporation, Canva, the United States Department of Defense, the United States Air Force, ASICS, and hundreds of global Enterprises. Backed by Sequoia, Intel Capital, and Redpoint, we’re building a category-defining company in a $50B+ global translation market being redefined by AI.

About the Role:

As a Senior Technical Program Manager of Applied AI, you will sit at the intersection of cutting-edge research and industrial-scale execution. You will operate with an entrepreneurial mindset, effectively acting as the CEO of your customer's business to proactively drive success. You are responsible for leading complex benchmark transformations and data deliverables. Rather than just managing timelines, you are architecting workflows to ensure the next generation of LLMs and multimodal models are trained on the most accurate, diverse, and complex data available, while championing innovative solutions alongside our research lab partners.

• Entrepreneurial Benchmark Leadership: Act as the CEO of your customer’s business by proactively proposing and co-developing benchmark transcreations directly with research lab partners, ensuring our deliverables are innovative, tailored, and aligned with their core research objectives.

• Frontier Lab Program Management: Lead the end-to-end execution of high-priority technical programs for frontier AI labs, managing the delivery of massive-scale datasets and bespoke engineering milestones.

• High-Volume Data Operations: Architect and oversee pipelines for delivering high-volume data samples across multiple modalities (text, image, video, audio), ensuring strict adherence to delivery cadences without sacrificing precision.

• End-to-End Quality Control: Partner with production to implement rigorous, automated, and human-in-the-loop QC frameworks to ensure data integrity across various domains and languages.

• Cross-Functional Leadership: Bridge the gap between forward-deployed engineering resources, research, and production teams to ensure LILT can serve the needs of the frontier AI market.

Qualifications

• Education: B.S or M.S. in Computer Science, AI, or a related technical field with 10+ years of industry experience. Equivalently, a Ph.D. with 5+ years of experience in a high-growth AI/Engineering environment.

• Entrepreneurial Mindset: Experience founding or scaling a venture, or operating in an early-stage startup environment where you drove business growth and strategic initiatives from the ground up.

• Strategic Execution: Strong business acumen and the ability to manage high-stakes stakeholder relationships with frontier AI labs.

• Frontier AI