Head of AI Safety & Adversarial Evaluation

Moonshot; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15 days paid vacation

Federal holidays

Healthcare package

Dental & Vision Insurance

Life & Disability Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

401k matching

Share options

Maternity/Paternity leave

Job summary

Moonshot is seeking a Head of AI Safety to lead the delivery, development, and growth of our AI Safety portfolio, combining violence prevention, safeguarding, and behavioral risk with evaluating AI system safety for frontier AI contexts.

You will collaborate with model, policy, trust & safety, product, research, and engineering teams, manage client relationships, lead staff and ensure ethical, compliant delivery while pursuing strategic partnerships with governments and regulators.

Qualifications

• Experience in trust & safety, online harms, or violence prevention with applicability to AI systems.
• Ability to translate complex safety concepts for technical and government audiences.
• Experience designing evaluation frameworks or interventions for harm categories such as extremism or child safety.
• Proven project leadership, team and budget management, and client-facing work.
• Excellent written communication for government, foundation, or enterprise audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead and quality-assure applied AI safety work across harm categories using red teaming and adversarial evaluation.
• Advise frontier AI companies on improving model safety across products, policies, and interventions.
• Translate insights from subject-matter experts into practical guidance for model safety, policy, and engineering teams.
• Set methodological approach for the portfolio and develop structured evaluation frameworks.
• Oversee risk, resources, and partnerships, ensuring ethical and compliant delivery.

Skills

Leadership

AI Safety

Red Teaming

Adversarial Evaluation

Client Management

Policy & Government Engagement

Security Clearance

Travel flexibility

Job description

Moonshot is seeking a Head of AI Safety to lead the delivery, development, and growth of our AI Safety portfolio, combining violence prevention, safeguarding, and behavioral risk with evaluating AI system safety for frontier AI contexts.

You will collaborate with model, policy, trust & safety, product, research, and engineering teams, manage client relationships, lead staff and ensure ethical, compliant delivery while pursuing strategic partnerships with governments and regulators.