Chief Information Security Officer

METR (Model Evaluation & Threat Research) is an independent nonprofit research organization that evaluates frontier AI systems’ autonomous capabilities and catastrophic-risk potential.

Recently fundedCompany intelligence
Berkeley, United States
About METR

METR develops scientific methods and runs empirical evaluations of frontier AI systems, including autonomous-task capability, evaluation-integrity behavior, and mitigations, to inform public and policy decision-making about AI risks.

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Candidate Availability

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About the Role

You will own the overall security posture and create a security roadmap and culture. You will advise leadership, engineering, and operations on the security implications of partnerships, programs, and model access arrangements. You will lead incident response, red teaming, penetration testing, and technical and administrative security efforts.

Requirements

  • Deep security background with accountability for an organization's security posture or leadership of high-stakes security engagements
  • Experience participating in or leading an incident response team
  • Threat modeling and red teaming experience
  • Ability to defend against insiders and sophisticated adversaries
  • Ability to explain complex threat models and policies to executive leadership and researchers
  • Commitment to investigating catastrophic risks for AI

Responsibilities

  • Set the security roadmap and security culture
  • Advise leadership, engineering, and operations on security implications
  • Lead incident response, red teaming, and penetration testing
  • Protect technical and administrative security
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