Research Program Manager

About Mercor

Mercor is defining the future of work. We partner with leading AI labs and enterprises to provide the human intelligence essential to AI development. Our vast talent network trains frontier AI models in the same way teachers teach students: by sharing knowledge experience and context that cant be captured in code alone. Today more than 30000 experts in our network collectively earn over $2 million a day.

Mercor is creating a new category of work where expertise powers AI advancement. Achieving this requires an ambitious fast-paced and deeply committed team. Youll work alongside researchers operators and AI companies at the forefront of shaping the systems that are redefining society. Mercor is a profitable Series C company valued at $10 billion. We work in-person five days a week in our San Francisco NYC or London offices.

About the Role

Mercor is building benchmarks and evaluation systems that help measure and improve frontier AI models. As a Research Program Manager you will play a central role in coordinating the development release and communication of these benchmarks. Youll work across research operations and marketing to ensure evaluations are executed rigorously results are shared with the broader AI community and new benchmarks launch smoothly. This is a hands-on role that requires strong attention to detail high-intensity problem-solving and a passion for building scalable processes that support cutting-edge AI research.

Core Responsibilities

As a research program manager you will:

• Coordinate the release of new benchmarks

• Maintain and update Mercors leaderboards and website

• Submit results to leaderboards competitions and community pages (e.g. Hugging Face)

• Run and monitor new evals

• Support with marketing for benchmarks and evals including new blogs and socials

• Develop the messaging for new benchmark releases

• Coordinate delivery of eval reports

• Build relationships in the AI evals data ecosystem
  

What Were Looking For

• Experience: Background in consulting tech project management or research support ideally 2-3 years of professional experience.

• Skills: Strong analytical and communication abilities; proven track record of managing complex projects.

• Mindset: Excited by gritty process optimization and large-scale execution.

Compensation

• Base cash comp from $120K-$200k

• Aggressive performance bonus structure

• Competitive equity grant

• $15K relocation bonus (for moving to the Bay Area)

• $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)

• $1.5K monthly stipend for meals

• $200 monthly laundry reimbursement

• $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement

• Free Equinox membership

• Health Dental Vision insurance401(k) with company match

Required Experience:

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