Business Operations, Product & Science

The role

You will act as the connective tissue between research teams, model development, and strategic operational needs. You will support the research operating rhythm, coordinate resources, and drive product planning processes.

What you will do

• Support the operating rhythm of the research organization
• Design and maintain systems for leadership visibility into research progress and resource utilization
• Partner with the Head of Research and Principal Scientists on operating plans and hiring priorities
• Identify and remove organizational, process, and tooling bottlenecks
• Coordinate compute, lab equipment, and infrastructure resource allocation
• Serve as the operational link between research outputs and product development
• Drive the product planning process including roadmap development and prioritization
• Build processes and artifacts for product-science collaboration
• Lead or support evaluation design and model assessment processes
• Lead special projects and strategic analyses

Required qualifications

• An undergraduate or graduate degree in physics, chemistry, materials science, computational science, or a closely related quantitative discipline or equivalent depth demonstrated through research or i
• 4+ years of experience in strategy, operations, product management, chief-of-staff, or a closely related function
• Experience inside a technical, research-driven, or AI organization
• Ability to read and engage with primary scientific literature
• Exceptional analytical and structured thinking
• Outstanding communication skills
• High agency, strong judgment, and organizational credibility
• Experience designing and operating planning and prioritization systems in exploratory environments

Nice to have

• A PhD in a physical science or engineering discipline with research experience at the boundary of computation and experiment
• Prior experience in a research operations, technical program management, or science strategy role at an AI lab, national lab, or research-intensive technology company
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML workflows, model evaluation, or the product development lifecycle for AI-powered applications
• A background that spans both the scientific and commercial sides of a technology organization
• Experience building or scaling operational functions from scratch

Before you apply

• We sponsor visas

About the company

Periodic Labs is an AI and physical sciences company building models to accelerate breakthroughs across materials, energy, and beyond.