ReflectionAI

Research Program Manager - Model Evals and Safety

New York

H1B sponsorship availableDetected 82 days ago

Machine LearningData EngineeringStakeholder ManagementResearchLeadership

About the role

Research Program Managers at Reflection are high-leverage leaders and operators who embed directly with research and infrastructure teams to accelerate the pace of frontier model development.
You won't be stepping into an established function with existing processes and tooling.
You will be the person who figures out what this function needs to look like, stands it up, and makes it real.

Build the foundational infrastructure for model evals and safety at Reflection. Define the evaluation frameworks, tooling requirements, and operational processes that will underpin how we assess model capabilities, risks, and readiness for release.
Partner with research and engineering leads across pre-training, mid-training, and post-training to embed safety and evaluation checkpoints into the development process in a way that is rigorous without being a bottleneck.
Drive the scoping and prioritization of eval science and eval infrastructure investments, working with technical leads to determine what to build in-house, what to adopt, and where to invest research effort.
Proven ability to build structures where none exists. You've taken ambiguous mandates and turned them into functioning programs with clear ownership, measurable outcomes, and durable processes.
Strong stakeholder management skills spanning deeply technical ICs, research leadership, and external partners. You build trust through competence and follow-through.
Build the foundational infrastructure for model evals and safety at Reflection.
Sponsorship support: We sponsor visas to help exceptional talent join our team and support long-term immigration pathways where applicable.
Team building: We have regular off-sites, happy hours, and team celebrations.
Joining Reflection means building from the ground up as part of a talent-dense team.

7+ years of experience in technical program management, research operations, or ML engineering, with demonstrated experience standing up new functions, teams, or programs from scratch.
You follow the technical thread and you know when something doesn't add up.

Salary and equity structured to recognize and retain our talent globally.
Health & wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life, with an annual wellness allowance.

Top-tier compensation: Salary and equity structured to recognize and retain our talent globally.
Stock options: Everyone who joins and contributes to Reflection's success gets to share in the upside through stock options.
Health & wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life, with an annual wellness allowance.
Life & family: 22 weeks paid parental leave for all new birthing and non-birthing parents, including adoptive and surrogate journeys.
Vacation days: Unlimited paid time off in the U.S. and 30 days in the U.K.

make intelligence open and accessible to all.
Reflection is a research lab making intelligence open and accessible for everyone to use, customize, and build on.
We build open models that let anyone control their intelligence and help shape the future of AI.
Excited to build from zero to one. We are a small, fast-moving team and this role will help define how model safety and evaluation works at Reflection.

We sponsor visas to help exceptional talent join our team and support long-term immigration pathways where applicable.

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