Senior Technical Program Manager, AI Platform

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Our base salary range is $137,520 - $206,280, and in addition we have generous bonus plans to provide a competitive compensation package.

Who You Are :

The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to join the Horizontal Technical Program Management team, whose primary responsibility will be the AI Platform , the infrastructure and software that powers cutting-edge AI research at scale.

This is a uniquely impactful role : you'll help shape the software infrastructure that drives state-of-the-art hardware and boundary-pushing AI workloads , working side by side with world-class researchers and AI infrastructure engineers in a tight, iterative feedback loop . Unlike many TPM roles, this position offers visibility and influence across the entire stack - from compute decisions to the researcher experience.

The AI Platform is core to Ai2's mission : every improvement in performance, stability, usability, or scalability creates a multiplier effect across our research outputs. As a result, it's a long-term strategic investment area for the institute, with no shortage of opportunities . For the right TPM, this means both a seat at the table for shaping the future of AI infrastructure and the chance to see your work ripple across groundbreaking research.

Who We Are :

The Horizontal Technical Program Management Team is the center of excellence for cross-functional execution ; reducing management overhead, breaking down silos, and accelerating technical delivery. We envision Ai2 as an organization where seamless collaboration and operational excellence are the norm, not the exception. As a Senior TPM, you'll embody this mission while driving AI Platform excellence, one of our most strategically critical domains. At Ai2, PMs are both product-minded and program-strong. That means you will collaboratively drive how and when the complex work gets delivered across teams and influence key product decisions by defining the why - balancing business goals, user needs, and feasibility.

Your Next Challenge :

In this role, you will :

• Drive the AI Platform program - Partner with engineering and research leadership to develop and execute against the roadmap for key internal tools and services that support LLM pretraining, large-scale inference, and petabyte scale data management.
• Gather requirements and drive stakeholder alignment - Drive internal processes for collecting requirements for a diverse set of research projects and drive the process of converting them to clear product requirements. Act as the primary liaison between research teams and engineering.
• Facilitate internal change management - Research teams depend on our software for 1k+ GPU jobs; you'll be responsible for making sure the release process is clear, well communicated, and non-disruptive.
• Run operational reviews & reporting - Establish and maintain regular reporting mechanisms for platform and team health, including GPU budget planning, operational reviews, and team velocity tracking.
• Program leadership - Own monthly leadership reviews, ensuring leadership visibility into progress, risks, and outcomes.
• Platform evolution & researcher experience - Drive releases, optimizations, and integrations that scale adoption across researchers, engineers and external partners, while ensuring our internal tools (e.g., docs, job scheduler) are intuitive, reliable, and enhance efficiency.

What You'll Need :

Why You'll Love Working Here :

At Ai2, you'll be part of a mission-driven nonprofit advancing AI for the common good. The Horizontal TPM team plays a central role in enabling research by ensuring foundational platforms are reliable, scalable, and easy to adopt. You'll have the opportunity to :

Physical Demands and Work Environment :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

A Little More About Ai2 :

Ai2 is a Seattle based non-profit AI research institute founded in 2014 by the late Paul Allen. Our mission is building breakthrough AI to solve the world's biggest problems. We develop foundational AI research and innovation to deliver real-world impact through large-scale open models, data, robotics, conservation, and beyond.

In addition to Ai2's core mission, we also aim to contribute to humanity through our treatment of each member of the Ai2 Team. Some highlights are :

Ai2 is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. You may view the related Know Your Rights compliance poster and the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision by clicking on their corresponding links.

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to employees and applicants with disabilities to the full extent required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you feel you need a reasonable accommodation pursuant to the ADA, you are encouraged to contact us at recruiting@allenai.org.

Benefits :

Note : This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the team members(s) of this position. Team members will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the team member(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an at will relationship.