Principal Product Manager, Foundational AI Research (AI)

TL;DR

Principal Product Manager, Foundational AI Research (AI): Advancing the next generation of LLM models, working on pre-training and post-training data and evaluations, training infrastructure, or API and Platform. Focus on prioritizing new research, building evals and datasets, and working closely with AI researchers to build and execute project plans.

Location: Expected to work from a designated Microsoft office at least four days a week if living within 50 miles (U.S.) or 25 miles (non-U.S.) of that location, starting January 26, 2026

Salary: USD $139,900 – $274,800 per year.

Company

hirify.global is on a mission to train the world’s most capable AI frontier models, pushing the boundaries of scale, performance, and product deployment.

What you will do

• Identify and prioritize language / coding / multimodal issues and work with researchers to find a path to resolution.
• Create novel data collection tasks for taskers to evaluate models and collect training data for fine-tuning.
• Create model prototypes to prove out new feature directions and scope projects.
• Collaborate closely with teams on infrastructure, data engineering, pre-training, post-training, and product feedback.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and growth.
• Advance the AI frontier responsibly.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years direct, hands-on collaboration with model researchers and ML engineers in areas such as training runs, data evaluation, infrastructure, coding, or safety.
• Experience building and shipping data pipelines or evaluation systems personally.

Nice to have

• A technical postgraduate degree is strongly preferred; a PhD is ideal but not mandatory.
• Demonstrated ability to bring enterprise or developer products to market by deeply engaging with end customers.

Culture & Benefits

• Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.
• Growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals.
• Values of respect, integrity, and accountability.
• Create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.