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Research Program Manager

Mercor· Research
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San Francisco$120k - $200k + equityFull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Mercor is building benchmarks and evaluation systems to measure and improve frontier AI models. The Research Program Manager coordinates development, release, and communication of benchmarks, working across research, operations, and marketing to ensure rigorous evaluations, shared results, and smooth launches.

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

Qualifications

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

Skills

Required:Analytical thinkingCommunicationProject management

Benefits

  • $15K relocation bonus (for moving to the Bay Area)
  • $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
  • $1.5K monthly stipend for meals
  • $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
  • $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
  • Free Equinox membership
  • Health, Dental, Vision insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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