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Principal, Special Projects
San Francisco, CA
$150k-$250k / year
full-timeleadAI Safety
💼 About This Role
You'll own high-stakes projects end-to-end at the Center for AI Safety, a leading research organization focused on mitigating AI risks. You'll identify opportunities, define strategy, and drive execution across diverse initiatives like public campaigns and AI safety benchmarks. This role offers broad scope and high autonomy, ideal for someone with a track record of proven judgment.
🎯 What You'll Do
- Identify high-impact opportunities and define project strategy.
- Scope new projects with objectives, deliverables, timelines, and budgets.
- Coordinate across researchers, vendors, and policy partners.
- Re-scope and re-prioritize as shifting priorities demand.
📋 Requirements
- Track record of owning complex, ambiguous initiatives and delivering outsized results.
- Ability to scope new problem spaces quickly through research and good judgment.
- Consistently good judgment under uncertainty with incomplete information.
- Excellent written and verbal communication for technical and non-technical audiences.
✨ Nice to Have
- Background as a startup founder or COO.
- Genuine interest in AI safety and willingness to develop deep domain knowledge.
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