Data & Evaluation Operations Program Manager

Job overview

The Data & Evaluation Operations Program Manager role is onsite in Sunnyvale, CA. The stated salary range is $250,000–$450,000 per year. The Institute of Foundation Models is a research lab focused on building, understanding, using, and risk-managing foundation models. The manager establishes and owns data acquisition and evaluation programs that support foundation-model development. By coordinating vendors, budgets, evaluation processes, and technical stakeholders, the role helps improve model performance and align operations with evolving research needs.

What you'll do

• Establish and own end-to-end data operations and evaluation programs
• assess vendor data offerings with technical leads
• manage vendor relationships, budgets, and performance
• coordinate with Legal and Procurement on data partnerships
• develop and maintain evaluation processes
• streamline evaluation services with engineering and evaluation owners
• connect evaluation findings to data strategy
• track and report program performance.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

data & evaluation operations program manager

sunnyvale ca

institute of foundation models

full-time

$250k–$450k

foundation models

data operations

evaluation operations

vendor management

budget management

llm benchmarks

program management

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• bonus
• 401(k)
• paid time off, sick leave, and holidays
• paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• life insurance and disability.

Why this role

Requires a bachelor’s degree and at least five years of relevant experience, including three years in technical program management; multi-million-dollar budget and vendor-management experience are required. Foundation-model, LLM, generative AI, or machine-learning infrastructure experience is preferred. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, bonus, 401(k), paid time off, sick leave, holidays, parental leave, EAP, life insurance, and disability.

About the employer

Institute of Foundation Models is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities. Sector: 54.