Production Manager

TL;DR: We care a lot about how White Circle exists outside of the product too — from things we make for our team and customers to objects, merch, events, and physical experiences around the brand. We want to make things people actually want to keep, not standard corporate merch.

About us

White Circle is an AI Safety company building the safety, reliability, and optimization layer for AI systems. At the core of our platform are policies – simple natural-language rules that define what an AI model should and shouldn’t do. We automatically test, enforce, and continuously improve these policies at scale.

We’ve recently raised our Series A funding round, taking our total funding to $70M. Our investors include top funds, founders, and senior leaders at OpenAI, Anthropic, HuggingFace, Mistral, DeepMind, Datadog, Sentry, and others

We process over one hundred million API calls every month

We fine-tune and train our own LLMs so they run faster and cheaper than any open or proprietary model

We’re a small, highly focused team. If you want to work deeply on hard problems, see your work ship to production quickly, and influence how AI safety is actually built – you’re the one we need.

What you’ll do

Turn creative ideas from our design team into real physical objects

Figure out how to manufacture things that don't have an obvious supplier or ready-made solution

Find factories, workshops, craftspeople, printers, manufacturers, and other production partners around the world

Work with designers to choose materials, finishes, construction methods, packaging, and production techniques

Request and compare quotes, samples, prototypes, MOQs, timelines, and manufacturing options

Own production from the first prototype to the final delivery

Develop custom merch, clothing, accessories, printed objects, packaging, gifts, event materials, and weird one-off ideas we haven't thought of yet

Find ways to make something completely custom instead of defaulting to existing merch catalogues

Review samples and make sure the final result matches the original design

Manage budgets, production schedules, shipping, customs, and logistics

Build a network of great manufacturers and specialists we can work with repeatedly

You'll fit in if you

Based in the US

Have 5+ years of experience in a similar role

Have experience producing physical products from scratch

Know how to find the right manufacturer when the answer isn't obvious

Are comfortable contacting dozens of suppliers, asking questions, negotiating, and figuring things out independently

Understand materials, printing, manufacturing, packaging, and production processes

Have strong attention to detail and can spot when a sample is slightly wrong

Can translate a visual idea or rough creative brief into production requirements

Can manage several suppliers and production timelines at the same time

Have good taste and understands why the exact material, weight, finish, or packaging matters

Are fluent in English

A big plus

You've worked in fashion, product design, industrial design, publishing, creative production, or a design studio

You've produced unusual merch, collectibles, objects, packaging, or limited-edition products

You already have a network of factories, workshops, printers, or manufacturers in the US, Europe, or Asia

You understand garment production and can work directly with factories rather than print-on-demand merch suppliers

You've worked with brands where physical products are treated as part of the brand, not promotional giveaways

Why White Circle

Meaningful salary and equity package

Paid time off in line with your local regulations

All the hardware, tools, and services you need

A lot of creative freedom to make things that don't look like startup merch

Team off-sites twice a year — we’ve recently been to the Alps and Saint-Tropez

How we hire

Intro call with Talent (25 mins)

Take home test assignment

Interview with Head of Design & Creative

* an additional interview with one or more team members may be added depending on the interview process