Basis Research

Basis Research

Technical Program Manager

New York Office · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$100k-$160kDetected 538 days ago
Machine LearningProject ManagementJiraResearchLeadershipWriting

About the role

  • You'll work across several projects, serving as a linchpin between our researchers, engineering teams, leadership, and external collaborators, requiring both technical depth and project management expertise.
  • Run regular team meetings, triaging issues, and ensuring research scientists and engineers stay on track
  • Coordinate between core technical and project teams, identifying and resolving dependencies

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain project roadmaps, translating long-term strategic goals into milestones and tasks
  • Write and review technical design documents and project plans
  • Engage with external project-partners, nurturing existing relationships and cultivating new collaborations
  • We're seeking a Technical Program Manager who is deeply passionate about program management to drive ambitious research projects forward.
  • Is a fast learner, able to quickly build upon a solid mathematical foundation into the diverse technical areas that we work in

Requirements

  • The second is to advance society's ability to solve intractable problems.
  • This means expanding the scale, complexity, and breadth of problems that we can solve today, and even more importantly, accelerating our ability to solve problems in the future.
  • 4+ years managing technical (scientific/engineering) projects, with demonstrable impact
  • PhD-level comprehension of AI/ML concepts (though a PhD itself isn't required)
  • Proficiency with project management tools such as Linear, JIRA, or equivalent
  • More important than any specific qualification is your ability to navigate uncertainty and find clarity in complexity.

Nice to have

  • Thinks from first principles, knowing when to adopt or discard standard practices
  • Simplifies complexity and sees unnecessary processes as problems to be solved
  • Automates everything that should be automated
  • Makes tough calls on project direction and resource allocation, often with incomplete information
  • Excels at distilling nebulous research questions into concrete, actionable project plans
  • Understands the human side of research, balances individual team-member needs with project progress
  • Works and acts quickly, maintaining team momentum at the right level of intensity
  • Relentlessly reduces uncertainty and ambiguity-is persistent in getting clarity

Skills

  • Exceptional writing skills, able to communicate complex ideas clearly and concisely

Compensation

  • Non-Discrimination Notice
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  • $100,000 - $160,000

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