Company Description
At Autoscience Institute, we create AI systems that autonomously conduct AI research. Recently, we announced the first AI agent to autonomously create peer-reviewed literature (ICLR 2025 Workshops). We are passionate about pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence and contributing to groundbreaking advancements in the field.
Role Description
This is a full time role for a Technical Project Manager located in the San Francisco Bay Area, working on site.
With paying enterprise customers now on the platform, this role exists to keep our engineering and research teams shipping clean, reliable work on schedule. The person in this role needs to be technical enough to follow architecture discussions and design docs, but is focused on execution, not code. You'll be the person the team trusts to turn ambiguous priorities into a real plan and hold everyone accountable to it.
Responsibilities
Own program status across engineering and research workstreams, proactively identifying risks and unblocking progress before they threaten a milestone
Translate customer commitments into clear internal priorities and timelines
Act as a technical bridge between engineers, researchers, and customer facing stakeholders
Partner with engineering leads and researchers to turn ambiguous priorities into concrete, sequenced plans
Keep leadership informed on progress, risk, and delivery timelines
Instill a culture of shipping reliably: clean, tested, production ready work, on schedule
Qualifications
Experience as a Project Manager, Program Manager, or Technical Program Manager at a fast moving software or AI company
Comfort reading technical specs, architecture docs, or PRs well enough to follow the conversation
Track record of holding technical teams accountable to deadlines without being their manager
Strong organizational instincts and excellent communication skills across technical and non technical stakeholders
A natural ability to build trust and rapport with engineers and researchers
Comfort operating in ambiguity at an early stage startup with a small, fast moving team
Bias toward action and follow through
Recommended Qualifications
Experience supporting teams with live enterprise customers and real SLAs and commitments
Prior experience as a software engineer or in a hands on technical role before moving into program or project management
Familiarity with AI and ML product development cycles
Benefits & Perks
Our comp is competitive against major LLM frontier lab packages
Unlimited PTO and flexible working arrangements
Conference attendance and publication support
Our Culture
We’re a team of passionate researchers, engineers, and operators working to automate scientific discovery. We believe in the power of AI to accelerate scientific discovery and are committed to responsible AI development.
We are an e-verify employer.
Skills Required
- Experience as a Project Manager, Program Manager, or Technical Program Manager at a fast-moving software or AI company
- Ability to read technical specifications, architecture documents, or pull requests well enough to follow technical discussions
- Track record of holding technical teams accountable to deadlines without direct managerial authority
- Strong organizational skills and communication across technical and nontechnical stakeholders
- Ability to build trust and rapport with engineers and researchers
- Comfort operating in ambiguity at an early-stage startup with a small, fast-moving team
- Bias toward action and strong follow-through
- Experience supporting teams with live enterprise customers and service-level agreements and commitments
- Prior experience as a software engineer or in a hands-on technical role before transitioning to program or project management
- Familiarity with artificial intelligence and machine learning product development cycles
What We Do
We build AI systems that autonomously conduct AI research. We just announced the first AI agent to autonomously create peer reviewed literature (ICLR 2025 Workshops).
