Gem.com

Technical Program Manager, Research

Gem.com$120K — $160K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in Technical Program Management or similar role
  • Strong technical knowledge in machine learning and deep learning concepts
  • Experience collaborating with researchers or research-adjacent teams
  • Ability to manage ambiguous and rapidly evolving technical programs
  • Excellent communication skills for aligning technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Partner with research scientists and engineers to drive generative video model development
  • Translate research objectives into technical milestones and timelines
  • Manage the complete lifecycle from experimentation to deployment
  • Coordinate cross-functional efforts in model training, data pipelines, and infrastructure planning
  • Create effective program artifacts like roadmaps and decision logs
  • Identify and mitigate risks proactively during project execution
  • Enhance operational efficiency without hindering research progress
  • Serves as a link between research, product, and platform teams

Benefits

  • Work with top-tier researchers in generative AI video
  • Influence the transition of research into practical technology
  • Play a key role in shaping the foundations of AI systems
  • Competitive salary with equity options and comprehensive benefits
Full Job Description
Technical Program Manager - Multimodal

About the Role

We're looking for a Technical Program Manager to partner closely with researchers and engineers building state-of-the-art generative AI video models. In this role, you'll help turn cutting-edge research into scalable, reliable systems by driving execution across research, infrastructure, and product engineering.

You will operate at the intersection of research, systems, and delivery, helping teams plan, prioritize, and execute complex technical programs while preserving the exploratory nature of research.

What You'll Do

  • Partner with research scientists, ML engineers, and infrastructure teams to plan and deliver programs for generative video model development
  • Translate research goals into clear technical milestones, timelines, and dependencies
  • Drive execution across the full lifecycle: experimentation → training → evaluation → scaling → deployment
  • Coordinate cross-functional efforts spanning: Model training and evaluation, Data pipelines and curation, Compute planning (GPU/TPU usage, scheduling, cost awareness), Inference optimization and deployment
  • Create lightweight but effective program artifacts (roadmaps, risk registers, decision logs)
  • Identify risks early (technical, resourcing, compute, data) and proactively drive mitigations
  • Improve operational rigor without slowing down research velocity
  • Act as a connective tissue between research, product, and platform teams
  • Help define and evolve best practices for running large-scale AI research programs


What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Engineering Program Management, or similar role
  • Strong technical background with the ability to engage deeply with: Machine learning concepts (especially deep learning), Large-scale training and experimentation workflows, Distributed systems or ML infrastructure
  • Experience working directly with researchers or research-adjacent teams
  • Proven ability to manage ambiguous, fast-evolving technical programs
  • Excellent communication skills - able to align highly technical stakeholders


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with generative models, especially video, vision, or multimodal systems
  • Familiarity with: Model training at scale (multi-node, multi-GPU), Data versioning, experiment tracking, and evaluation frameworks, ML deployment and inference optimization
  • Background in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field
  • Experience in AI-first or research-driven organizations


How You'll Be Successful

  • You bring structure without rigidity to research-driven teams
  • You're comfortable operating in uncertainty and helping others navigate it
  • You can dive deep technically, but also zoom out to align teams on priorities
  • You care deeply about execution quality, but respect the iterative nature of research


Why Join Us

  • Work alongside leading researchers pushing the frontier of generative AI video
  • Influence how cutting-edge research becomes real-world technology
  • Help shape the operational foundations of next-generation AI systems
  • Competitive compensation, meaningful equity, and strong benefits

About Gem.com

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2013

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