Research & Product Lead

About the role

The Research & Product Lead role combines deep technical fluency with strong relationship skills, managing Sieve's most important customer accounts, driving cross-functional execution, and contributing wherever the company needs leverage. It sits at the intersection of product, applied research, customer engagement, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage relationships with frontier AI labs and highly technical customers
• Translate customer needs into internal product and research priorities
• Operate as a strategic partner to both external customers and internal technical teams
• Drive cross-functional execution across research, product, operations, and partnerships
• Identify operational bottlenecks and implement scalable systems and processes
• Support high-priority strategic initiatives across the company
• Work closely with researchers, engineers, and leadership on ambiguous, fast-moving projects
• Navigate technical conversations around datasets, model performance, infrastructure, and AI workflows
• Help shape how Sieve scales customer engagement and internal operations as the company grows
• Contribute wherever needed as a high-leverage generalist operator

Requirements

• Excellent general problem solving skills
• Bachelor's degree in computer science (or equivalent technical degree)
• Strong understanding of ML and AI workflows, particularly around data pipelines and model training
• Enough technical depth to hold substantive conversations with engineers and researchers at frontier AI labs
• Familiarity with how data quality, pipeline architecture, and dataset composition affect model training outcomes
• Excellent written and verbal communication that commands credibility with senior technical stakeholders
• Comfort translating between engineering and business audiences fluently
• High curiosity and high EQ
• Scrub and able to pick things up on the job in a fast-moving startup environment

Work Type

In-person (5 days/week)

Employment

Full-Time

Experience

5+ Years

Visa Sponsorship

None