Unusual Ventures

VP of Engineering - Rime.AI

San Francisco, California · Vp

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 29 days ago

RESTMachine LearningComplianceProject ManagementExcelLeadershipCommunication

About the role

We're hiring Rime's first Technical Program Manager.
Engineering is growing and the coordination work - priorities, timelines, IC alignment, external triage - needs an owner.
It's a role for someone who thinks in systems, can read a codebase, and wants to be in the room (and the repo) where technical decisions get made.

build voice AI for human connection, not slop.
You'll work directly with engineering leads, founders, and the modeling team to keep Rime moving in the same direction at the same time.
Be the cross-functional coordinator across engineering roles, build trust across the company by soliciting feedback and proposing concrete action plans.
Cross-functional reconciliation: Be the cross-functional coordinator across engineering roles, build trust across the company by soliciting feedback and proposing concrete action plans.

2 years or more experience in program or project management, coordinating technical work across multiple engineering workstreams.
Comfort diving into codebases - you can read a PR, understand a system diagram, and ask the questions in the smart way.
You know the difference between a roadmap and a time-scoped plan, and when each is appropriate.
Trust engineers' expertise in their areas, but still hold them accountable without becoming an obstacle.
When something small is blocking progress and you can fix it yourself, you do.

Familiarity (and excitement!) with ML or voice AI systems.
Experience owning compliance or security programs.
Background in working in SaaS companies with a significant amount of customer-facing roles.
You'll be the connective tissue of a high-output engineering team at a critical growth stage.
The role expands as you prove what it can be.
High ownership, high standards, low bureaucracy.

using and managing project management and issue tracking tools as needed to facilitate work coordination.
Tooling hygiene: using and managing project management and issue tracking tools as needed to facilitate work coordination.

Rime is a foundation modeling company that builds voice AI for enterprises running customer experiences at scale.
Our models are purpose-built for high-volume conversational deployments, engineered for the accuracy, performance, and deployment flexibility that production environments actually demand.
tracking initiatives across all teams, ensuring alignment between company objectives and engineering blueprints.
Driving the company roadmap while giving engineers liberty to do what they excel at.
fielding requests from customers, sales, marketing, and leadership, and translating them into clear, sequenced tasks so ICs stay focused with aggressive prioritization.
Engineering roadmap: tracking initiatives across all teams, ensuring alignment between company objectives and engineering blueprints. Driving the company roadmap while giving engineers liberty to do what they excel at.
Priority triage: fielding requests from customers, sales, marketing, and leadership, and translating them into clear, sequenced tasks so ICs stay focused with aggressive prioritization.
Engineering roadmap: tracking initiatives across all teams, ensuring alignment between company objectives and engineering blueprints.

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