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Polymath

Strategic Projects Lead

San Francisco, California, United States

Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Work
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Level
Lead / staff
Function
Operations
Pay
$150K – $250K a year
Posted
7 months ago

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The top of this role’s range, $250K a year, is 5% above the median of $237K for lead / staff operations jobs in San Francisco (middle half $210K – $278K, 110 jobs that state pay).

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About the role

About Polymath

Polymath is an applied research lab focused on advancing long-horizon agent capabilities through reinforcement learning. We design and scale simulation environments where agents learn to operate safely and autonomously. We work with the world’s leading model labs to push the frontier of agent capabilities. We've raised >$8M from Base10, Cervin Ventures, Founders Future, Y Combinator, and other incredible investors & angels.

About the role

As a Founding Strategic Projects Lead, you will work on some of Polymath’s highest-leverage initiatives across partnerships, data, and new market expansion. This is a highly cross-functional role for someone who is excited to tackle open-ended problems and help shape the company’s trajectory. You’ll work closely with the founders on strategic efforts that are critical to Polymath’s growth. Examples of projects you would work on:

  • Creating best practices for organizing teams of domain experts, and working with the engineering team to improve platforms.
  • Scaling Polymath’s expert contributor network, including sourcing, evaluating, onboarding, and managing experts across technical fields.
  • Leading complex data projects from zero to one: from scoping customer needs and designing PRDs, to coordinating contributors, and ensuring data quality.

You’ll be a good fit if you

  • Have prior experience with RL environments and frontier lab data sales
  • Have high agency and ownership
  • Enjoy working across different domains
  • Have strong writing abilities
  • Are technical

Perks

  • 🪷 Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 🍽 Free meals with the team
  • 🧘 Free Bay Club membership (right next door to our Embarcadero office!)
  • 🚞 Commuter benefits
  • 🏦 401(k)
  • 🌎 Unlimited PTO
  • 💻 Top of the line tech
  • 🌁 Frequent team activities and outings

Culture

  • Polymath is a team of researchers, engineers, and operators passionate about advancing the frontier of safe, superintelligent AI agents.
  • We have a flat organizational structure. We believe that people do their best work when they’re self-motivated and driven by a desire to learn, contribute to the team’s goals, and advance scientific progress.
  • We’re looking for folks who ship fast, set high standards for themselves, and are great team players. You’ll be a member of our founding team: have fun, learn a lot, and do high-impact work alongside great people.

Source

Posted by Polymath on their own hiring page, jobs.ashbyhq.com. OptiTalent shows it as published, read 07 Nov 2026 12:19 UTC; the original is the reference.

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