Senior Manager, AI Safety and Security Policy

FAS is building the capacity to govern increasingly advanced AI systems in the public interest. As Senior Manager, AI Safety and Security Policy, you will drive ambitious efforts to turn cutting-edge technical insights into real policy impact—shaping how the U.S. anticipates and manages the challenges of frontier AI.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience across think tanks, government, academia, or industry.
• Experience with one or more areas of AI safety and security policy.
• Aptitude for policy entrepreneurship, including an ability to identify policy windows and match interventions to moments of maximal impact.
• Proven ability to craft precise, persuasive, and implementable policy proposals and communicate complex ideas clearly to technical and non-technical audiences alike.
• Ability to engage critically and carefully with technical AI work—understanding research claims, methods, and limitations—and translate these into policy-relevant insights.
• Capacity to engage constructively across differing schools of thought in AI policy while maintaining analytical rigor and respect for diverse evidence bases.
• Track record of working across teams and mentoring or guiding colleagues in a mission-driven, fast-moving environment.

Benefits

• Competitive and comprehensive benefits package
• 403(b) retirement plan
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Employee assistance support
• Pre-tax benefits such as healthcare and dependent care FSAs
• Commuter benefits