Is the Associate, Infrastructure Strategy & Operations role remote?

It's hybrid — Together AI expects some on-site time in San Francisco.

What's the salary range?

Together AI lists $220,000–$260,000 for this role.

How much experience is required?

At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Associate, Infrastructure Strategy & Operations role.

Where is the role based?

Together AI is hiring for this position in San Francisco.

What's the tech stack?

Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML, Google Sheets, Excel, SQL, data visualization tools.

What seniority level is this role?

Together AI targets senior candidates for this position.

Associate, Infrastructure Strategy & Operations at Together AI

Joblaze summary

The Manager of Infrastructure Strategy & Operations at Together AI plays a crucial role in analyzing and optimizing the company's compute infrastructure, focusing on data-driven recommendations for sourcing and deployment. This position requires strong quantitative skills and familiarity with tools like Excel and SQL, as well as experience in high-growth environments. Ideal candidates will have a background in management consulting or business operations, particularly within the tech or AI sectors. Together AI is rapidly expanding its infrastructure, making this role pivotal in shaping its operational strategy.

Joblaze insights

Listed about a month ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Together AI's career page.
Together AI has 59 other open roles including Senior Product Engineer, Fullstack, Technical Program Manager, Compute Qualification, Staff Software Engineer, Inference / Compute Infrastructure Engineering.
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Salary band is above the typical range for Management roles (median ~$181,058).
Pays more than 63% of the 1069 salaried AI/ML roles we track (median $190,000).

Quick facts

Is the Associate, Infrastructure Strategy & Operations role remote?: It's hybrid — Together AI expects some on-site time in San Francisco.
What's the salary range?: Together AI lists $220,000–$260,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?: At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Associate, Infrastructure Strategy & Operations role.
Where is the role based?: Together AI is hiring for this position in San Francisco.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML, Google Sheets, Excel, SQL, data visualization tools.
What seniority level is this role?: Together AI targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Associate, Infrastructure Strategy & Operations role at Together AI.

From the original posting

About The Role

Together AI is rapidly scaling its compute infrastructure across multiple sites and deployment types. The Associate, Infrastructure Strategy & Operations will be the analytical backbone of the Infrastructure Strategy team, powering the research, benchmarking, and operational analysis across the team's core workstreams, including capacity planning, compute sourcing, vendor evaluation, and site selection.

You'll be the person who keeps the team organized and well-informed as infrastructure scales, partnering closely with Infra Eng and Finance to ensure timely, data-backed decisions.

Responsibilities

Support the Infrastructure Strategy team's planning process by gathering data, running comparisons, and preparing materials and recommendations for leadership reviews.
Build internal trackers and dashboards that help the team monitor infrastructure deployments, vendor pipelines, and compute usage across products and customers.
Develop and maintain comparison frameworks for infrastructure sourcing decisions (such as deploying owned vs. leased compute, location strategy, vendor selection, site evaluation) in partnership with Finance and Infra Eng.
Run ad hoc analyses to support capacity planning decisions.
Research and evaluate data center sites and energy sourcing options, comparing power availability, connectivity, permitting timelines, deployment readiness, and reliability.
Champion process improvements across the Infrastructure Strategy function, collaborating cross-functionally with Engineering, Data, and Finance to design AI-native workflows that streamline operations and automate repetitive analysis.
Take on ad hoc analytical projects as priorities evolve, operating with speed and minimal direction.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in management consulting, business operations, strategy, or a similar analytically rigorous role.
Proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets, familiarity with SQL or data visualization tools, and comfort with AI productivity tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex).
Strong quantitative skills with a data-driven approach to problem-solving and comfort building analyses from scratch.
Ability to learn new domains quickly and operate effectively in unfamiliar territory.
Organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and keep information current.
Clear communicator who can present data and comparisons to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice to Have

Prior experience at a high-growth startup or AI company.
Exposure to cloud infrastructure, data center strategy, or GPU/compute procurement.
Interest or background in power markets, energy procurement, and/or hardware.

About Together AI

Together AI is an AI-native cloud company building the infrastructure to make AI faster, cheaper, and more accessible. We're rapidly scaling our GPU footprint: signing our own data center leases, building large-scale clusters, and expanding toward a global owned-infrastructure presence. Our research team has contributed to breakthroughs like FlashAttention, Hyena, and RedPajama, and we co-design across software, hardware, and algorithms to push the frontier of AI efficiency.

Compensation

We offer competitive compensation, startup equity, health insurance, and other benefits, as well as flexibility in terms of remote work. The US base salary range for this full-time position is: $140-170K + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by location, level and role. Individual compensation will be determined by experience, skills, and job-related knowledge.

Equal Opportunity

Together AI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more. Please see our Privacy Policy at https://www.together.ai/privacy