Head of Policy & Security Research Lab

• Own day-to-day responsibilities for the strategy, direction and execution of Scale’s Policy Research Lab
• Collaborate with a team of internal researchers, leading research labs across governments, industry, and academia
• Working alongside a team of internal researchers drive initiatives related to frameworks and benchmarks for frontier AI models
• Remain deeply engaged with the policy and research communities to understand and set trends
• Manage and coordinate the lab's projects, partnerships and strategy, including direct work with global AI safety institutes
• Finalize, coordinate, and execute the lab's recruiting plan and research agenda.

• 6+ years of relevant academic or work experience
• A track record of impactful research and/or policy contributions
• Experience leading teams in relevant areas including AI Safety Policy, Thought Leadership and Research publications
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
• Experience building and mentoring teams of research scientists and engineers
• A strong technical and policy background with a deep understanding of the AI safety space
• Extensive knowledge of frontier risk evaluations, AI control, and preparedness research
• Established connections with government partners, particularly AI safety institutes.

Publications at major machine learning/AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR) and/or journals.

• comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
• retirement benefits
• a learning and development stipend
• generous PTO
• commuter stipend