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Physical Intelligence · San Francisco · On-site

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About Physical Intelligence

Backed by General Catalyst, Khosla and Sequoia.

About the role

- Own and execute cross-functional projects with high ambiguity and real business impact. - Drive data, compute, and infrastructure partnerships, from sourcing through negotiation and management.

What they're looking for

  • - Background in consulting, venture capital, private equity, or finance
  • - Experience negotiating vendor, data, or infrastructure agreements
  • - Exposure to startups that have scaled quickly or inflected suddenly
  • - International operations or cross-border project experience
  • Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records
More about this role

Physical Intelligence is bringing general-purpose AI into the physical world. We are a group of engineers, scientists, roboticists, and company builders developing foundation models and learning algorithms to power the robots of today and the physically-actuated devices of the future.

As the company scales, success increasingly depends not just on research excellence, but on strong business execution - across partnerships, operations, infrastructure, and deployment.

Success in this role looks like independently identifying the highest-leverage problems, structuring them into executable plans, and driving them to measurable outcomes with minimal founder involvement.

This role sits close to the founders and works cross-functionally with research, engineering, operations, finance, legal, and external partners. There is no single “lane”, the mandate is to add leverage wherever the company most needs it.

  • Own and execute cross-functional projects with high ambiguity and real business impact.
  • Drive data, compute, and infrastructure partnerships, from sourcing through negotiation and management.
  • Plug into deployment efforts: sourcing opportunities, structuring contracts, pricing,...

Read the full posting on Physical Intelligence's site ↗

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