# Program Lead at Reka AI

- Company: Reka AI
- What the company does: Reka AI builds natively multimodal models (Spark, Edge, Flash, Core) for video, image, audio, and text. Used by enterprises in security, media, and defense.
- Company website: https://reka.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-14
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reka/c888ae2c-60c9-4db4-8ed6-ca93559d4a46
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/reka-ai-program-lead/

## About the role

Turn an open-ended research need into a program with a scope, a standard, a timeline and agreed economics — then own the number Work directly with frontier labs and robotics teams: turn a research problem into something deliverable, keep sophisticated buyers confident, and own the relationship from first call to delivery

## What they're looking for

- Early-stage marketplace operating experience — required. You have had to get a flywheel turning from a standing start, in a new territory or a new vertical, where neither side existed yet and you had to build both. Every engagement here is that problem again
- AI-native — required. You spend more time with agents than with people, you automate a process before you staff it, and your answer to more volume is a better system rather than more headcount
- You have operated, not only advised. Former founders, high growth early stage startup hires, consulting, or business operations background is a strong plus and exactly the rigour we want
- Structured problem solving under pressure: first principles, then a plan a client and a team can both act on
- Numerate — you build the model, find where the economics break, and argue for the change
- Credible with a research lead and with a shift supervisor alike

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