periodic-labs
Business Operations, Product & Science
$250K–$300K
Menlo Park, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years; at least some time in a technical, research-driven, or AI organization.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or similar experience; the role describes an undergraduate or graduate degree in a relevant quantitative discipline, or equivalent depth demonstrated through research or industry experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship: Yes, we sponsor visas.
About the job
Coordinates research operations and product planning, connecting AI and physical-science research with company strategy and product development.
What you'll do
- Coordinate research planning, milestones, prioritization, and resources across AI and physical-science teams.
- Build operating systems and plans that give leadership visibility into research progress, risks, resourcing, and hiring.
- Drive product-science collaboration, including roadmaps, evaluation design, strategic projects, and external partnerships.
What they ask for
- Degree in a quantitative discipline such as physics, chemistry, materials science, or computational science, or equivalent depth demonstrated through research or industry experience.
- 4+ years in strategy, operations, product management, chief-of-staff, or a related function, including some time in a technical, research-driven, or AI organization.
- Ability to engage with primary scientific literature and translate technical findings into operational decisions.
- Experience designing and operating planning and prioritization systems in uncertain, exploratory environments.
Nice to have
- PhD in a physical science or engineering discipline, with research at the boundary of computation and experiment.
- Experience in research operations, technical program management, or science strategy at an AI lab, national lab, or research-intensive technology company.
Pay
$250,000-$300,000 USD base salary
AI focus
Supports coordination between AI model development and physical-science research, and leads or supports evaluation design, benchmark development, and model assessment tied to product requirements.
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