Senior Manager (Safety)

Faculty; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 90.000 - 140.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Faculty is seeking a Senior Manager in its AI Safety team to lead delivery of frontier model evaluations and safeguard testing for clients, including collaboration with government and public services sectors. You’ll translate cutting-edge AI safety research into actionable changes and work with labs like OpenAI and Anthropic to shape strategic solutions.

You’ll build trusted partnerships with clients and internal data scientists while mentoring peers and expanding the governance and safety

Formación

• Proven experience or passion for Applied AI safety from labs, academia, or evaluation/red-teaming roles.
• Understanding of consulting delivery models and account growth.
• Ability to translate AI safety research into strategic business recommendations.
• Interest in joining a globally leading AI safety team.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee delivery of AI safety evaluations and red-teaming projects for clients.
• Build strong relationships with customers, safety scientists, and partners.
• Develop proposals to grow AI safety and governance work across sectors.
• Advise clients on AI safety strategy and technical implementation.
• Mentor and develop team members for the growing AI safety domain.
• Provide strategic flexibility to maximize commercial impact.

Conocimientos

Applied AI safety

Consulting delivery

Client relationships

Leadership

Herramientas

OpenAI

Anthropic

Descripción del empleo

Why Faculty?

We established Faculty in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Since then, we’ve worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI. You can read about our real-world impact here.

We established Faculty in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Since then, we’ve worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI. You can read about our real-world impact here. We don’t chase hype cycles. We innovate, build and deploy responsible AI which moves the needle - and we know a thing or two about doing it well. We bring an unparalleled depth of technical, product and delivery expertise to our clients who span government, finance, retail, energy, life sciences and defence. Our business, and reputation, is growing fast and we’re always on the lookout for individuals who share our intellectual curiosity and desire to build a positive legacy through technology. AI is an epoch-defining technology, join a company where you’ll be empowered to envision its most powerful applications, and to make them happen.

About The Team

Our National Security and AI Safety business unit is dedicated to advancing the responsible development and deployment of AI in support of national security and global stability. From strengthening mission-critical capabilities across national security and intelligence, to working with frontier labs to provide robust AI safety red teaming and evaluation, we work at the frontier of high-stakes, high-impact missions.

We understand that powerful AI systems bring both transformative opportunities and complex risks and we are proud to partner with Government and the biggest tech organisations in the world to ensure AI is not just transformative but is also secure, trustworthy and safe for all.

About The Role

As a Senior Manager within our AI Safety team, you’ll lead delivery across our AI Safety portfolio, focusing on frontier model evaluations and crucial crossover work with our customers in the Government & Public Services space. This is a strategic role working alongside peers to shape the commercial delivery of our AI Safety projects in the UK. You’ll serve as the primary link between clients and our dedicated data scientists to translate cutting edge AI safety research into actionable changes as well as model red teaming and safeguard testing with labs like OpenAI and Anthropic into strategic, impactful solutions.

What You'll Be Doing

• Overseeing, and providing thought leadership on, the delivery of novel and complex AI safety evaluations and red teaming projects for clients.
• Forming strong, trusting relationships with customers, internal safety data scientists, and technical partners, including frontier labs.
• Developing and executing compelling proposals to grow our AI safety and governance work across a wide range of sectors.
• Advising clients on AI safety strategy and technical implementation, acting as a trusted partner and consultant.
• Mentoring and developing team members, aligning their responsibilities with the fast-growing and important AI safety domain.
• Supporting wider delivery work as a Senior Manager when needed business to ensure maximum strategic flexibility and commercial impact.

Who We're Looking For

• You bring proven experience or a passion for Applied AI safety, possibly from labs, academia, or evaluation/red teaming roles.
• You understand the commercial consulting delivery model, allowing you to focus immediately on account growth and project oversight.
• You can effectively bridge the gap between highly technical AI safety research and strategic business challenges, communicating complex ideas clearly.
• You are excited by the opportunity to join a globally leading team in the fast-growing and vital AI safety ecosystem.
• You possess the flexibility to support broader senior manager work and embrace an entrepreneurial approach to a highly visible portfolio.
• You thrive in ambiguous settings and demonstrate a structured approach to problem-solving and delivering high-quality, high-stakes projects.

The Interview Process

• Talent Team Screen (30 minutes)
• Introduction to the team (60 minutes)
• Case Study Interview (60 minutes)
• Culture and Leadership Interview (60 minutes)

Our Recruitment Ethos

We aim to grow the best team - not the most similar one. We know that diversity of individuals fosters diversity of thought, and that strengthens our principle of seeking truth. And we know from experience that diverse teams deliver better work, relevant to the world in which we live. We’re united by a deep intellectual curiosity and desire to use our abilities for measurable positive impact. We strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, religions and sexual orientations.

We are open to conversations about part-time hours.

A note on AI: we're happy for you to use it for research and interview prep, but please don't use it to generate answers during live interviews. We also use an AI note-taker (Metaview) in interviews so interviewers can stay present (which you can opt out of just let us know,) and every application is reviewed by a human, never decided by AI.