Lila Sciences
Research Product Manager, Post Training
$204K–$310K
Cambridge, MA USA +3 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jul 17, 2026
- Location
- Cambridge, MA USA
San Francisco, CA USA
Alewife, Cambridge, MA
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- No years specified; proven AI/ML product management experience required.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience with AI/ML systems.
About the job
Own the capability roadmap for Lila’s foundational models, translating scientific, product, and commercial priorities into measurable requirements, evaluations, and production release decisions.
What you'll do
- Prioritize model capabilities and translate stakeholder input and competitive analysis into concrete requirements and roadmap decisions.
- Define evaluation criteria, success metrics, and production gates for model releases.
- Partner with research and training leads to plan capability work around compute, data, and timeline constraints, and document release decisions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience with AI/ML systems.
- Proven product management experience for AI/ML products.
- Strong understanding of how foundational or large models are trained, evaluated, and released.
- Experience defining production release criteria and quality gates.
Nice to have
- Product management experience with foundation models, frontier models, or AI platforms.
- Experience at an AI-first research organization or in life sciences or materials science; familiarity with model evaluation, benchmarking, or evaluation infrastructure.
Pay
$204,000 — $310,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
AI/ML systems
AI focus
Set and prioritize capabilities for foundational models; define measurable requirements, evaluations, and production gates, and coordinate model capability work with research and training teams.
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