Founding Program Officer, AI Model Safety

Data; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Foundation seeks a founding grantmaker for its AI Model Safety program, combining deep technical fluency in frontier model evaluation and a drive to translate safety research into funded initiatives.

The role involves sourcing, evaluating, and distributing resources to grantees, while shaping the program's strategy and building partnerships across safety institutes, academia, funders, and industry safety teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in AI safety, including hands-on research in model safety or evaluations.
• Deep fluency in AI model safety: evaluations, red-teaming, auditing, interpretability, control, and alignment research.
• Ability to assess frontier AI capabilities and risks and advise on ecosystem actions.
• Forecasting AI developments and associated safety work needs.
• Proven track record in owning ambitious, loosely scoped projects and delivering outcomes.
• Strong written communication highlighting risks and uncertainties transparently.

Responsibilities

• Run the program’s grantmaking across its domains from sourcing through investigation to distributing resources to grantees.
• Run grant investigations and make grant recommendations to the board.
• Identify and develop priority projects and founders, and seed new initiatives if needed.
• Collaborate with the AI Resources team to route safety resources to grantees.
• Develop the program’s strategy with the team lead and scan ecosystem activities and gaps.
• Build and maintain relationships with safety organizations, AI safety institutes, academic groups, other funders, and AI companies’ safety teams.

Skills

AI safety

Grantmaking

Research

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Communication

Job description

Foundation seeks a founding grantmaker for its AI Model Safety program, combining deep technical fluency in frontier model evaluation and a drive to translate safety research into funded initiatives.

The role involves sourcing, evaluating, and distributing resources to grantees, while shaping the program's strategy and building partnerships across safety institutes, academia, funders, and industry safety teams.