Strategic Project Lead

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.

High-quality data is the fuel for that mission. As our research and deployment efforts scale, coordinating people, robots, scenes, evaluation, annotation, and operational capacity becomes increasingly complex. Strategic Project Leads ensure the most important work is prioritized, resourced, and delivered successfully.

The role

The Strategic Project Lead (SPL) owns the successful delivery of company-critical research and deployment initiatives. SPLs serve as the operational owners of a portfolio of work, partnering with researchers, Research Associates, and Production Operations to ensure projects are appropriately prioritized, staffed, resourced, and delivered. While SPLs do not directly manage operators, they direct project work and are accountable for delivery outcomes.

What you’ll do

- Own delivery of assigned research and deployment initiatives from intake through completion.

- Partner with researchers and stakeholders to define scope, success criteria, timelines, and operational requirements.

- Prioritize work and allocate resources across competing projects based on impact, urgency, and available capacity.

- Build execution plans that define staffing, robot allocation, dependencies, milestones, and delivery timelines.

- Direct project execution across Research Associates, Production Operations, and partner teams.

- Identify and resolve risks, bottlenecks, staffing gaps, and dependency conflicts before they impact delivery.

- Drive project reviews, stakeholder communication, escalations, and delivery decisions.

- Improve planning, prioritization, and operational systems as the organization scales.

What we’re looking for

This role sits at the intersection o...