AI Research Director & Lead
85 open roles across 35 AI companies, pulled live from career pages and refreshed daily.
Lead Scientist, Strategic Defense
Anduril Industries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Lead Wargaming Research & Systems Analyst (WRSA)
Anduril Industries · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; London, England, United Kingdom
Researcher, Misalignment Monitoring Lead
OpenAI · San Francisco · Late · raised 2026$380K – $500K • Offers Equity
Senior Manager, Research Scientist
Scale AI · San Francisco, CA; New York, NY · Late
VP, Research
Scale AI · San Francisco, CA; New York, NY · Late
Member of Technical Staff - Engineering Lead, Data Acquisition
Reflection AI · San Francisco, CA · Late · raised 2026
Sr/Staff Product Manager, Research Products
Runway · Remote · Late · raised 2026Remote$230K – $280K
Director, Text-to-Speech Synthesis Research
Deepgram · London, UKRemote
[Expression of Interest] Research Manager, Interpretability
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Late · raised 2026
Senior Manager, Marketing Research & Intelligence
CoreWeave · Bellevue, WA / Livingston, NJ / Manhattan, NY · Public
Safety Case Research - Product Development Lead
Waymo · Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA · Late
Product and Research Operations Manager, Voices
Cartesia · *HQ - San Francisco, CA$160K – $225K • Offers Equity
Channel and Customer Research Sector Lead, Financial Services
AlphaSense · Chicago · Late · raised 2026
Channel and Customer Research Sector Lead, Financial Services
AlphaSense · Remote - United States · Late · raised 2026Remote
Channel and Customer Research Sector Lead, Financial Services
AlphaSense · New York, New York, United States · Late · raised 2026
Sector Lead, Financial Services – Primary/Channel Research
AlphaSense · Remote - United States · Late · raised 2026Remote
Senior Product Manager - AI Workflows (Expert Research)
AlphaSense · New York, New York, United States; Remote - United States · Late · raised 2026Remote
General Manager, Research Operations
Physical Intelligence · San Francisco · Late
Product Research Lead
Black Forest Labs · Freiburg (Germany) · Late
Research & Education Sales Lead, Beneficial Deployments
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · Late · raised 2026
Developer Relations Manager, Higher Education and Research – AI for Science
NVIDIA · 2 Locations · Public
Market Research Lead, ChatGPT
OpenAI · San Francisco · Late · raised 2026Remote$240K – $300K • Offers Equity
Research Program Manager
AfterQuery · San Francisco$175K – $191K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus
Lead Data Scientist, Product
Descript · San Francisco, CA or Remote, US · GrowthRemote
Lead Technical Recruiter - Research
Harvey · San Francisco · Late · raised 2026Remote$163.9K – $245.9K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus
Lead Technical Recruiter - Research
Harvey · New York · Late · raised 2026Remote$163.9K – $245.9K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus
Director, Research - Evaluation & Training
Snorkel AI · New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); United States (Remote) · LateRemote
Member of Technical Staff - Engineering Lead, Compute Platform
Reflection AI · San Francisco, CA · Late · raised 2026
Member of Technical Staff - Engineering Lead, Data Platform
Reflection AI · San Francisco, CA · Late · raised 2026
Research Lead, Policy Communications
OpenAI · San Francisco · Late · raised 2026Remote$347K – $385K • Offers Equity
Investor Relations Manager, Capital Markets & Strategic Research
Higgsfield · San Francisco Bay Area, USA · Late · raised 2026Remote$175K – $220K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus
Senior Research Manager
HUD · San Francisco$120K – $295K
Developer Relations Manager, Higher Education and Research - Foundational AI
NVIDIA · Canada, Toronto · Public
Developer Relations Manager, Higher Education and Research - Foundational AI
NVIDIA · 2 Locations · Public
Developer Relations Manager, Higher Education and Research - Physics
NVIDIA · 2 Locations · Public
Developer Relations Manager - Higher Education & Research
NVIDIA · Japan, Tokyo · Public
Senior Manager, Developer Relations - Higher Education and Research
NVIDIA · US, CA, Santa Clara · Public
Research Program Manager, Frontier Assurance
OpenAI · San Francisco · Late · raised 2026Remote$239K – $328K • Offers Equity
Director, Forward Deployed Researcher - Data as a Service
Snorkel AI · New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); United States (Remote) · LateRemote
Principal AI Research Scientist, Research Director - AI Scaling
Databricks · Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California · Late · raised 2026
MTS Lead, Product Security
Reflection AI · New York, NY · Late · raised 2026
Research Lead, Tinker, Fine-tuning Science
Thinking Machines · San Francisco · Late
Head of Security Research
Dropzone AI · Remote - USRemote
Research Program Manager, Governance
OpenAI · San Francisco · Late · raised 2026Remote$239K – $328K • Offers Equity
Engineering Manager, Research
Decagon · San Francisco · Late · raised 2026$280K – $430K • Offers Equity
Research Manager, Biological Safety
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Late · raised 2026
Sr. Applied Scientist (Lead), Prime Video - Generative AI (Video)
Amazon (AI roles) · Sunnyvale, California, USA · Public
Head of Research
Ambral · New York$250K – $400K • Offers Equity
Research Program Manager
OpenAI · San Francisco · Late · raised 2026$239K – $328K • Offers Equity
Product and Research Operations Manager, Voices
Cartesia · London
Research Technical Program Manager
AfterQuery · San Francisco$210K – $450K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus • $250k-450k total compensation + equity
Engineering Manager, Research Data Platform
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · Late · raised 2026
Engineering Manager, Research Productivity
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · Late · raised 2026
Lead Data Scientist, Platform Product
Anthropic · New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA · Late · raised 2026
Product Manager, Research (Code)
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · Late · raised 2026
Technical Program Manager, Research
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · Late · raised 2026
Technical Program Manager, RL Research
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · Late · raised 2026
Director of Research, Text to Speech
Deepgram · USA - RemoteRemote$234K – $361K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus • Multiple Ranges
Research and AI Lead, APJ, AWS Global Education, WWPS
Amazon (AI roles) · SGP · Public
Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Amazon Research Initiatives
Amazon (AI roles) · Seattle, Washington, USA · Public
Product Marketing Lead, API Models & Research
OpenAI · San Francisco · Late · raised 2026Remote$374K – $415K • Offers Equity
Head of Research
Deeter Analytics · US - RemoteRemote
Lead Research Engineer, Data Quality
HUD · San Francisco$120K – $295K
Research Program Manager, Human Data Campaigns
OpenAI · San Francisco · Late · raised 2026Remote$239K – $328K • Offers Equity
Member of Technical Staff - Engineering Lead, Shared Services
Reflection AI · San Francisco, CA · Late · raised 2026
Member of Technical Staff - Engineering Lead, Platform Foundations
Reflection AI · San Francisco, CA · Late · raised 2026
MTS Lead, Technology & Security Engineering
Reflection AI · New York, NY · Late · raised 2026
MTS Lead, Identity and Access Management
Reflection AI · New York, NY · Late · raised 2026
Lead Applied Scientist, South Korea
Mistral AI · Seoul · Late
Research Product Manager (RPM)
Abundant · San Francisco
Research Engineering Lead
Lovable · Stockholm · Growth
Research Impact Lead - SF
Conveo · San Francisco$100K – $180K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus
Senior Manager, UX Research, Amazon Delivery Experience
Amazon (AI roles) · Bellevue, Washington, USA · Public
Research Program Manager, Data Acquisition
OpenAI · San Francisco · Late · raised 2026$239K – $328K • Offers Equity
Research Program Manager - Model Development
Reflection AI · New York, NY · Late · raised 2026
Research Program Manager - Model Data & Evaluations Flywheel
Reflection AI · New York, NY · Late · raised 2026
Research Program Manager - Research Infrastructure
Reflection AI · New York, NY · Late · raised 2026
Sr/Staff Product Manager, ML Research
Runway · Remote · Late · raised 2026Remote$230K – $280K
Lead Data Scientist
Cohere · United States · Late · raised 2026Remote$190K – $325K • Offers Equity • Multiple Ranges
Senior / Lead Research Scientist, Models - Germany
Inworld · Germany · EarlyRemote
Senior / Lead Research Scientist, Models - Serbia
Inworld · Serbia · EarlyRemote
Research Program Manager
Mercor · San Francisco · Late$150K – $225K • Offers Equity
Research Engineer / Scientist (3D Tech Lead)
World Labs · San Francisco · Late · raised 2026$250K – $350K • Offers Equity
Research Program Manager – Adversarial Model Research
OpenAI · San Francisco · Late · raised 2026$239K – $328K • Offers Equity
Research Science Manager, Foundation Models
Runway · Remote · Late · raised 2026Remote$360K – $450K