Strategic Projects Lead

About Polymath

Polymath is an applied research lab focused on advancing long-horizon agent capabilities through reinforcement learning. We design and scale simulation environments where agents learn to operate safely and autonomously. We work with the world’s leading model labs to push the frontier of agent capabilities. Polymath is backed by Base10, Founders Future, Y Combinator, and other incredible investors & angels. We've raised an $8M seed round, and are actively growing out the founding team.

About the role

As a Strategic Projects Lead, you will work on some of Polymath’s highest-leverage initiatives across partnerships, data, and new market expansion. This is a highly cross-functional role for someone who is excited to tackle open-ended problems, move quickly, and help shape the company’s trajectory. You’ll work closely with the founders on strategic efforts that are critical to Polymath’s growth. Examples of projects you would work on:

• Build and scale Polymath’s expert contributor network, including sourcing, evaluating, onboarding, and managing domain experts across technical fields.

• Lead complex data projects from zero to one: from scoping customer needs and designing PRDs, to coordinating contributors, ensuring quality, and delivering final outputs.

• Partner directly with frontier AI lab customers to understand their research needs, translate them into execution plans, and ensure Polymath delivers high-quality work efficiently.

You’ll be a good fit if you:

• Have prior experience with people ops and frontier lab data sales

• Have high agency and ownership

• Enjoy working across different domains

• Have strong writing abilities

• Are technical

Perks:

• 🪷 Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

• 🍽 Free meals with the team

• 🧘 Free Bay Club membership (right next door to our Embarcadero office!)

• 🚞 Commuter benefits

• 🏦 401(k)

• 🌎 Unlimited PTO

• 💻 Top of the line tech

• 🌁 Frequent team activities and outings

Culture:

• Polymath is a team of researchers, engineers, and operators passionate about advancing the frontier of safe, superintelligent AI agents.

• We have a flat organizational structure. We believe that people do their best work when they’re self-motivated and driven by a desire to learn, contribute to the team’s goals, and advance scientific progress.

• We’re looking for folks who ship fast, set high standards for themselves, and are great team players. You’ll be a member of our founding team: have fun, learn a lot, and do high-impact work alongside great people.