Technical AI Governance Specialist

Simon Institute; Genf; Sur place; CHF 100 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

seven weeks annual leave

parantal leave

professional development budget

flexible home-office arrangements

Résumé du poste

Simon Institute seeks an in-house authority on the state of AI to monitor frontier developments and translate technical reality into terms diplomats and policymakers can act on.

You will analyze frontier capabilities, engage with governments, academia, and international organizations, and help design dialogues, workshops, and summaries grounded in technical reality. The role is remote-friendly with a competitive CHF salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Expertise: ability to quickly get up to speed on topics across technical AI governance (risk management to model evaluations) and keep up with rapid developments.
• Judgment and discretion: handle confidential work, anticipate risks, manage stakeholder relationships.
• Self-direction: identify what needs doing and take ownership of experiments.
• Clear communication: write and speak clearly for audiences from diplomats to ML researchers.
• Team play: collaborate proactively, document plans, share context and give constructive feedback.
• Mission alignment: care about transformative AI benefiting humanity across borders.
• Impact-driven: motivated to move the needle and adapt plans based on new evidence.

Responsabilités

• Analyze: monitor frontier AI developments and produce concise briefs and public-facing analyses where appropriate.
• Engage: build relationships with governments, frontier AI companies, academia and international organizations.
• Convene: contribute to dialogues, workshops and convenings—shaping agendas and producing summaries.
• Collaborate: work in a small, agile team, taking initiative and adapting to evolving priorities.

Description du poste

Location: Geneva, Switzerland (remote possible)
Workload: Full-time
Start date: As soon as possible
Applications reviewed: Rolling

The role

You will be SI’s in-house authority on the state of AI. You will track frontier AI developments and translate technical reality into terms that diplomats and policymakers can act on.

Concretely, you will:

• Analyze. Monitor technical developments – frontier capabilities, safety, security, verification – and produce concise internal briefs and, where appropriate, public‑facing analysis.
• Engage. Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders across governments, frontier AI companies, academia, and international organizations.
• Convene. Contribute to the design and delivery of SI’s dialogues, workshops, and convenings – from shaping agendas and framings to facilitating discussions and producing summaries – ensuring they are grounded in technical reality.
• Collaborate. Work as part of a small, agile team; take initiative, share context proactively, and adapt as priorities evolve.

There is room to shape the exact mix of these responsibilities according to your skills and experience; during the application process we want to learn about the kind of work that would suit you best. The title, scope, and compensation are set during the offer stage – we’re open to hiring people with varying levels of experience and pay competitively.

What we look for

• Expertise. Ability to quickly get up to speed on topics across technical AI governance (from risk management to model evaluations and hardware verification) and the background to keep up with the field’s rapid development.
• Judgment and discretion. Much of our work is confidential. You can navigate complex stakeholder relationships, anticipate reputational and operational risks, and have good instincts about what can and can’t be shared.
• Self‑direction. You can identify what needs doing and do it. You don’t wait to be told what to do and are willing to take full responsibility for experiments.
• Clear communication. You write and speak in a clear, information‑dense way, and adapt to audiences ranging from diplomats to ML researchers.
• Team play. You coordinate proactively, document and plan effectively, state your uncertainties and assumptions transparently, and give honest feedback because you care for others’ growth.
• Mission alignment. You care about transformative AI going well for humanity, across borders.
• Impact‑driven. You are motivated by making a difference, and willing to update your plans if new evidence suggests something else would move the needle more.

Bonus

• Time spent inside relevant institutions: US or Chinese government, AI safety institute, frontier AI company, third‑party evaluator, or similar
• A record of published technical (governance) research
• Mediation, dialogue facilitation, or convening experience: designing agendas, framings, and formats that make hard conversations productive

Why SI

• Work that matters. You’d work on one of the most consequential challenges of our time – ensuring that transformative AI benefits humanity.
• Systemic thinking. Our team engages seriously with hard problems. You’ll be surrounded by people who care about getting things right.
• Room to lead and grow. Your judgment will directly shape SI’s strategy and ability to provide technical expertise, and the right person will fundamentally influence the organization’s trajectory.
• We care. Competitive salary of CHF 100,000–140,000 depending on seniority (an equivalent remote package is available and for exceptional candidates the range changes), 7 weeks of annual leave, generous parental leave, professional development budget, and flexible home‑office arrangements.

Location

SI maintains its HQ in Geneva and prioritizes local team clusters, but the position is open to remote candidates. SI employs international staff and has experience navigating permit processes but cannot guarantee visas for any jurisdiction.