Research Program Manager

Mercor•San Francisco, CA

13h•$120,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

Mercor is building benchmarks and evaluation systems that help measure and improve frontier AI models. As a Research Program Manager, you will play a central role in coordinating the development, release, and communication of these benchmarks. You’ll work across research, operations, and marketing to ensure evaluations are executed rigorously, results are shared with the broader AI community, and new benchmarks launch smoothly. This is a hands-on role that requires strong attention to detail, high-intensity problem-solving, and a passion for building scalable processes that support cutting-edge AI research.

Requirements

Background in consulting, tech, project management or research support, ideally 2-3 years of professional experience.
Strong analytical and communication abilities; proven track record of managing complex projects.
Excited by “gritty” process optimization and large-scale execution.

Responsibilities

Coordinate the release of new benchmarks
Maintain and update Mercor’s leaderboards and website
Submit results to leaderboards, competitions and community pages (e.g., Hugging Face)
Run and monitor new evals
Support with marketing for benchmarks and evals, including new blogs and socials
Develop the messaging for new benchmark releases
Coordinate delivery of eval reports
Build relationships in the AI evals + data ecosystem