\nThe Future of Life Institute (FLI) is looking for a Head of U.S. Policy. Washington D.C. location is preferred, but we are open to candidates in other U.S. locations. The Head of U.S. Policy will report to FLI’s Director of Policy.\n\n\nFLI works to reduce catastrophic risks from transformative technologies and to develop optimistic yet realistic visions of the future. Our U.S. Policy team advocates for the adoption of forward-thinking AI policy at the state and federal levels.\n\n\n\nAs Head of U.S. policy, you will:\n* Lead and grow our U.S. Policy team\n* Develop and execute a policy strategy on how the U.S. can best navigate the current race to build Artificial General Intelligence\n* Promote the adoption of future-proofed AI policy at the federal and state level, including mitigation of convergence risk (AI + bio and AI + nuclear)\n* Build coalitions with other nonprofits, businesses and academics working on issues relevant to our mission\n* Develop informational materials, conduct educational briefings to explain complex AI policy issues to non-expert audiences and represent FLI in the media\n\n\n\nRequired qualifications:\n* Advanced degree (Masters equivalent or higher) in policy, law, or a technical field related to emerging technologies\n* Five or more years of relevant work experience, mid-career and senior candidates encouraged to apply\n* A detailed understanding of the challenges that artificial general intelligence may pose to society\n* Strong self-direction, proactivity, and work ethic \n* Comfortable working remotely and independently a significant portion of the time\n\n\n\nPreferred qualifications:\n* Experience managing high-performing teams\n* Direct experience working for or advocating to legislatures and high-level civil servants at the state or federal level\n* Advanced knowledge of the policy making process, including legislative procedures and opportunities for intervention \n* Understanding of the technical capabilities and limitations of AI systems\n\n\n\n\n\n$150,000 – $250,000 a yearCompensation will vary depending on experience and geography.\nAdditional benefits include 24 days of vacation per year, health insurance, paid parental leave, co-working space allowance, and a work from home allowance for the purchase of office supplies or equipment. \n\nApplication process \n\n\nPlease upload your resume. Cover letters are optional. \n\n\nWe are reviewing applications on a rolling basis. Please apply as soon as you are able.\n\n\nQuestions may be directed to [email protected].\n\n\nAbout the Future of Life Institute\nFounded in 2014, FLI is an independent non-profit working to steer transformative technology towards benefitting life and away from extreme large-scale risks. Our work includes grantmaking, educational outreach, and policy engagement.\n\n\nOur work has been featured in The Washington Post, Politico, Vox, Forbes, The Guardian, the BBC, and Wired.\n\n\nSome of our achievements include:\n- Pause Giant AI Experiments, an open letter calling for a 6 month pause on the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4. The letter has been signed by more than 30,000 people, including Yoshua Bengio, Stuart Russell, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Yuval Noah Harari, and Andrew Yang.\n- The Asilomar AI Principles, one of the earliest and most influential sets of AI governance principles.\n- Testimony to the US Senate AI Insight Forum on Innovation, and the first civil society presentation to the US House of Representatives Taskforce on AI, encouraging policies that mitigate catastrophic risks from AI.\n- Participation in the US AI Safety Institute Consortium.\n- Slaughterbots, a viral video campaign raising awareness about the dangers of lethal autonomous weapons.\n- The Future of Life Award, which retrospectively awards unsung heroes who made the world a better place. Past winners include individuals who prevented nuclear wars, helped to eradicate smallpox, and solved the ozone crisis.\n- Worldbuild.ai, which imagines flourishing futures with strong AI and works out how to get there.\n\n\nFLI is a largely virtual organization, with a team of 25 distributed across Europe and the US. We have offices in Campbell, California and in Brussels, Belgium, and meet in person as a full team twice a year. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n
No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Senior and Senior jobs that are similar:\n\n
$60,000 — $110,000/year\n
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💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nRemote
No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Senior and Senior jobs that are similar:\n\n
$60,000 — $110,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n
💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nRemote
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