Chief of Staff @ AI Interpretability Startup

Position: Chief of Staff
Reporting to: CEO
Location: San Francisco (Onsite)

Our client is a research lab advancing the field of AI interpretability.

Their mission is to solve the technical alignment problem for powerful AI systems. They believe that major advances in mechanistic interpretability—understanding how AI systems work internally—are key to solving this challenge.

They are a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco.

Position Overview:

Our client is looking for a chief of staff. This role is incredibly intensive, and your main goal will be to make the leadership team more effective, however you possibly can. You will do ridiculously high volumes of unglamorous work. You will wear many hats, including leading recruiting, hosting events, supporting fundraising, planning offsites, new customer outreach, and goals planning. You’ll need great leadership ability, communication skills, and be able to absorb new information very quickly.

You should have a technical background because you will be expected to understand and gain intuition for the latest developments in AI and mechanistic interpretability.

Qualifications:

Our client is looking for experienced individuals who embody their values and share their deep commitment to making interpretability accessible. They care deeply about building a team who shares their values:

• Who you are:

  • High agency: You are self-directed, proactive, and take ownership of your work, setting and accomplishing ambitious goals independently while collaborating effectively with others.

  • Constant improvement: You have deep intellectual curiosity and are always seeking to expand your knowledge and reflect on what you could be doing better.

  • Strong opinions, loosely held: You foster an environment where well-intentioned disagreement leads to reaching the best solutions. You argue strongly for what you believe and are not afraid to change your mind when you are wrong.

  • Deeply mission driven: You understand that the path to building a game-changing interpretability product will not be easy and are prepared to put in the hard work every day. You put the team before yourself and are fully committed to advancing their understanding of AI.

  • Thoughtful and pragmatic: You approach your work and interactions with others with nuance and humility. You think deeply about all angles of a problem, not just the one you advocate for. You operate with the understanding that not everything can be perfect.

If you share their values and have at least four years of relevant experience, they encourage you to apply and join them in shaping the future of how they design AI systems.

• What they are looking for:

  • Jack of all trades

  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

  • Strong work ethic and high output

  • Learns fast

• Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience working in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment

  • Experience with interpretability techniques and tooling for AI models

  • Strong understanding of the field of AI and mechanistic interpretability

What They Offer:

This role offers market competitive salary, equity, and competitive benefits. More importantly, you'll have the opportunity to work on groundbreaking technology with a world-class team dedicated to ensuring a safe and beneficial future for humanity.

This role reports to their CEO.