Program Lead

The role

The Program Lead turns open-ended research needs into programs with defined scope, standards, timelines, and economics. You will work with frontier labs and robotics teams to deliver research solutions and partner with the supply team to recruit and retain contributors.

What you will do

• Turn an open-ended research need into a program with a scope, a standard, a timeline and agreed economics
• Work directly with frontier labs and robotics teams to turn research problems into deliverables
• Own the relationship with buyers from first call to delivery
• Partner with the supply team to recruit, activate and retain contributors and partner businesses
• Address blockers including specification gaps, tooling gaps, people, partners or incentives
• Act as product manager for the platform team by providing field evidence for the roadmap
• Build leverage through agents, automation and playbooks
• Go where the work happens

Required qualifications

• Early-stage marketplace operating experience
• AI-native
• Structured problem solving under pressure
• Numerate

Nice to have

• Former founders, high growth early stage startup hires, consulting, or business operations background
• Exposure to AI labs or training data pipelines

Benefits

• 5 weeks of paid leave
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits including vision and dental
• Additional perks that support your well-being

About the company

Claru is a Reka business line that supplies training data for physical AI, embodied AI and world models. Reka is a globally distributed foundation model startup headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area.