Community Development Manager

Institute Of Foundation Models

We are seeking a Community Development Manager to expand the reach and real-world adoption of our foundation models (language, vision, multimodal, and world models) beyond the university environment.

This role bridges the gap between research innovation and practical use, ensuring our models are accessible, well-documented, and actively adopted by external developers, partners, and organizations. The ideal candidate combines technical comfort with strong communication and community-building skills to:

• promote the use of IFM technology,
• foster a vibrant developer and user ecosystem, and
• support adoption strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Community Development & Engagement
• Build and nurture a developer and user community around IFM's models, APIs, and tools.
• Plan and run workshops, hackathons, webinars, and training sessions to showcase model capabilities and encourage experimentation and adoption.
• Develop partnerships with industry, government, and academic collaborators to promote technology transfer and open innovation around IFM models.
• Represent IFM at external events, conferences, and meetups, championing its models, tools, and initiatives.
• Define and track key community metrics (e.g., active developers, event participation, usage coming from community channels) to understand impact and refine activities.
• Technology Adoption & Support
• Work closely with the Product, Research, and Engineering teams to understand model capabilities, deployment options, and priority use cases.
• Translate complex research outputs into practical applications, example integrations, documentation, and user guides.
• Provide technical onboarding and ongoing support to external developers and partners integrating IFM models and APIs.
• Gather structured feedback from users and partners, and channel it into product and research roadmaps (e.g., feature requests, pain points, documentation gaps).
• Coordinate with DevOps and MLOps teams to ensure external users have reliable access to IFM models (APIs, SDKs, sandbox environments) and know how to use them.
• Content & Knowledge Sharing
• Develop and maintain public-facing resources such as documentation, tutorials, FAQs, example repos, and quick-start guides.
• Create and support content such as blog posts, talks, short videos, and demo showcases that explain what this model can do and how to use it for different audiences.
• Support the creation of case studies and success stories that highlight impactful applications built on IFM models.
• Contribute to communication materials for product updates, new releases, and adoption milestones, in coordination with Product and Communications teams.