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AI Research Manager - Meta Superintelligence Labs

$219K–$301K

Menlo Park, CA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 12, 2026

Experience
6+ years of industry experience in AI research, machine learning, or a closely related technical field; 4+ years managing teams of researchers or engineers, including technical leaders or managers.
Education
PhD degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related technical field.

About the job

Leads research teams developing and shipping frontier AI, overseeing LLM post-training research, evaluations, datasets, and technical execution.

What you'll do

  • Build, mentor, and manage research scientists and engineers while guiding technical leaders.
  • Set research direction and oversee the LLM post-training stack, translating needs into plans and measurable outcomes.
  • Lead cross-functional projects and contribute hands-on through code review, technical guidance, and research-quality standards.

What they ask for

  • PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related technical field.
  • 6+ years of industry experience in AI research, machine learning, or a closely related technical field.
  • 4+ years managing teams of researchers or engineers, including other technical leaders or managers.
  • Experience with frontier-quality/state-of-the-art Large Language Models and deep, practical LLM post-training.

Nice to have

  • Peer-reviewed publications in deep learning, language models, or data-centric AI; experience with post-training pipelines, synthetic data, or evaluation infrastructure.
  • Experience with agent workflows, long-horizon agents, personalization or search, distributed systems, and high-throughput data pipelines.

Pay

$219,000/year to $301,000/year USD base salary; bonus and equity (amounts not stated)

Tools

Large Language Models, SFT, RLHF, RLVR

AI focus

Frontier AI research and development, especially LLM post-training, evaluations, datasets, and agentive workflows.

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)