Project Manager

AutoScience
San Mateo, Menlo Park
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Program & Project Management (PMO)Skills: ["Organizational skills","Communication","Stakeholder management","Risk management","Follow-through","Building trust","Working in ambiguity","Bias toward action"]

Own program status across engineering and research workstreams to keep technical delivery on schedule. Translate enterprise customer commitments into internal priorities and timelines, and act as a technical bridge among engineers, researchers, and stakeholders. Partner with leads to turn ambiguous goals into concrete, sequenced plans, proactively identify risks, and ensure leadership is informed while building a reliable shipping culture.

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AutoScience
AutoScience
2 months ago

Project Manager

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Job Summary

Own program status across engineering and research workstreams to keep technical delivery on schedule. Translate enterprise customer commitments into internal priorities and timelines, and act as a technical bridge among engineers, researchers, and stakeholders. Partner with leads to turn ambiguous goals into concrete, sequenced plans, proactively identify risks, and ensure leadership is informed while building a reliable shipping culture.
Location: San Mateo, Menlo Park
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own program status across engineering and research workstreams, proactively identifying risks and unblocking progress before milestones are threatened.
  • •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 while instilling a reliable shipping culture.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Paid LeaveFlexible WorkingPublication Support

Key Requirements

  • •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 conversations.
  • •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.
  • •Comfort operating in ambiguity at an early-stage startup with a small, fast-moving team.
Experience:SoftwareAIAI researchMLLLMs
Skills:Organizational skillsCommunicationStakeholder managementRisk managementFollow-throughBuilding trustWorking in ambiguityBias toward action

Company Brief

AutoScience
Builds autonomous machine-learning research systems (an AI 'scientist' named Carl) that ideate, test hypotheses, run experiments and publish peer-reviewed ML research to accelerate model development and discovery.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Micro (1 to 10 employees)
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2024
WebsiteGlassdoor