Physical Intelligence
Strategic Project Lead
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jun 26, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years in program management, operations, technical project management, consulting, startup operations, or similar roles.
About the job
Owns the delivery of high-priority research and deployment projects, coordinating teams, resources, plans, risks, and decisions through completion.
What you'll do
- Define project scope, success criteria, timelines, and operational requirements with researchers and stakeholders.
- Prioritize work and allocate resources; coordinate execution across Research Associates, Production Operations, and partner teams.
- Manage risks, dependencies, reviews, escalations, and delivery decisions; improve planning and operational systems.
What they ask for
- Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
- Track record of translating ambiguous goals into executable plans and successful outcomes.
- Experience balancing priorities and making resource-allocation decisions.
- Ability to understand technical goals and operational constraints, and communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting AI, robotics, hardware, or research organizations.
- Experience with data collection, evaluation, annotation, operational programs, robotics workflows, teleoperation, or scaling teams.
AI focus
Coordinates research and deployment projects supporting AI and robotics work; no direct AI development duties are specified.
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