# Research Product Manager (RPM) at Abundant

- Company: Abundant
- What the company does: Environments and datasets for RL. Powering the world. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.abundant.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $210K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-07
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/abundant/d497409d-f30a-4a34-88cd-ddbaf8d7a6eb
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/abundant-research-product-manager-rpm/

## About the role

Research PM (RPM) is a role unique to Abundant. RPMs are PMs of the model, unlike traditional PMs who own an application or a feature. RPMs design and implement model capabilities, either as part of an AI lab, data lab, or other research organization. This is a founding-level role with outsized ownership. Co-design capabilities of the model : define areas of improvement for the model, along with the Researcher.

## What they're looking for

- Technically fluent : Deep understanding of evaluations, RL, and how LLMs and Agents work
- Research-oriented — Able to read papers and keep up with SOTA literature
- Extreme owner — You have extreme agency and a founder mentality, you are resourceful and scrappy
- Creative problem solver — You leverage creativity and research skills to design projects from the ground up
- Must be highly proficient with coding agents such as Codex or Claude Code

Tags: Engineering