Menlo Park, California, United States · On-site
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). W…
Skills: Project Management, Technical Program Management, Risk Identification, Stakeholder Communication, Technical Documentation Analysis
Menlo Park, California, United States · On-site
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). W…
Skills: Product Positioning, Messaging, Go-to-market Strategy, Sales Enablement, Technical Marketing
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The Project Manager will own program status across engineering and research workstreams to ensure clean, reliable delivery on schedule. They will act as a technical bridge, translating customer commitments into concrete internal priorities and sequenced plans.
Requires experience as a Project or Technical Program Manager at a fast-moving software or AI company with the ability to understand technical architecture. Candidates should have a track record of holding technical teams accountable and operating comfortably in an ambiguous startup environment.
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.
This is a full time role for a 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.
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
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
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
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.
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Automating AI research with AI
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).
Offices: San Mateo, California, US
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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).
Offices: San Mateo, California, US
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