Senior Manager, Government Partnerships

The role

You will design and execute a middle-powers strategy to build a coalition of governments to fund and champion LawZero's mission. This involves mapping ecosystems, shaping policy agendas, and supporting senior government engagements.

What you will do

• Develop and refine the approach to co-financing and partnership with middle-power governments
• Identify and build relationships with actors in safety, research, and corporate communities
• Advance core arguments regarding AI model reliability and sovereign AI models
• Own policy development on middle-powers engagement
• Plan toward a potential middle-powers summit
• Support communications and media efforts including placing op-eds
• Prepare briefing materials and strategy for ministerial- and official-level meetings
• Join select trips and meetings

Required qualifications

• At least 6 years of experience in government affairs, diplomacy, think tanks, or a closely related field
• Comfort operating across different political systems and in diplomatic settings
• AI knowledge sufficient to engage credibly with research and safety communities
• Strong communications instincts
• Experience working with communications teams to build a strategic comms plan
• Ability to work independently
• Excellent judgment
• Relationship-building skills
• Comfort operating in a fast-moving, mission-driven environment

Nice to have

• Regional expertise or language skills relevant to middle-power governments, with a particular emphasis on French
• Existing networks in AI policy, safety, or research communities
• Experience convening or supporting international summits or multi-stakeholder initiatives

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits including mental health and wellness management account
• 20 days of vacation per year upon start
• Employer contribution of 4% to your retirement savings
• Additional compensation totaling 8% of your salary to apply towards additional retirement savings or bonuses
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment

About the company

LawZero is a non-profit organization committed to advancing research and creating technical solutions that enable safe-by-design AI systems. Based in Montreal, its scientific direction is based on research proposed by Professor Yoshua Bengio.