Manager (Technical Governance Team)

ABOUT MIRI The Machine Intelligence Research Institute https://intelligence.org/ (MIRI) is a nonprofit based in Berkeley, California, focused on reducing existential risks from the transition to smarter-than-human AI. We've historically been very focused on technical alignment research. Since summer 2023, we have shifted our focus towards communication and AI governance. See our strategy update post https://intelligence.org/2024/01/04/miri-2024-mission-and-strategy-update/ for more details. ABOUT THE TECHNICAL GOVERNANCE TEAM The Technical Governance Team (TGT) focuses on researching and designing technical aspects of regulations and policy that could lead to safe AI. The team works on: - Designing plans for international coordination on AI development - Making such coordination more viable, e.g., by identifying and building verification mechanisms - Communicating with and consulting for policymakers and governance organizations - Inputs into regulations, requests for comments by policy bodies (e.g. NIST/US CAISI, EU, UN) Our previous publications are available on our website https://techgov.intelligence.org/research and blog https://techgov.intelligence.org/blog. For some of the future projects we are excited about and a discussion of our worldview, see our research agenda https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.04592. ABOUT THE ROLE In this role, you would manage a team working on the above areas, and have the opportunity to work on these areas directly. This role could involve the following, but we are open to candidates who want to focus on a subset of these responsibilities. They are listed in approximate descending order of our need for them: - Project management, e.g., track existing projects, motivate good work toward deadlines, identify blockers and help team members get unstuck on projects, provide judgment on how projects are going and whether they should continue - People management, e.g., run future hiring rounds and fellowships, conduct performance reviews, running