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Operations & Program Management Salary at AI Startups

Base pay from 1779 open roles at 245 AI companies that list a salary range. Annual USD.

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25th percentile

$131K

Median

$170K

75th percentile

$210K

Percentiles use the midpoint of each posted range. Lowest posted $38K, highest $500K.

Pay by role

RoleCompanySalary range
Chief of StaffSan Francisco, CAGoodfire$300K–$500K
Tech Lead, Deployment & Operations — Custom InfrastructureSan FranciscoOpenAI$342K–$445K
Technical Program Manager, Applied API & Product San FranciscoOpenAI$207K–$445K
Technical Program Manager, Strategic InitiativesSan FranciscoOpenAI$257K–$445K
Technical Program Manager, Cloud AI PartnershipsSan FranciscoOpenAI$207K–$445K
Technical Program Manager, AI Safety & SafeguardsSan FranciscoOpenAI$207K–$445K
Technical Program Manager, EnterpriseSan FranciscoOpenAI$207K–$445K
Technical Program Manager, Model Deployment & CapacitySan FranciscoOpenAI$207K–$445K
Technical Program Manager, Developer VelocitySan FranciscoOpenAI$207K–$445K
Technical Program Manager, Applied InfrastructureSan FranciscoOpenAI$257K–$445K
Technical Program Manager, Storage & Data InfrastructureSan FranciscoOpenAI$257K–$445K
Technical Program Manager, MultimodalSan FranciscoOpenAI$207K–$445K
Technical Program Manager, API PlatformSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WAAnthropic$290K–$435K
Technical Program Manager, Apps PlatformSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WAAnthropic$365K–$435K
Technical Program Manager, Cloud InferenceSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$290K–$435K
Technical Program Manager, Data Center InfrastructureSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$365K–$435K
Technical Program Manager, Enterprise ReadinessSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$365K–$435K
Technical Program Manager, Hardware SystemsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$365K–$435K
Technical Program Manager, Launches San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$365K–$435K
Technical Program Manager, Public SectorSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Washington, DCAnthropic$365K–$435K
Technical Program Manager, ResearchSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$365K–$435K
Technical Program Manager, RL ResearchSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$365K–$435K
Technical Program Manager, SiliconSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$365K–$435K
Senior Director/ VP, People OperationsSan Mateo, CA United StatesVerkada$280K–$420K
Senior Staff Engineer, ML Ops (R4941)San Mateo, CaliforniaShield AI$280K–$420K
Chief of Staff to the CEORemote, United StatesThumbtack$338K–$413K
AI Infrastructure Operations, Demand PlanningSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$320K–$405K
Capacity Deployment Lead - Data Center OperationsRemote-Friendly, United StatesAnthropic$320K–$405K
Data Center Operations Lead - Partner Site OperationsRemote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CAAnthropic$320K–$405K
Network Deployment and Maintenance Lead - Data Center OperationsRemote-Friendly, United StatesAnthropic$320K–$405K
Product Engineer - Manufacturing OperationsRemote-Friendly, United StatesAnthropic$320K–$405K
Chief of Staff (Executive Office) and VP of Strategy & OperationsNew York, NYFlex (Financial Services)$320K–$400K
Sr. Director, GTM Process & OperationsUS-CA-Menlo ParkSnowflake$300K–$394K
Vice President, Strategic Program Management Office (SPMO)RemoteAgility Robotics$250K–$390K
Infrastructure Operations & Sustainability LeadUS - RemoteOpenAI$223K–$385K
Lead, ML Data Operations San FranciscoSuno Studio$241K–$383K
Principal / Director, Technical Program Management — Driver OutSunnyvale, California USAWayve$299K–$373K
Senior Director, Hivemind Operations & Sustainment (R5855)Washington, D.C.Shield AI$250K–$370K
General Manager, Revenue OperationsNew YorkThe Trade Desk$201K–$369K
Data Operations Manager, Human DataSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$270K–$365K
Lead, Data Center Security Delivery (Construction to Operations)Remote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CAAnthropic$290K–$365K
Manager, Product Program ManagementSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$365K–$365K
Technical Program Manager, BillingSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$290K–$365K
Technical Program Manager, Compute San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$290K–$365K
Technical Program Manager, Enterprise CommerceSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$290K–$365K
Technical Program Manager, GTM SystemsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$290K–$365K
Technical Program Manager, InfrastructureSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$290K–$365K
Technical Program Manager, Life SciencesSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$290K–$365K
Technical Program Manager, Recruiting TechnologySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$290K–$365K
Technical Program Manager, Safeguards (Infrastructure & Evals)San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$290K–$365K
Technical Program Manager, SecuritySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$290K–$365K
Director, Global Marketing OperationsUS-CA-Menlo ParkSnowflake$276K–$362K
GTM Strategy & Operations - AMER Enterprise TechSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$310K–$360K
Director, Brand OperationsNew York, NY (HQ)Ramp$200K–$352K
Vice President, Global Revenue Operations & StrategyNew York; San FranciscoThe Trade Desk$191K–$351K
Security Operations LeadSan Francisco, CAGoodfire$200K–$350K
Chief of Staff to the CEOCambridge, MA USALila Sciences$250K–$350K
Technical Program Manager, Security & PrivacySan Jose, CAFigure AI$150K–$350K
Senior Business Development & Ops Lead, Robotics & Physical AISan FranciscoWorld Labs$250K–$350K
Data OperationsSan FranciscoThinking Machines Lab$300K–$350K
Principal Technical Program Manager, MMASan Diego, CaliforniaShield AI$220K–$350K
Senior Staff Engineer, ML Ops (R4941)San Diego, CaliforniaShield AI$233K–$350K
Senior Staff Operations Manager, Office of the President (PED)Remote, CaliforniaSquarespace$179K–$350K
Product Strategy & OperationsHybrid - San FranciscoVercel$232K–$348K
Director, Business OperationsSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United StatesFigma$258K–$348K
Principal Program Manager, Go-To-MarketRemote, Canada; Remote, United StatesGitLab$203K–$346K
Principal Technical Program ManagerRemote, Canada; Remote, United StatesGitLab$203K–$346K
Principal Software Engineer, Creator Game OperationsSan Mateo, CA, United StatesRoblox$295K–$345K
Chief of Staff, Global SalesNew York City, NYReddit$246K–$344K
Director, Revenue Strategy & Operations (Large Customer Sales)Los Angeles, CAReddit$246K–$344K
Director, Revenue Strategy & Operations (Large Customer Sales)New York City, NYReddit$246K–$344K
Director, Revenue Strategy & Operations (Large Customer Sales)San Francisco, CAReddit$246K–$344K
Director, Revenue Strategy & Operations (Large Customer Sales)Chicago, ILReddit$246K–$344K
Legal Program Manager, Compute & InfrastructureSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WAAnthropic$285K–$340K
Principal Spacecraft Operations Engineer - Secret Clearance RequiredLong Beach, CARocket Lab$223K–$339K
Senior Staff Technical Program Manager, Search SignalsSan Francisco, CA, US; Remote, USPinterest$164K–$337K
Head of GTM Strategy & Operations, EnterpriseSan Francisco, CAScale AI$275K–$337K
Head of Business Line Operations, Air Dominance & StrikeCosta Mesa, California, United StatesAnduril$220K–$336K
Technical Program Manager, Compute InfrastructureSan FranciscoOpenAI$257K–$335K
Cyber Operations Lead, Critical Harm OperationsSan FranciscoOpenAI$252K–$335K
Device Safety & Risk Operations Specialist, User Safety & Risk OperationsSan FranciscoOpenAI$252K–$335K
Consumer Device Safety & Risk Operations Specialist, User Safety & Risk OperationsSan FranciscoOpenAI$252K–$335K
Senior Program Manager, Consumer Device Safety OperationsSan FranciscoOpenAI$252K–$335K
Technical Program Manager, People Innovation LabsSan FranciscoOpenAI$257K–$335K
Chief of Staff Director, ProductRemote USAffirm$255K–$335K
Director, Customer Operations Vendor Strategy & ExecutionRemote USAffirm$255K–$335K
VP, Commercial Contracting & Legal OperationsLos Angeles, CaliforniaMatch Group$285K–$335K
Enforcement Operations Lead, Cloud PartnersSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DCAnthropic$285K–$330K
Program Manager, Safeguards Policy, Enforcement, and Threat IntelligenceSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$285K–$330K
Senior Director, Consumer Protection Team (Strategy & Operations)New York, NY; San Francisco, CAFlex (Financial Services)$264K–$330K
Head of Go-to-Market, AI Care OperationsRemote - Europe; Remote - US; United KingdomSword Health$145K–$330K
Technical Program Manager, InfrastructureSan FranciscoBaseten$165K–$330K
Technical Program Manager, Model PerformanceSan FranciscoBaseten$165K–$330K
Technical Program Manager, Mission Autonomy - X-BAT (R6152)Seattle, WashingtonShield AI$220K–$330K
Research Program Manager San FranciscoOpenAI$239K–$328K
Research Program Manager, Data AcquisitionSan FranciscoOpenAI$239K–$328K
Research Program Manager – Adversarial Model ResearchSan FranciscoOpenAI$239K–$328K
Research Program Manager, Human Data CampaignsSan FranciscoOpenAI$239K–$328K
Research Program Manager, GovernanceSan FranciscoOpenAI$239K–$328K
Research Program Manager, Frontier AssuranceSan FranciscoOpenAI$239K–$328K
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