Special Projects Manager
Special Projects Manager
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01-08-2025
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01-08-2025
Job Description
The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) is a leading research and advocacy organization focused on mitigating societal-scale risks from AI. We address AIs toughest challenges through technical research field-building initiatives and policy engagement along with our other organization Center for AI Safety Action Fund.
The Special Projects Manager partners closely with the Executive Director and Managing Director to identify evaluate and launch new initiatives at the earliest stages of CAISs project pipeline. Youll lead the full lifecycleinvestigating new opportunities drafting clear project briefs building timelines and budgets and driving delivery through our project-management the way youll coordinate researchers vendors and other stakeholders monitor risks and keep leadership informed with crisp documentation and reporting. This hands-on role sits at CAISs discovery frontier turning ambitious AI-safety concepts into concrete results with speed rigor and constant attention to mission alignment.
AI-safety communication is at a genuine inflection point. AI safety videos articles and social posts are now reaching millions and public curiosity is compounding by the week. CAIS aims to harness this surge by spinning up several high-leverage projects on an accelerated timeline.
Key Functions & Responsibilities:
- Partner with the Executive Director to generate and rapidly evaluate new project ideas.
- Conduct preliminary researchinterviews literature reviews competitive scansto define clear goals scope and success metrics.
- Work with the Managing Director to build detailed project plans (objectives deliverables timelines resources budgets).
- Independently ramp up in new domains by consulting experts and synthesizing available research and data.
- Own day-to-day execution ensuring projects stay on scope on time and on budget.
- Monitor risks and obstacles; escalate critical issues to the Managing Director with recommended solutions.
- Maintain up-to-date project records in our project-management system producing concise status reports for leadership.
- Stay agile when requirements changere-prioritizing tasks and adjusting timelines as needed.
- Coordinate smoothly with researchers vendors and other external partners to secure inputs and approvals.
- Track budgets and resource utilization flagging variances early and aligning spending with CAISs financial goals.
- Draft or review key communications (updates launch materials partner announcements) to ensure messaging is clear and mission-aligned.
Required Knowledge and Experience
- Bachelors degree in a relevant field (public policy international relations computer science or similar) ; an advanced degree is a plus but not required.
- 2-4 years in startups business operations program/project management consulting or a closely related area.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced rapidly changing environment.
- Proven ability to scope and understand new subject areas quickly.
- Strong analytical skills for evaluating project feasibility impact and risk.
- Excellent written and verbal skills; able to present complex ideas clearly to diverse technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrated success managing multiple workstreams deadlines and stakeholder communications simultaneously.
- Experience coordinating events processes or other operational logistics.
- Self-motivated and comfortable working independently to drive projects forward.
- Proficiency with project-management platforms spreadsheets and basic financial/budget tracking.
- Strong interest in AI safety emerging technologies and mitigating catastrophic risks.
$120000 - $150000 a year
Benefits:
Health insurance for you and your dependents
401K plan 4% matching
Unlimited PTO
Lunch and dinner at the office
Annual Professional Development Stipend
Access to some of the top talent working on technical and conceptual research in AI safety
The Center for AI Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin ancestry age disability medical condition marital status military or veteran status or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal state and local alignment with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment.
If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process please contact
We value diversity and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
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