Technical Director of AI Safety
Core
Provide technical leadership for Faculty's AI safety work for the Foundation Labs, shaping global AI safety practices and building a world-class R&D team.
Role type
Senior leadership IC (AI Safety Technical Director)
Builds
AI safety R&D programs, evaluations for misuse capabilities, and red-teaming services for frontier model developers and national safety institutes.
Domain
AI Safety, Large Language Models (LLMs), Transformer Architectures
Deliverable
production ML models | research | client delivery
Required skills
AI safety research (alignment, interpretability, robustness), leading high-performing technical teams, managing R&D budgets, mentoring senior staff, strategic research planning, academic publishing, commercial acumen
Preferred skills
Experience with frontier labs (OpenAI, Anthropic), government collaboration, thought leadership
Technologies
Transformer architectures, frontier model evaluation frameworks
Responsibilities
Own technical strategy for AI safety, lead R&D team hiring and mentorship, drive academic impact via publications, shape market offerings for frontier labs, oversee technical delivery of safety projects, represent Faculty externally as a technical voice
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership scope
