Technical Director of AI Safety
Hybrid (London)Full-timePosted 7mo ago
About the role
Senior leadership role to provide technical leadership of Faculty's work on AI safety for the Foundation Labs, shaping global AI safety practice and scaling safety initiatives with Frontier Labs, government partnerships, and international influence.
Responsibilities
- Owning the technical strategy for AI Safety by determining research directions and building technologies that mitigate risks from alignment to societal harms.
- Leading a high-performing R&D team through intentional hiring, mentorship, and the cultivation of a culture defined by technical excellence and high output.
- Driving academic impact by guiding complex machine learning projects and securing top-tier publications that cement Faculty’s reputation in the safety domain.
- Shaping market-leading offerings for frontier labs and security institutes, translating cutting-edge R&D into practical, groundbreaking safety solutions.
- Overseeing technical delivery of AI safety and security projects, ensuring scientific rigor and high-quality outputs across evaluations and red-teaming.
- Representing Faculty externally as a primary technical voice, delivering influential thought leadership and speaking at major global industry events.
- Collaborating cross-functionally with business unit directors and commercial teams to align research investment with strategic growth and client needs.
Qualifications
- Proven track record of designing and leading high-performing technical teams, with the ability to manage R&D budgets and mentor senior technical staff.
- Deep expertise in AI safety research, specifically regarding alignment, interpretability, and robustness in large language models (LLMs) or safety-critical systems.
- Strong scientific background evidenced by high-impact machine learning publications and a comprehensive understanding of transformer architectures.
- Strategic visionary capable of setting research priorities that align with long-term organisational goals while remaining at the cutting edge of field developments.
- Compelling communicator who can synthesize complex technical concepts into narratives that influence both C-suite executives and the broader research community.
- Strong commercial acumen and stakeholder management skills, allowing navigation of complex organisations and acceleration of high-value projects.
Skills
Required:Technical leadership and team buildingAI safety research (alignment, interpretability, robustness)Machine learning with high-impact publicationsTransformer architecturesStrategic research planningEffective communication with executives and researchers
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