Define and lead technical programs for foundational research and infrastructure teams, taking complex projects from idea to delivery. Coordinate between researchers, engineers, and internal operations to optimize resource roadmaps and facilitate technology transfer to external stakeholders.
Build and manage FAR.AI's legal infrastructure, overseeing commercial contracting, corporate governance, and employment law. The role involves advising leadership on risk and ensuring compliance across multiple international entities.
Build and scale the entire people function, managing the employee lifecycle from talent acquisition to retention. Act as a strategic partner to leadership on organizational design, compensation, and culture for a growing AI research institute.
Develop and execute a comprehensive communications strategy to inform stakeholders on AI capabilities and risks while advocating for responsible development. Lead a team of experts to manage media relations, content creation, and brand positioning across traditional and social channels.
Lead the intellectual design and curation of a diverse portfolio of AI safety events, including agenda creation and speaker selection. Manage pre-event content framing and post-event continuity to ensure long-term impact and field-building.
Own the end-to-end planning and delivery of a high volume of concurrent events, including logistics, vendor coordination, and budget tracking. Coordinate dependencies across functions and support junior project managers to build team autonomy and operational systems.
Lead the technical jailbreaking practice by discovering high-severity vulnerabilities in frontier AI models and dismantling defense-in-depth stacks. Translate these findings into real-world mitigations by collaborating with frontier labs and government agencies.
Own the delivery of high-stakes AI red-teaming engagements with governments and frontier AI companies. Manage the end-to-end technical recruiting pipeline and handle RFP processes and opportunity tracking.
The Research Lead will define and own a research workstream end-to-end, articulating a research agenda to mitigate catastrophic risks from advanced AI. They will also grow and lead a team of technical staff, mentor junior members, and drive adoption of research findings through publications and partnerships.
