Technical Program Manager – R&D

🕒 July 15

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SandboxAQ

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2021

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔒 Cybersecurity

💊 Pharmaceuticals

Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity • Pharmaceuticals

SandboxAQ is a company developing quantitative AI and quantum-inspired technologies to solve real-world problems across drug discovery, materials science, cybersecurity, and navigation. They build large quantitative models (LQMs) grounded in physics and chemistry to predict molecular properties, accelerate therapeutic design, and simulate complex chemical and catalytic processes, while also applying their expertise in AI and post-quantum cryptography to enhance digital security and navigation in GPS-denied environments.

📋 Description

• Anticipate bottlenecks before they're bottlenecks, working with R&D and Product to define requirements, surface technical dependencies, and build delivery schedules • Translate between three different languages: R&D, Product/Engineering, and Finance • Design execution rituals that fit a scientific team • Own the roadmap end-to-end, build it, defend it, update it • Drive resourcing conversations with leadership and finance, making the case for R&D needs • Get launches out the door cleanly, orchestrating the last mile • Play a critical role in reshaping drug discovery, advancing machine learning, and protecting humanity from disease

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years in technical program management or a similar role • Real experience sitting inside R&D or deep-science teams that shipped world-class products • Proven track record of stepping into a program mid-crisis and getting it back on track • Ability to build and defend ROI-generating roadmaps for teams doing genuinely novel, high-uncertainty scientific work • Proven ability to get fluent in a new scientific domain fast enough to make good calls independently • An advanced degree in a technical field or deep experience working within heavily scientific teams • Experience partnering directly with finance and product leadership to tie technical delivery to investment decisions • A bias toward asking "how might this plan break in six months?" before it does.

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents with generous employer premium contributions • Retirement savings with company matching • Paid parental leave • Inclusive family-building benefits • Flexible paid time off • Company-wide seasonal breaks • Support for flexible work arrangements that enable sustainable performance • Opportunities for continuous learning and growth through on-the-job development, cross-functional collaboration, and access to internal learning and development programs