Chief AI Safety & Adversarial Evaluation Lead

Moonshotteam; Washington, Denver, Atlanta (District of Columbia, CO, GA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare package

Dental & Vision Insurance

Life & Disability Insurance

401k with matching

Job summary

Moonshot is seeking a Head of AI Safety to lead delivery, development, and growth of our AI Safety portfolio. You will work with model, policy, trust and safety, product, research, and engineering teams to drive applied safety initiatives, red teaming, and advisory services for frontier AI companies and regulators.

You will build relationships with governments, foundations, and industry partners while managing projects, budgets, and staff.

Qualifications

• Experience in trust & safety or violence prevention and applying to AI systems.
• Ability to learn quickly and engage credibly with technical teams.
• Experience designing research or evaluation frameworks for harm categories such as violence or online safety.

Responsibilities

• Lead and quality‑assure applied AI safety work across harm categories using red teaming and adversarial evaluation.
• Advise frontier AI companies on improving safety of models, products, policies, and interventions.
• Translate insights from safety and safeguarding experts into actionable guidance for technical and policy teams.
• Set methodologies translating expertise into structured evaluation frameworks.
• Lead red teaming and evaluation with test scenarios, model responses, and scoring criteria.
• Identify safety edge cases and provide practical recommendations to improve model behavior.
• Maintain rigorous documentation for technical, government, and foundation audiences.
• Ensure ethical and legal compliance in all work; manage risks and partnerships.

Skills

Applied AI Safety

Red Teaming

Adversarial Evaluation

Stakeholder Management

Policy & Compliance

Government Engagement

Job description

Moonshot is seeking a Head of AI Safety to lead delivery, development, and growth of our AI Safety portfolio. You will work with model, policy, trust and safety, product, research, and engineering teams to drive applied safety initiatives, red teaming, and advisory services for frontier AI companies and regulators.

You will build relationships with governments, foundations, and industry partners while managing projects, budgets, and staff.