--- title: 'Senior Technical Program Manager, Applied AI at LILT' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-technical-program-manager-applied-ai-lilt-london-hwpn3jrrcd7x' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Senior Technical Program Manager, Applied AI at LILT - **Company:** LILT - **Location:** London, United Kingdom - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-09-04 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lilt-corporate/719beb00-4cc5-414b-b3a7-853eaf397b07/application **Skills:** RAG architectures, vector databases, agentic workflows, Reinforcement Learning (RLHF/RLAIF), RESTful APIs, cloud infrastructure, automated validation, Python, PyTorch, LangChain > Leads complex technical programs for frontier AI labs, managing high-volume data pipelines and bespoke engineering deliverables for LLM training. Acts as the primary technical liaison between research and production teams to ensure data quality and operational excellence. ## Job description ## ABOUT LILT AI is changing how the world communicates — and LILT is leading that transformation. We're on a mission to make the world's information accessible to everyone, regardless of the language they speak. We use cutting-edge AI, machine translation, and human-in-the-loop expertise to translate content faster, more accurately, and more cost-effectively without compromising on brand, voice, or quality. At LILT, we empower our teammates with leading tools, global collaboration, and growth opportunities to do their best work. Our company virtues—Work together, win together; Find a way or make one; Dance in the customer's shoes; Quicker than they expect; Quality is Job 1—guide everything we do. We are trusted by Intel Corporation https://www.linkedin.com/company/intel-corporation/, Canva https://www.linkedin.com/company/canva/, the United States Department of Defense https://www.linkedin.com/company/deptofdefense/, the United States Air Force https://www.linkedin.com/company/united-states-air-force/, ASICS https://www.linkedin.com/company/asics/, and hundreds of global Enterprises. Backed by Sequoia, Intel Capital, and Redpoint, we’re building a category-defining company in a $50B+ global translation market being redefined by AI. About the Role: As a Senior TPM of Applied AI, you will sit at the intersection of cutting-edge research and industrial-scale execution. You will operate with an entrepreneurial mindset, effectively acting as the CEO of your customer's business to proactively drive success. You are responsible for leading complex benchmark transformations and data deliverables. Rather than just managing timelines, you are architecting workflows to ensure the next generation of LLMs and multimodal models are trained on the most accurate, diverse, and complex data available, while championing innovative solutions alongside our research lab partners. - Entrepreneurial Benchmark Leadership: Act as the CEO of your customer’s business by proactively proposing and co-developing benchmark transcreations directly with research lab partners, ensuring our deliverables are innovative, tailored, and aligned with their core research objectives. - Frontier Lab Program Management: Lead the end-to-end execution of high-priority technical programs for frontier AI labs, managing the delivery of massive-scale datasets and bespoke engineering milestones. - High-Volume Data Operations: Architect and oversee pipelines for delivering high-volume data samples across multiple modalities (text, image, video, audio), ensuring strict adherence to delivery cadences without sacrificing precision. - End-to-End Quality Control: Partner with production to implement rigorous, automated, and human-in-the-loop QC frameworks to ensure data integrity across various domains and languages. - Cross-Functional Leadership: Bridge the gap between forward-deployed engineering resources, research, and production teams to ensure LILT can serve the needs of the frontier AI market. ## QUALIFICATIONS - Education: B.S or M.S. in Computer Science, AI, or a related technical field with 10+ years of industry experience. Equivalently, a Ph.D. with 5+ years of experience in a high-growth AI/Engineering environment. - Entrepreneurial Mindset: Experience founding or scaling a venture, or operating in an early-stage startup environment where you drove business growth and strategic initiatives from the ground up. - Strategic Execution: Strong business acumen and the ability to manage high-stakes stakeholder relationships with frontier AI labs. - Frontier AI Expertise: Proven track record of managing data pipelines for LLMs or multimodal models. Deep understanding of training, inference, and the nuances of data diversity (multilingual and multi-domain). - Scale & Quality: Demonstrated ability to manage "high-throughput" programs where quality control is mission-critical. You should have experience with automated validation at scale. ## PREFERRED SKILLS - Fluency in multiple human languages. - Proficiency in Python and experience working with modern AI frameworks (PyTorch, LangChain, etc.). What We Offer: - Competitive salary and benefits package. - Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI technology in a rapidly growing industry. - A dynamic and collaborative work environment. - Significant opportunities for professional growth and development. - The chance to make a real impact on global communication and business. ## WHERE YOU’LL WORK This position is based in our London, UK office and will be expected to work in the office in a hybrid capacity. Boston and Indianapolis are also acceptable locations. LILT is hybrid with hubs in SF, NY, Indianapolis, Boston, London, and Berlin. Authorization to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment. - London, UK (highly preferred) - Others: Berlin, Boston, New York, Indianapolis ## OUR STORY Our founders, Spence and John met at Google working on Google Translate. As researchers at Stanford and Berkeley, they both worked on language technology to make information accessible to everyone. While together at Google, they were amazed to learn that Google Translate wasn’t used for enterprise products and services inside the company.The quality just wasn’t there. So they set out to build something better. LILT was born. LILT has been a machine learning company since its founding in 2015. At the time, machine translation didn’t meet the quality standard for enterprise translations, so LILT assembled a cutting-edge research team tasked with closing that gap. While meeting customer demand for translation services, LILT has prioritized investments in Large Language Models, human-in-the-loop systems, and now agentic AI. With AI innovation accelerating and enterprise demand growing, the next phase of LILT’s journey is just beginning. ## OUR TECH What sets our platform apart: - Brand-aware AI that learns your voice, tone, and terminology to ensure every translation is accurate and consistent - Agentic AI workflows that automate the entire translation process from content ingestion to quality review to publishing - 100+ native integrations with systems like Adobe Experience Manager, Webflow, Salesforce, GitHub, and Google Drive to simplify content translation - Human-in-the-loop reviews via our global network of professional linguists, for high-impact content that requires expert review ## LILT IN THE NEWS - Featured in The Software Report’s https://www.thesoftwarereport.com/the-top-100-software-companies-of-2024/ Top 100 Software Companies! - LILT makes it onto the Inc. 5000 List https://labs.lilt.com/lilt-listed-on-the-2024-inc-5000. - LILT’s continues to be an intellectual powerhouse, holding numerous patents https://patents.justia.com/inventor/john-sturdy-denero that help power the most efficient and sophisticated AI and language models in the industry. - Check out all our news on our website https://lilt.com/news. Information collected and processed as part of your application process, including any job applications you choose to submit, is subject to LILT's Privacy Policy at https://lilt.com/legal/privacy. At LILT, we are committed to a fair, inclusive, and transparent hiring process. As part of our recruitment efforts, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) and automated tools to assist in the evaluation of applications, including résumé screening, assessment scoring, and interview analysis. These tools are designed to support human decision-making and help us identify qualified candidates efficiently and objectively. All final hiring decisions are made by people. If you have any concerns, require accommodations, or would like to opt-out of the use of AI in our hiring process, please let us know at recruiting@lilt.com. LILT is an equal opportunity employer. We extend equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to an individual’s race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic characteristics, veteran or marital status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state or federal laws. We are committed to the principles of fair employment and the elimination of all discriminatory practices. ## About LILT ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: LILT provides an enterprise AI translation platform that combines custom and bring-your-own AI models with human domain experts to enable multilingual content production at scale. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C, $140M+ total funding) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States - **Founded**: March 2015 - **Founders**: Spence Green (Co-founder & CEO), John DeNero (Co-founder & Chief Scientist) ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: Enterprise AI Translation, Localization, Language Technology, Agentic AI - Target customers: B2B – large enterprises, public sector / government, and AI/ML teams (Fortune 100, U.S. Department of Defense, Intel, Lenovo, Canva, National Weather Service) - Mission or purpose statement: “Make the world’s information available to everyone, no matter the language they speak.” ## Products & Services - **LILT Contextual AI Platform**: End-to-end platform for training custom translation models, automating workflows, and ensuring quality. Supports BYO AI models (Gemini, GPT, Claude, etc.) and integrates with 100+ business systems via API/MCP. - **Agentic AI Translation**: Autonomous agents that handle multilingual content for product launches, technical documentation, regulatory compliance, marketing campaigns, and critical public service alerts. - **Domain Expert Network**: 40+ specialized domains (legal, medical, tech, etc.) with human experts (not freelance) to verify and enhance AI output, ensuring brand consistency and accuracy. - **Enterprise Governance & Analytics**: Real-time admin tools for workflow management, user permissions, budgets, and program data – deployed in on-premise, air-gapped, and multi-cloud environments. - **Security Certifications**: SOC 2® Type II, ISO 9001, ISO 17100; trusted by regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, defense). ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Funding**: $140M+ total funding (as of Series C); valuation not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding amount ($140M+) – revenue is not publicly available (private company) - **Notable Investors / Partners**: Backed by leading AI, ML, NLP, and enterprise software investors (specific names not listed in provided sources). Partners include Intel, Lenovo, Canva, U.S. Department of Defense, National Weather Service. - **Growth Signals**: Cost reduction of 40–50% for customers (Intel, Canva); 60% faster delivery timelines (Lenovo); 25M+ people receiving life-saving weather alerts; 100+ languages supported; continuous hiring across AI research, engineering, and operations. ## Competitive Advantages - **PhD-led AI research team** with over a decade of focus on multilingual generative AI and Large Language Models (founded by former Google Translate researchers from Stanford/Berkeley). - **Continuous model improvement** via real-time human-AI interaction retraining, ensuring the system gets smarter with every translation. - **Defense-grade trust & enterprise governance** – deployed in air-gapped/on-premise environments for the most security-conscious organizations (DoD, Fortune 100). - **Specialized human expertise** across 40+ domains – not just general freelancers – ensuring accuracy for regulated and technical content. - **100+ native integrations** and multi-cloud support, enabling self-serve scaling without operational burden. ## Strategic Focus - **Agentic AI for multilingual use cases** – expanding autonomous agents that can handle end-to-end localization workflows. - **AI model customization & interoperability** – enabling enterprises to bring their own models (BYO AI) and to evaluate/audit agent performance. - **Continued investment in generative LLMs** as the foundation for enterprise translation, with a focus on quality, compliance, and speed. - **Public sector growth** – delivering critical public service information faster through agentic AI. ## Why Work Here - **Culture & Values**: “Quality is Job #1”, “Work Together, Win Together”, “Find a Way or Make One”, “Dance in the Customer’s Shoes”, “Quicker Than Expected”. - **Work Policy**: Headquarters in San Francisco with offices worldwide; flexible/remote options implied by “Global by Design” and “Flexible Time Off”. - **Benefits**: - Full healthcare coverage (medical, dental, vision) - 401K matching (U.S.) - Competitive compensation + top-market equity - Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave - Professional development via LILT University (activities cultivating learning, knowledge, growth) - **Engineering / AI Culture**: Opportunity to work on frontier multilingual AI with a PhD-led research team; roles posted include AI Researcher / ML Engineer (ASR & Speech Specialist) across multiple U.S. cities. ## Sources 1. [lilt.com – About LILT](https://lilt.com/company) 2. [lilt.com – Enterprise AI Translation Platform](https://lilt.com/) 3. [lilt.com – Careers](https://lilt.com/careers) 4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com – LILT Jobs](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lilt-corporate) 5. 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