Strategic Product Lead

Physical Intelligence • San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

Physical Intelligence is bringing general-purpose AI into the physical world. We are a group of engineers, scientists, roboticists, and company builders developing foundation models and learning algorithms to power the robots of today and the physically-actuated devices of the future.
High-quality data is the fuel for that mission. As our research and deployment efforts scale, coordinating people, robots, scenes, evaluation, annotation, and operational capacity becomes increasingly complex. Strategic Project Leads ensure the most important work is prioritized, resourced, and delivered successfully.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in program management, operations, technical project management, consulting, startup operations, or similar roles.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
• Strong track record of translating ambiguous goals into executable plans and successful outcomes.
• Experience balancing competing priorities and making thoughtful resource-allocation decisions.
• Ability to quickly understand technical goals, operational constraints, and execution tradeoffs.
• Experience communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Exceptional prioritization and organizational skills.
• Strong operational judgment and systems thinking.
• Comfort making decisions with incomplete information.
• Ability to identify risks, bottlenecks, and dependencies before they become problems.
• Ability to influence across teams without direct management authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• High ownership and accountability for outcomes.
• Bias toward action and execution.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting AI, robotics, hardware, or research organizations.
• Experience managing data collection, evaluation, annotation, or operational programs.
• Familiarity with robotics workflows and teleoperation environments.
• Experience building operational processes and scaling teams.
• Experience working directly with researchers, engineers, or technical product teams.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of assigned research and deployment initiatives from intake through completion.
• Partner with researchers and stakeholders to define scope, success criteria, timelines, and operational requirements.
• Prioritize work and allocate resources across competing projects based on impact, urgency, and available capacity.
• Build execution plans that define staffing, robot allocation, dependencies, milestones, and delivery timelines.
• Direct project execution across Research Associates, Production Operations, and partner teams.
• Identify and resolve risks, bottlenecks, staffing gaps, and dependency conflicts before they impact delivery.
• Drive project reviews, stakeholder communication, escalations, and delivery decisions.
• Improve planning, prioritization, and operational systems as the organization scales.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed