AI Safety Fellowship Research Manager

Pivotal; Greater London; Vor Ort; GBP 87.000 - 122.000; Teilzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Visa sponsorship

Zusammenfassung

Pivotal is seeking a Research Manager to support ~6 research fellows, guiding projects from scoping to publication and collaborating with the broader research management team. You will deeply engage with fellows' work, shaping framing, and ensuring ambitious, tractable progress.

The role involves coordinating mentors, supporting career planning and grant applications, and advancing the fellowship experience across the team in London.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in AI safety research to judge progress and provide feedback.
• Strong project management across multiple concurrent projects.
• Clear, direct communication in writing and in person.

Aufgaben

• Be Research Manager for about 6 research fellows, supporting each project from scoping through to publication.
• Collaborate closely with the research management team.
• Engage deeply with fellows' work: reading drafts, questioning experimental designs, suggesting framings.
• Keep projects moving and fellows well supported.
• Run weekly 1:1 check-ins with each fellow; resolve bottlenecks and adjust plans based on results.
• Provide actionable feedback on drafts, figures, methodology, and experimental design.
• Scope projects that are tractable and high-impact.
• Coordinate mentors; fill gaps via targeted introductions.
• Help fellows with career planning, grants, and post-fellowship transitions.
• Collaborate with the rest of the company team on infrastructure and the fellowship experience.

Kenntnisse

Research experience in AI safety

Good research taste

Strong project management

Communication

Mentor networking

Jobbeschreibung

Pivotal is seeking a Research Manager to support ~6 research fellows, guiding projects from scoping to publication and collaborating with the broader research management team. You will deeply engage with fellows' work, shaping framing, and ensuring ambitious, tractable progress.

The role involves coordinating mentors, supporting career planning and grant applications, and advancing the fellowship experience across the team in London.