Thinking Machines Lab
Product Policy
$300K–$360K
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years; no alternatives stated.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is available; success is not guaranteed for every candidate or role.
About the job
Build and lead Thinking Machines’ product policy function, setting policies and review processes for how its AI products and models are developed, released, and used.
What you'll do
- Set product policy strategy and establish risk-review frameworks, processes, mitigations, and decision infrastructure.
- Hire and lead the product policy team, partnering with Research, Product, Trust & Safety, Communications, Public Policy, and Legal.
- Develop clear policy positions and user-facing policies for emerging capabilities, releases, platform use, and enforcement.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of experience in product policy, trust & safety, content policy, or a related field, including significant product and platform risk assessment.
- Experience building and leading a product policy, trust & safety, or content policy function, including hiring and managing a team.
- Track record partnering directly with product and engineering teams throughout development, from early design through launch.
- Ability to turn complex, fast-moving policy questions into actionable recommendations for executive leadership; strong relationship-building and communication skills.
Nice to have
- Experience at a frontier AI company or on an AI safety or trust & safety team, with familiarity with model release, fine-tuning, or agentic product policy.
- Experience with policy or risk-review frameworks for novel technology; technical familiarity with frontier AI or relevant legal and regulatory experience.
Pay
$300,000-360,000 USD annual salary range (base salary).
Tools
Tinker
AI focus
Set policy and review approaches for AI model and product development, releases, fine-tuning and customization, agentic capabilities, and enterprise use cases.
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