Research Manager, AI Safety

The role

You will support research fellows and mentors by providing feedback, coaching, and resource connection. You will also design curriculum, curate speaker events, and support program development.

What you will do

• Conduct frequent 1-1s with fellows to provide feedback and coaching
• Support data collection, analysis, and methodology development
• Help fellows overcome research obstacles and debugging
• Connect fellows with resources, literature, and opportunities
• Communicate with mentors to define research objectives
• Review and interview candidates for the fellow selection process
• Design reading group curriculum components and workshop programs
• Curate a speaker event series
• Support special projects like applicant selection and mentor onboarding
• Prepare weekly briefs on recent field developments for fellows

Required qualifications

• Experience supporting complex intellectual work
• Substantial analytical work experience
• Skilled at developmental feedback
• Excellent communicator
• Interpersonally excellent
• Mission-motivated and familiar with AGI safety and catastrophic AI risks
• Organized and conscientious
• Curious and adaptable
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Public Policy, Political Science, or a related field
• Research experience demonstrating strong methodological knowledge
• U.S. work authorization required (we accept OPT)

Nice to have

• Previous involvement in AI safety/alignment programs or similar field-building initiatives
• Published research in interpretability, AI control, or adjacent agendas
• Experience managing research programs or academic initiatives

Benefits

• 5% 403(b) match contribution
• Comprehensive health insurance including dental and vision
• Generous PTO policy
• Employer-paid commuter benefits
• Reimbursement for work-related technology and/or home office expenses
• Opportunity to contribute to frontier research and potential co-authorship

Before you apply

• U.S. work authorization required (we accept OPT)
• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis
• Selection process includes a paid test task
• Selection process includes interviews and reference checks

About the company

The Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative (CBAI) is a nonprofit research organization working to advance research and education directed towards ensuring that society navigates a safe and beneficial transition to advanced AI systems.