Open roles in AI policy #8
Here’s this week’s roundup of 10 AI policy open job opportunities I’m excited about:
🌐 Professor Gillian Hadfield at Johns Hopkins University is hiring postdoctoral fellows to work on aligning AI systems with human values. Location: Baltimore. Salary: $62,132–$75,000. https://gillianhadfield.org/
🌐 Oxford Martin School is seeking candidates for their program on Autonomous Intelligent Machines and Systems to work on technical AI governance. The program mixes academic and industry learning. It’s one of the best programs on the field in the world. https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/courses/autonomous-intelligent-machines-and-systems
🇺🇸 RAND’s Meselson Center is hiring AI and Information Security Researchers. This is one of the best centers in the world for AI security governance research. Location: Washington, DC and a few other US cities. Salary: $100,000–$262,500. https://rand.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External_Career_Site/job/Washington-DC-DC-Metro-Area/AI-and-Information-Security-Researcher_R2842
🇬🇧 UK AISI is growing their team working on the International AI Safety Report, the best AI safety scientific consensus-building effort in the world. Deadline: Jan 16! Location: London. Salary: £40,415–£48,620. https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?jcode=1933969 (UK AISI also has many other roles open, check them out)
🌐 The Tarbell Fellowship has opened applications. This is a 1-year program for early-career journalists covering AI. They place fellows in outlets such as TIME, The Information, and the MIT Tech Review. Location: remote, with training in San Francisco. Salary: up to $50,000. https://www.tarbellfellowship.org/programme
🇺🇸 Microsoft is hiring a Principal AI Incident Responder. Location: multiple US cities. Salary: $137,600-–$294,000. https://jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/job/1795724/Principal-AI-Incident-Responder
🇬🇧🇪🇺 Partnership on AI is hiring a managing director for their international portfolio. Location: remote. Salary: €120,000-–€166,000. https://buff.ly/3uXJKI9
🇺🇸 The San Francisco Department of Technology is hiring a Principal AI Policy Analyst. Salary: $138,268.00–$168,090.00. https://careers.sf.gov/role/?id=3743990006239766
🇺🇸 The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is hiring a Researcher in AI Safety and Cyber Resilience. Salary: $79,600–$143,300. Location: Golden, Colorado. https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4089824935/
🇮🇳 Carnegie India is hiring a Young Ambassador for their Security Studies area. They have been doing great research on AI governance (e.g., tag Shatak’s work), among other topics. Location: New Delhi. Duration: 1 year. https://buff.ly/4iRq6Sq
Check out my previous collection of 10 open AI policy roles for more: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/araujonrenan_happy-2025-heres-this-weeks-roundup-activity-7280661232171335680-RLtV
Each post, I link to the previous one. So you can find editions #1-#7 by following those links.
Note that I'm not affiliated with any of these organizations and won't be able to answer any questions about the roles.