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Clera

Senior Technical Program Manager

San Francisco
Salary
$130,000 - $225,000 annually
Level
Lead
Work type
On-site · San Francisco
Visa
Sponsors visas

Open. First seen 13 October 2026.

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The team: Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 246 open in Engineering. 180 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

LLM (118 of 246), TypeScript (112 of 246), Python (103 of 246), React (92 of 246), Machine Learning (61 of 246), PostgreSQL (44 of 246), JavaScript (41 of 246)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on Clera's own job board.

About the role

About the Role

Lead complex data and evaluation programs for AI research teams and internal partners. You will turn evolving technical needs into reliable delivery processes and help ensure data and evaluations meaningfully improve AI models and agents.

What You'll Do

  • Own programs from scoping and requirements gathering through production, quality assurance, delivery, and retrospectives.
  • Translate ambiguous requests into clear specifications with milestones, owners, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
  • Assess and improve data quality using quantitative metrics and qualitative review, including task coverage, difficulty, and reward distributions.
  • Manage external vendors and improve delivery pipelines as programs scale.
  • Improve workflows, documentation, automation, and cross-functional handoffs for data production and evaluation.
  • Partner with research, platform, and marketplace teams to turn feedback into product improvements.

What We're Looking For

  • At least 3 years of experience owning complex technical programs in AI/ML, data operations, support engineering, applied research, forward-deployed engineering, or a related cross-functional area.
  • Experience as a Technical Program Manager or Strategic Program Lead at a startup.
  • Ability to structure ambiguous technical requirements and maintain momentum as needs change.
  • Experience improving data quality processes and evaluating datasets through both aggregate metrics and individual examples.
  • Experience managing vendors, scaling delivery pipelines, and supporting AI research teams or technical enterprise customers with changing requirements.
  • Familiarity with RLHF, reinforcement-learning environments, agent evaluations, human-in-the-loop data pipelines, annotation, or expert data collection is valuable.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, sound judgment, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $130,000 to $225,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available for full-time candidates.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.

Other openings for this role

3 open postings for this role in San Francisco, first posted 2 October 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.

Salary context

31 other open postings titled Senior Technical Program Manager state a salary: median USD 162,000 to USD 220,000 a year.

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