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Multimodal Program Staff

xAI — Grok Imagine

Focus
Computer vision & multimodal human data
Scope
Large scale, high profile Systems Design as operations.
Tenure
Aug 2024 — Jan 2026
Location
Palo Alto / Irvine · hybrid

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Program Manager for Multimodal Operations at xAI (acq. by SpaceX)

  • Led end-to-end multimodal vision data strategy and creative pipeline development for Grok Imagine, directly shaping high-fidelity image & video generation, RLHF signal design, and computer-vision training inputs. Acted as primary liaison across 50+ engineering stakeholders while sustaining velocity in a 300+ person, multidisciplinary vision team.
  • Designed and scaled creative production workflows: specialist hiring (Film Editors, 3D & VFX Artists, Creative Technologists, and many more), eval rubrics, and tool-augmented review processes that held aesthetic and functional bars at volume.
  • Established talent-acquisition frameworks and orchestrated specialist team compositions, enabling engineer on multimodal systems and high-priority, cross-functional product streams.
  • Successfully cultivated and handpicked new leadership to transition ownership of the Imagine creative production pipeline to — documented best practices, reusable workflows, sustainable scaling and decision rationale to support Grok Imagine ranking #1 on the Video Design Arena two months in a row.