# Founding Member of Operations Staff, GTM at Preference Model Labs

- Company: Preference Model Labs
- What the company does: Preference Model is building the next generation of training data to power the future of AI. Backed by a16z and South Park Commons.
- Company website: https://www.preferencemodel.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $180K to $240K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-29
- Apply by: 2026-12-13
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Preference-Model/a058ecf0-6221-49fb-b274-a02b06f9c955?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/preference-model-labs-founding-technical-program-manager/

## About the role

We're hiring our first Technical Program Manager, GTM. Frontier labs are deciding which RL environment partners to trust with their training runs, and the relationships we build with them now will shape much of where Preference Model goes next. Until now, those relationships have been run by our leadership alongside everything else. You'll be the first person whose full-time job is to own them. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 0 to 1 experience: You've built something from the ground up: at an early-stage startup, as a founder, or in VC
- A technical background: a computer science or closely related technical degree, or previous software engineering experience
- External customer-facing experience: for example as a forward deployed engineer, in customer success or operations, as a product manager, or in VC
- 2+ years of relevant experience
- Experience negotiating commercial terms: customer contracts, pricing, or investment deals
- Confidence with senior, technical stakeholders and the follow-through to keep many relationships moving at once. You can push back on unrealistic asks, deliver bad news early, and ensure nothing gets dropped

Tags: Operations

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/preference-model-labs-founding-technical-program-manager/