Senior Manager, AI Safety and Security Policy

### Senior Manager, AI Safety and Security Policy

Full-time, 1-year termed FAS staff position with benefits

Washington, DC | Hybrid

To Sum It Up…

What’s the “elevator pitch” for the role?

FAS is building the capacity to govern increasingly advanced AI systems in the public interest. As Senior Manager, AI Safety and Security Policy, you will drive ambitious efforts to turn cutting-edge technical insights into real policy impact—shaping how the U.S. anticipates and manages the challenges of frontier AI.

You’ll identify and advance ideas that can make rapid AI progress safer for everyone—crafting proposals, bridging divides, and helping decision-makers act before capabilities outpace oversight. This is a role for a policy entrepreneur: someone who sees opportunities for change and moves to realize them.

You’ll work closely with researchers, policymakers, civil society, and industry experts across diverse viewpoints—from AI safety and security to fairness and innovation, supported by cross-functional FAS teams. Success means not only producing analysis, but ensuring that pluralistic, evidence-based approaches to frontier AI governance take root in the places where decisions are made.

If you’re motivated by the challenge of bridging technical and policy worlds to shape how society mitigates catastrophic AI risks—and to ensure transformative AI serves the public good—this is a chance to lead from the front.

This position will report to the Director of AI and Emerging Technology Policy.

Skills and Expertise: Must-Haves

What skills do you need to show proficiency (or higher) in order to be a strong candidate?

• 6+ years of experience across think tanks, government, academia, or industry.
• Experience with one or more areas of AI safety and security policy (e.g., frontier AI safety, AI and chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological (CBRN) weapons, AI and cybersecurity, red-teaming, dangerous capabilities evaluatio...