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Our team includes more than 150 PhDs and data scientists, along with more than 4,000 AI practitioners and engineers. We harness the power of an integrated solution ecosystem-comprising industry-leading partnerships and 1.8 million vertical domain experts in more than 230 markets-to create contextual, multilingual, pre-trained datasets; fine-tuned, industry-specific LLMs; and RAG pipelines supported by vector databases. Our zero-distance innovation™ solutions for GenAI can reduce GenAI costs by up to 80% and bring solutions to market 50% faster.\nOur mission is to bridge the gap between AI creators and industry leaders by bringing best practices in GenAI to unicorn innovators and enterprise customers. We aim to help these organizations unlock significant business value by deploying GenAI at scale, helping to ensure they stay at the forefront of technological advancement and maintain a competitive edge in their respective markets.\nAbout Job\nHead of Physical AI Programs\nLocation\nBay Area, California or Redmond, Washington\nAbout Centific\nCentific is a leading AI Data and Engineering company helping the world’s largest AI innovators build, train, validate, and deploy next-generation AI systems. Through our global platform, expert workforce, and AI Data Foundry (AIDF), we support the development of foundation models, agentic AI systems, multimodal AI, and Physical AI solutions.\nAs Physical AI becomes the next frontier of artificial intelligence, Centific is investing in building the industry’s most comprehensive platform and services ecosystem for robotics, embodied AI, autonomous systems, simulation, reinforcement learning, synthetic data, and real-world data operations.\nPosition Summary\nWe are seeking a visionary and execution-orientedHead of Physical AI Programs to lead the development and scaling of Centific’s Physical AI practice. This executive will be responsible for defining strategy, building operational capabilities, establishing strategic partnerships, and delivering large-scale Physical AI programs for leading AI labs, robotics companies, autonomous systems providers, and enterprise customers.\nThe ideal candidate combines deep expertise in robotics, embodied AI, autonomous systems, simulation, reinforcement learning, and large-scale program execution with a strong understanding of how AI data, human intelligence, and operational excellence come together to accelerate Physical AI development.\nThis role will serve as the executive leader responsible for transforming Physical AI from an emerging capability into a strategic growth engine for\nCentific.\nKey Responsibilities\nPhysical AI Strategy & Practice Leadership\nDefine and execute Centific’s Physical AI vision, roadmap, and growth strategy.\nBuild a differentiated Physical AI services and platform offering spanning data, simulation, training, validation, benchmarking, and reinforcement learning.\nEstablish Centers of Excellence focused on robotics, autonomous systems, humanoids, industrial automation, warehouse robotics, and embodied AI.\nIdentify emerging market opportunities and translate them into scalable business offerings.\nProgram Leadership & Delivery\nLead strategic customer engagements from concept through execution.\nOwn end-to-end delivery of complex Physical AI programs involving robotics data collection, simulation, teleoperations, RLHF, RLAIF, benchmarking, and validation.\nEstablish delivery frameworks, operating models, quality standards, and program governance mechanisms.\nDrive operational excellence across globally distributed teams.\nEcosystem & Partnerships\nDevelop strategic relationships with robotics companies, AI labs, autonomous systems providers, universities, and technology partners.\nCollaborate with industry leaders across robotics, simulation, synthetic data, and AI infrastructure ecosystems.\nRepresent Centific at industry events, conferences, customer briefings, and executive forums.\nProduct & Platform Innovation\nPartner with Product, Engineering, and Research teams to shape the roadmap for Physical AI capabilities within AIDF.\nDrive innovation across:Robotics Data Collection\nSimulation Data Generation\nHuman-in-the-Loop Operations\nReinforcement Learning\nPhysical AI Benchmarking\nSynthetic Data Pipelines\nSafety & Validation Frameworks\nEmbodied Agent Evaluation\n\nBusiness Development & Growth\nSupport strategic pursuits and executive-level customer engagements.\nDevelop solution frameworks and go-to-market strategies for Physical AI opportunities.\nBuild a multi-year pipeline across robotics, manufacturing, logistics, mobility, healthcare, defense, and industrial automation sectors.\nContribute to revenue growth and strategic account expansion.\nTeam Building\nRecruit and develop a world-class Physical AI organization.\nBuild multidisciplinary teams spanning robotics, simulation, AI data operations, program management, research, and engineering.\nFoster a culture of innovation, operational rigor, and customer obsession.\nRequired Qualifications\n12+ years of experience leading large-scale programs within robotics, autonomous systems, AI, industrial automation, or related fields.\nProven track record building and scaling new business units, programs, or operational organizations.\nDeep understanding of Physical AI, robotics, embodied intelligence, simulation environments, and AI training ecosystems.\nExperience managing executive customer relationships and strategic programs.\nStrong operational leadership experience with globally distributed teams.\nDemonstrated ability to translate emerging technologies into commercial offerings.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience at or working closely with organizations such as:\nNVIDIA\nAmazon Robotics\nTesla\nScale AI\nWaymo\nFigure AI\nAgility Robotics\nBoston Dynamics\nAurora Innovation\nExperience with:\nRobotics operations\nHumanoid robotics\nAutonomous systems\nReinforcement learning\nDigital twins and simulation\nTeleoperations\nHuman-in-the-loop workflows\nAI data operations\nPhysical AI safety and validation\nLocation: Bay Area strongly preferred.\nSalary: $300k + OTE\nCentific is an equal-opportunity employer. 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