Research Manager AI Safety
Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative (CBAI) is a Cambridge, Massachusetts 501(c)(3) nonprofit advancing AI-safety research and education through research support, fellowships, and technical upskilling programs.
About Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative
CBAI conducts and supports AI-safety research, runs fully funded in-person research fellowships and the CAMBRIA ML upskilling bootcamp, and supports AI-safety student groups in the Cambridge/Boston area.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will support fellows and mentors through regular coaching, research feedback, resource connections, and clear research objectives. You will contribute to candidate selection, design program components and events, improve fellowship feedback loops, and prepare briefs on relevant AI alignment and governance developments.
Requirements
- Experience supporting complex analytical or research projects
- Substantial analytical or research experience
- Ability to provide developmental research feedback
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
- Familiarity with AGI safety and catastrophic AI risks
- Ability to manage complex projects and maintain clear communication
- Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field
- U.S. work authorization
Responsibilities
- Conduct frequent one-to-one meetings with fellows
- Provide feedback on research progress, methodology, data collection, analysis, and literature scaffolds
- Help fellows overcome research obstacles
- Connect fellows with resources, literature, and opportunities
- Coordinate with mentors on research objectives and fellow progress
- Review and interview fellowship candidates
- Design reading-group curriculum components and workshop programs
- Curate a speaker event series
- Support applicant selection, evaluation frameworks, and mentor onboarding
- Meet weekly with program leadership to improve feedback loops
- Stay current on AI alignment and governance developments
- Prepare weekly field-development briefs for fellows
Benefits
- 5% 403(b) match contribution
- Comprehensive health insurance
- Generous PTO
- Employer-paid commuter benefits
- Reimbursement for work-related technology and home-office expenses
- Potential co-authorship acknowledgement for substantial approved contributions
- Hybrid flexibility between fellowship cohorts for candidates with specific circumstances
- Access to AI safety co-working spaces in Berkeley and New York City for eligible hybrid arrangements
Hiring Process
Application review → 15-minute phone screen → paid test task → interview with case study and team or mentor conversation → reference checks and final conversation → offer.