Chief of Staff

Center for AI Safety

$220K — $345K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-12 years in chief-of-staff, program management, BizOps, or comparable senior operational roles.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, credible with both executives and external partners.
  • Highly organized with end-to-end ownership of processes.
  • Strong judgment when faced with ambiguity, able to act directionally correct.
  • Trustworthy with sensitive and confidential information.
  • Demonstrates a bias toward execution and reliability.

Responsibilities

  • Run the weekly executive meeting and team leads sync across various departments.
  • Own the President's calendar and information flow, prioritizing critical items.
  • Coordinate with the executive team to mediate disagreements and drive alignment.
  • Represent the President in external stakeholder and partnership discussions.
  • Build systems that enable organization to function independently from the President for extended periods.
  • Make decisions on the President's behalf when necessary, with adequate context.
  • Handle confidential and politically sensitive information discreetly.

Benefits

  • Health insurance for you and your dependents.
  • 401K plan with 4% matching.
  • Unlimited PTO.
  • Lunch and dinner provided at the office.
  • Annual Professional Development Stipend.
  • Access to top talent engaged in AI safety research.
Full Job Description
We9re hiring a senior operator to serve as Chief of Staff to the President. This role is the connective tissue between the leadership team. You will run the operating cadence, protect executive attention, drive cross-functional execution, and represent the President internally and externally. You will report to the President.

What You9ll Do

  • Run the weekly executive meeting and weekly team leads sync across Research, Publications, Public Engagement, Operations, Special Projects, and Federal-driving priorities, surfacing blockers, forcing decisions, and tracking accountability
  • Own the President9s calendar, availability, and information flow, ensuring only the highest-priority items reach him
  • Coordinate across the executive team. Mediate disagreements, force alignment, surface concerns early, and drive issues to resolution
  • Represent the President externally on partnership, contract, and stakeholder conversations
  • Build the systems and processes that allow the organization to operate independently of the President for stretches of two or more weeks
  • Make decisions on the President9s behalf when necessary, with strong enough context to be directionally right
  • Handle confidential and politically sensitive information with discretion


What We9re Looking For

  • 5-12 years in chief-of-staff, program management, BizOps, or comparable senior operational roles
  • Excellent written and verbal communication; credible with both internal executives and external partners
  • Highly organized; owns processes end-to-end
  • Strong judgment under ambiguity; directionally correct without full information
  • Trust and discretion with sensitive information
  • Bias toward execution and high reliability


$220,000 - $345,000 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

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