Technical Program Manager, Model Development

About the role:

We are seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead our AI model development initiatives across multiple workstreams. This role will be a critical partner to our Research org (largely ML engineers) to develop and train the latest models that power our product suite. You will work directly with researchers on a combination of experimental and customer-facing projects and will drive model training through each stage of development. In this role you will also collaborate closely with downstream cross-functional partners in our Product and GTM orgs to bring new models to market. You will help build and evolve the model development program to ensure models are efficiently and safely developed and trained. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background and experience managing cross-functional programs in AI development, ML engineering, large-scale compute programs or related fields.

You'll be joining a team of Technical Program Managers who own and drive cross-functional programs that align to the company's top priorities. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to make a foundational impact as you contribute the scaling of a centralized TPM function for the company.

Extremely strong soft skills are paramount, as our team is front and center in driving lots of company-wide changes and top priority initiatives that require generating buy-in, balancing various opinions, and competing for attention in our rapidly scaling environment. This role is a great fit for someone who has both seen excellence at scale and operated in rapidly scaling, high-ambiguity teams and scope. We are seeking candidates with deep TPM expertise but who are comfortable acting as adaptable generalists who add value fast.

We excel at maintaining a broad view of our work but diving deep into the details when necessary. We understand business goals, translate and organize them into technical programs and projects, and drive execution. We are adept at engaging with both non-technical and technical stakeholders at all levels of the company, including executive leadership.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to shape the development of advanced AI systems and contribute to Anthropic's mission of ensuring that AI benefits all of humanity. If you are passionate about responsible AI development, have a strong technical background, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, we'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with teams like Research, Training, Frontier Risk Evaluations, Security, Trust & Safety, and Product to develop and implement a comprehensive model development and training program for our latest frontier AI models

• Build and own a single source of truth roadmap and associated processes for the development of models, informed by customer needs, product strategy, new frontier model capabilities, and our Responsible Scaling Policy

• Partner cross-functionally to develop and maintain procedures for conducting evaluations, including designing test suites, coordinating red team exercises, and analyzing results

• Partner with teams like AI Alignment, Interpretability, and Scalable Oversight to own emergent or experimental high-priority research projects without natural owners

• Develop and maintain procedures for research operations including conducting experiments, tracking compute usage, and managing research infrastructure

• Develop and lead forecasting exercises to translate research milestones into timelines and resource allocation plans

• Coordinate large-scale research initiatives involving multiple teams and external collaborators

• Create and manage dashboards and reporting systems to track model development progress

• Provide detailed status reports, identifying technical risks, dependencies, and areas requiring additional support

• Facilitate communication and coordination between technical workstreams and stakeholders

• Continuously identify opportunities for technical process improvements and implement changes as needed

• Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in AI safety, ML engineering, and related fields to ensure the program remains at the forefront of responsible AI development

You might be a good fit if you:

• Have several years of experience in technical program management, with a track record of successfully delivering complex technical programs, preferably in AI development, ML engineering, or related fields

• Have experience executing technical programs that require systems and engineering-level knowledge.

• Have exceptionally strong interpersonal and communication skills that enable you to influence without authority, build cross-organizational support, cooperation and action around initiatives and process adoption.

• Have experience prompt engineering on language models

• Have experience training Large Language Models and/or working with large-scale compute jobs

• Have a high threshold for navigating ambiguity and are able to balance setting strategic priorities with rapid, high-quality execution.

• Thrive in unstructured environments, and have a knack for bringing order to chaos.

• Are passionate about AI development and deployment, with a strong interest in AI safety and responsible development