Physical Intelligence
General Manager, Research Operations
San Francisco · Senior
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About the role
- Our operations teams bring together people, robots, environments, and processes to produce the data our models need.
- The work changes quickly as our research evolves, so the team needs to be both highly organized and adaptable.
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Nice to have
- Make sure people and resources are focused on the highest-priority work.
- Use data to identify problems and improve quality, productivity, and how the team operates.
- Work closely with researchers and engineers to adapt the operation as their needs change.
- 7+ years leading large, high-output operations teams, ideally involving physical or hands-on work.
- A track record of improving quality, productivity, and retention at scale.
- Strong judgment around staffing, prioritization, and performance.
- Comfort working in a fast-changing, technical environment.
- Experience in robotics, hardware, manufacturing, logistics, or other complex physical operations.
Company info
- Physical Intelligence is bringing general-purpose AI into the physical world.
- We are a group of engineers, scientists, roboticists, and company builders developing foundation models and learning algorithms to power the robots of today and the physically-actuated devices of the future.
- High-quality data is the fuel for that mission.
- Research Operations supports the hands-on work behind our research, from collecting and evaluating data to testing and deploying our own tools and systems.
- The Research Operations GM leads the people and managers doing this work.
- They ensure teams are staffed effectively, build strong managers, and create an organization where people can perform at a high level and grow.
- In this role you will
- Lead and develop a large operations team and its managers.
- Own staffing, performance, retention, and day-to-day operations.
- Build training and development programs that improve performance and prepare people for more complex research and deployment work.
- What We Hope You'll Bring
- Experience managing and developing managers and team leads.
- Experience building teams where strong people stay and grow.
- Bonus Points
- Experience building training and career development programs.
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