This is a high-impact opportunity for an exceptional Technical Program Manager to cover a critical area of AI Safety. As the Lead Technical Program Manager for AI Safety, you will be the core orchestrator ensuring that our Gemini models are safe. This role involves close collaboration with a geographically dispersed, virtual team spanning Mountain View, New York, London, and Zurich, all focused on the shared mission of developing, deploying, and researching safe AGI.
The role requires a high tolerance for ambiguity inherent in cutting-edge AI research and operates at a fast pace. The role requires a highly organized individual who excels at managing complex stakeholder relationships and connecting teams across Google DeepMind to drive successful outcomes.
Key responsibilities:
- Drive the end-to-end delivery of SFT and RL training data for AI Safety, creating and maintaining the structure (meetings, project plans) needed for on-time delivery.
- Dive deep into technical details, including understanding losses and evaluations for Safety to ensure they accurately measure the problems we are trying to solve and develop solutions.
- Manage a portfolio of work from model development to long term research in AGI Safety & Alignment.
- Drive organizational efficiency by improving processes, streamlining execution, and implementing tooling improvements where applicable.
- Proactively identify and drill down into blockers, moving quickly to unblock the research and engineering teams.
- Coordinate across diverse groups within Gemini, including Release teams, Model Behavior, Multi-turn research and ensuring all stakeholders are aligned on plans and timelines.
- Manage high-visibility executive reviews, ensuring they are well-prepared, run smoothly, and provide clear visibility into program status.
- Build consensus and influence outcomes across diverse teams and key stakeholders, ensuring strong alignment without relying on direct authority.
- Manage a team of Technical Program Managers working in AI Safety.
About You:
In order to set you up for success as the a TPgM at Google DeepMind, we look for the following skills and experience:
- 8+ years of leading large-scale complex programs, preferably across multiple geographies and time zones.
- Possess excellent communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences, including executive leadership.
- Demonstrated success in fast-paced program execution and deliveries.
- Good understanding of large language models, with knowledge of multi-turn conversations or model behavior and other alignment-related topics in machine learning.
- Demonstrated management experience.
- Must be fluent in English and flexible to work cross-timezone.
In addition, the following would be an advantage:
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent professional experience.
- Strong understanding of ML/AI principles and the distinctions from traditional software development.
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