Risk Modeling Lead
French nonprofit research organization developing quantitative AI-risk tools, evaluating frontier-AI companies’ risk-management practices, and contributing to AI governance and standards.
Funding history
About SaferAI
SaferAI is an independent French association focused on reducing risks from advanced AI. It combines technical AI-risk research, public risk-management ratings for frontier AI companies, and policy and standards work.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will set the research agenda and methodological standards for risk modeling across cyber, CBRN, and loss-of-control risks. You will direct research priorities, make methodological decisions, and maintain the quality of work across the three domains.
Requirements
- Strong track record in frontier AI risk modeling in cyber, CBRN, or loss of control
- Judgment to direct work across cyber, CBRN, and loss-of-control domains
- Ability to make defensible quantitative claims under deep uncertainty
- Experience setting and driving a research agenda
- Credibility with frontier laboratories and academic researchers
Responsibilities
- Set the research agenda across cyber, CBRN, and loss-of-control risk domains
- Own methodological standards for risk-modeling work
- Direct research priorities and decisions across the three domains
- Maintain the quality standard of the research
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Retirement plans adapted to the location
- 50% commute-cost coverage
- Productivity expenditures up to €2k annually
- Office space, including coworking coverage for remote staff
Hiring Process
Initial screening → first interview → paid work test → interviews → final 3-day paid work trial