AI Policy Research Manager | Grants, Mentorship & Impact

Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid time off including Paren

Medical, dental, and vision health ins

Retirement plans with university

Wellbeing and mental health resources

Support for families and caregivers

Tuition assistance and reimbursement

Commuter benefits, campus perks

Job summary

Harvard Law School’s Berkman Klein Center seeks a Research Manager to oversee AI research projects across development stages, combining empirical system studies with legal policy analysis. You will coordinate teams, review outputs, and help design events with industry, policymakers, and academics.

You will lead junior researchers, draft proposals, and ensure deliverables meet rigorous standards while advancing public-interest scholarship at a renowned interdisciplinary hub.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of research experience in research, analysis, or related field.
• Proficiency in programming languages or tools such as Python, R, or SQL.
• Experience conducting research and analysis on law and policy as applied to technology or AI.
• Experience drafting and editing policy-relevant materials and communicating with diverse audiences.
• Strong project management and organizational skills for multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience running compute-intensive machine learning experiments and familiarity with AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage quality and development of technical and policy-oriented AI research, tracking timelines and coordinating with collaborators.
• Contribute to high-quality academic research on AI systems and policy-oriented work on liability, copyright, and accountability.
• Implement and maintain technical research workflows across models and compute environments for reproducible AI research.
• Contribute to academic outputs and public-facing scholarship, seeing them through to publication.
• Recruit, mentor, and manage junior researchers, review technical and written work.
• Develop grant proposals and manage post-award activities, including reporting and finance coordination.
• Design and manage convenings, workshops, and events with external partners.

Skills

Research skills

Policy analysis

Project management

Academic writing

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Job description

Harvard Law School’s Berkman Klein Center seeks a Research Manager to oversee AI research projects across development stages, combining empirical system studies with legal policy analysis. You will coordinate teams, review outputs, and help design events with industry, policymakers, and academics.

You will lead junior researchers, draft proposals, and ensure deliverables meet rigorous standards while advancing public-interest scholarship at a renowned interdisciplinary hub.