Head of Product Policy & Risk for Frontier AI

Bison; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 300,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision benefits

Unlimited PTO

Paid parental leave

Relocation support

Job summary

Thinking Machines seeks an experienced policy leader to build and run the product policy function, shaping usage, content, model release, and developer-facing policies. You’ll own the team, set processes, and partner with Research, Product, Trust & Safety, Communications, Public Policy and Legal to ensure policy is integrated from the start.

You’ll design review frameworks, adapt to fast-moving product decisions, and lead cross-functional risk assessments for new capabilities, launches, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years in product policy, trust & safety, content policy, or a related field with experience assessing product and platform risk.
• Experience building and leading a product policy, trust & safety, or content policy function, including hiring and managing a team.
• Strong track record partnering directly with product and engineering teams on policy questions embedded in the development lifecycle, from early design through launch.
• Excellent judgment translating complex, fast-moving product and policy questions into clear, actionable recommendations for executive leadership.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to represent the company credibly with regulators, industry counterparts, and internal stakeholders alike.

Responsibilities

• Set and drive product policy strategy, including usage policies, content and platform policies, and policies governing new model capabilities and releases.
• Build and lead the product policy team, including hiring, structuring the function, and establishing partnerships with Research, Product, Trust & Safety, Communications, Public Policy and Legal.
• Own frameworks and review processes that assess new product features and model capabilities for policy risk prior to launch, and drive required mitigations.
• Partner with public policy and research on policy responses to novel product questions, translating decisions into clear positions for leadership.
• Collaborate with Trust & Safety, Research, and Communications to build user-facing policies that are principled and practical to enforce.
• Develop internal infrastructure for policy decision-making, including intake processes, thresholds, escalation paths, and decision logs.

Skills

Policy leadership

Team building

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Job description

Thinking Machines seeks an experienced policy leader to build and run the product policy function, shaping usage, content, model release, and developer-facing policies. You’ll own the team, set processes, and partner with Research, Product, Trust & Safety, Communications, Public Policy and Legal to ensure policy is integrated from the start.

You’ll design review frameworks, adapt to fast-moving product decisions, and lead cross-functional risk assessments for new capabilities, launches, and