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Strategy and Delivery Manager – Cyber and Autonomous Systems Team
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
London
Hybrid
GBP 59,000
Full time
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Job summary
The Strategy and Delivery Manager for the Cyber and Autonomous Systems Team plays a vital role in ensuring the safe advancement of AI technologies. This manager will lead a high-performing team, facilitating communication across various governmental and external stakeholders while managing projects to mitigate risks associated with AI deployment.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Experience in managing high-performing teams.
- Ability to translate complex research into actionable insights for policy makers.
- Comfortable navigating uncertainty and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
Responsibilities
- Managing and supporting a high-velocity team of Strategy and Delivery Advisers.
- Providing oversight and coordination of complex high priority projects.
- Navigating government for seamless delivery of research outputs.
Skills
Job description
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Job Summary
Artificial intelligence (AI) capability advances are faster than our ability to ensure their safety. While AI has the opportunity to drive economic growth and transform healthcare and security, it also introduces profound risk. This includes the misuse of systems by bad actors – for example, to conduct sophisticated cyberattacks – and the potential loss of human control over advanced systems.
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Job Summary
Artificial intelligence (AI) capability advances are faster than our ability to ensure their safety. While AI has the opportunity to drive economic growth and transform healthcare and security, it also introduces profound risk. This includes the misuse of systems by bad actors – for example, to conduct sophisticated cyberattacks – and the potential loss of human control over advanced systems.
Governments must act decisively, but they need empirical, rigorous understanding of AI risks and mitigations to do so effectively. That’s why the UK launched the AI Security Institute – a global leader in evaluating advanced AI systems. We’re now the largest government backed AI security research lab in the world, and in the coming years we will forge a path to safe AI development in partnership with other governments, industry, and academia.
We exist to bridge the gap between AI’s rapid development, and the tools needed to manage it. If you’re passionate about shaping the future of AI safety and security, we want you on our team.
Job Description
The Role
As a Research Strategy & Delivery Manager you will work as part of a high performing, friendly team – the Cyber and Autonomous Systems Team – to drive forward the design and delivery of high-quality evaluations of advanced AI systems and novel research. We are looking for an experienced operator who is comfortable working at pace and in ambiguity, who can translate complex research for policy makers and operate within Government and the Whitehall machine.
Our Team
The Cyber and Autonomous Systems Team (CAST) is looking to research and map the evolving frontier of AI capabilities and propensities to inform critical security decisions that reduce loss-of-control risks from frontier AI. We focus on preventing harms from high-impact cybersecurity capabilities and highly capable autonomous AI systems.
Our team is a blend of high-velocity generalists and technical staff, from organisations such as Meta, Amazon, Palantir, DSTL and Jane Street. Our recent work has included building model evaluations suites – such as Replibench - the world’s most comprehensive evaluation suite for understanding the risk of a model autonomously replicating itself over the internet. We also regularly test the cyber and other relevant capabilities of frontier models, before they are released, to understand their risks.
The Role
As a Research Strategy & Delivery Manager you will work as part of a high performing, friendly team – the Cyber and Autonomous Systems Team – to drive forward the design and delivery of high-quality evaluations of advanced AI systems and novel research. We are looking for an experienced operator who is comfortable working at pace and in ambiguity, who can translate complex research for policy makers and operate within Government and the Whitehall machine.
Our Team
The Cyber and Autonomous Systems Team (CAST) is looking to research and map the evolving frontier of AI capabilities and propensities to inform critical security decisions that reduce loss-of-control risks from frontier AI. We focus on preventing harms from high-impact cybersecurity capabilities and highly capable autonomous AI systems.
Our team is a blend of high-velocity generalists and technical staff, from organisations such as Meta, Amazon, Palantir, DSTL and Jane Street. Our recent work has included building model evaluations suites – such as Replibench - the world’s most comprehensive evaluation suite for understanding the risk of a model autonomously replicating itself over the internet. We also regularly test the cyber and other relevant capabilities of frontier models, before they are released, to understand their risks.
Person specification
Strategy And Delivery Is The Enablement Of High Impact Research. It Is a Profession Unique To AISI, And Is a Hybrid Of Functions Including Strategy, Policy, Project Management And Others. In The Cyber And Autonomous Systems Team This Involves
- Management – managing, facilitating and supporting the growth of a high-velocity team of Strategy and Delivery Advisers.
- Stakeholder engagement and communication – owning and building relationships and communication with other teams at AISI, organisations within government and external collaborators.
- Project management – providing oversight and coordination of multiple complex high priority projects across a range of research areas.
- Delivery – navigating government to ensure seamless delivery of research outputs across the team and triaging and navigating bottlenecks as they arise.
- Strategic alignment – providing the frameworks to enable strategic alignment of projects across the team, facilitate goal setting processes and synergising with wider AISI strategy.
- Building the engine for the team – creating and optimising processes and projects that build future capacity within the team.
- Is motivated by a strong desire to ensure the safe development of frontier AI systems and work on reducing risk from catastrophic cyber misuse and loss-of-control.
- Has experience people managing a high performing team and can create an environment where they can turbo charge the team and thrive.
- Can coordinate and manage complex projects across multiple teams and stakeholders. Alongside willingness to lean in and understand the technical details to ensure delivery success.
- Is comfortable navigating uncertainty, and adapting quickly. Understands when to take a “trial and get feedback approach”, and take a controlled risk, and when to slow down to implement further guardrails.
- Gets things done. Hits the ground running.Has experience running a high out-put team and shipping good products.
- Self-motivates and is comfortable with agency. Can operate with high autonomy and maintain delivery momentum, engaging with experts and non-experts alike on complex, technical problems.
- Can build strong relationships. Collaborates effectively with colleagues, builds strong relationships, and contributes to a positive team dynamic. Keeps people motivated and on-side even where incentives don’t necessarily immediately align.
- Wants to learn. Curious, and eager to expand their knowledge and skills. Excited by the prospect of identifying knowledge gaps and seeking to fill them.
Alongside your salary of £58,040, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology contributes £16,814 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology offers a competitive mix of benefits including:
- A culture of flexible working, such as job sharing, homeworking and compressed hours.
- Automatic enrolment into the Civil Service Pension Scheme, with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
- A minimum of 25 days of paid annual leave, increasing by 1 day per year up to a maximum of 30.
- An extensive range of learning & professional development opportunities, which all staff are actively encouraged to pursue.
- Access to a range of retail, travel and lifestyle employee discounts.
The Department operates a discretionary hybrid working policy, which provides for a combination of working hours from your place of work and from your home in the UK. The current expectation for staff is to attend the office or non-home based location for 40-60% of the time over the accounting period.
Selection process details
The process for this role will be split across four stages, as follows:
- PAPER SIFT: Candidates will submit a CV, and responses to the below questions in the Personal Statement (250 words each, total of 750 words).
- Why have you applied to join the AI Security Institute?
- Describe something that has significantly shifted your view on AI risk, and why.
- What important truth do very few people agree with you on?
- INTERVIEW 1: Light-touch conversation focusing on experience and cultural fit.
- INTERVIEW 2: Task-based assessment, including a pre-submitted and presented written exercise, and one additional task.
- INTERVIEW 3: Meeting AISI senior stakeholders.
In the event of a large number of applicants, applications will be sifted on the CV.
Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
Sift and interview dates
Expected Timeline subject to change
Sift dates: w/c 14th July
Interview Dates
Interview 1:Expected to take place in July.
Interview 2: Expected to take place in July.
Interview 3: Expected to take place at the beginning of August.
Interview Location: MS Teams.
Candidates are asked to note the above timetable, exercising flexibility through the recruitment and selection process.
Further Information
This role is full time only. Applicants who wish to work an alternative pattern are welcome to apply however your preferred working pattern may not be available and you should discuss this with the vacancy holder before applying.
Existing Civil Servants and applicants from accredited NDPBs are eligible to apply,and can be considered on loan basis (Civil Servants) or secondment (accredited NDPBs). Prior agreement to be released on a loan basis must be obtained before commencing the application process. In the case of Civil Servants, the terms of the loan will be agreed between the home and host department and the Civil Servant. This includes grade on return.
For further information on National Security Vetting please visit the Demystifying Vetting website.
Reasonable Adjustment
We are proud to be a disability confident leader and we welcome applications from disabled candidates and candidates with long-term conditions.
Information about the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and some examples of adjustments that we offer to disabled candidates and candidates with long-term health conditions during our recruitment process can be found in ourDSIT Candidate Guidance. ADSIT Plain Text Version of the guidance is also available.
We encourage candidates to discuss their adjustment needs by emailing the job contact which can be found under the contact point for applicants section.
If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section.
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
A location based reserve list of successful candidates will be kept for 12 months. Should another role become available within that period you may be offered this position.
Please note terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you.
Any move to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare; for further information visit the Childcare Choices website.
DSIT does not normally offer full home working (i.e. working at home); but we do offer a variety of flexible working options (including occasionally working from home).
DSIT cannot offer Visa sponsorship to candidates through this campaign.
DSIT holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.
In order to process applications without delay, we will be sending a Criminal Record Check to Disclosure and Barring Service on your behalf.
However, we recognise in exceptional circumstances some candidates will want to send their completed forms direct. If you will be doing this, please advise Government Recruitment Service of your intention by emailing Pre-EmploymentChecks.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk stating the job reference number in the subject heading.
Applicants who are successful at interview will be, as part of pre-employment screening, subject to a check on the Internal Fraud Database (IFD). This check will provide information about employees who have been dismissed for fraud or dishonesty offences. This check also applies to employees who resign or otherwise leave before being dismissed for fraud or dishonesty had their employment continued. Any applicant’s details held on the IFD will be refused employment.
A candidate is not eligible to apply for a role within the Civil Service if the application is made within a 5 year period following a dismissal for carrying out internal fraud against government.
Feedback
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is developed vetting (opens in a new window).See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
Open to UK nationals only.
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.
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Contact point for applicants
Job Contact
- Name : Jessica Wang
- Email : Jessica.Wang@dsit.gov.uk
- Email : Evie.Ridout@dsit.gov.uk
Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel that your application has not been treated in accordance with the recruitment principles, and wish to make a complaint, then you should contact in the first instance DSITrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk . If you are not satisfied with the response that you receive, then you can contact the Civil Service Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: Click here to visit Civil Service Commission/Complaints.
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