Senior Program Manager, Frontier Strategy and Governance, DeepMind Institute, DeepMind
London, UKFull-timePosted 3w ago
About the role
Senior Program Manager responsible for leading strategy, planning, and end-to-end delivery of complex frontier AI strategy and governance workstreams, partnering with cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategy, planning, end-to-end delivery of complex workstreams across the frontier AI strategy and governance portfolio. Partner directly with team leads and cross-functional partners to shape workstream direction, translate ideas into actionable objectives and project plans, and track through to successful completion.
- Drive collaboration across Google and partners, working closely with research scientists, strategy and policy colleagues and executive stakeholders to build structures that accelerate high-stakes research, governance and executive advisory initiatives.
- Run the operating rhythm behind our executive-facing work: preparing and tracking executive leadership sessions, managing fast-turn requests from leadership, and ensuring decisions translate into follow-through.
- Navigate high ambiguity, proactively identifying dependencies, mitigating risks, and implementing solutions to complex operational challenges.
- Review and improve processes, information flows and decision making structures, leveraging data and AI tooling to identify opportunities and resolve pain points.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in program management, driving the end-to-end delivery of time-bound initiatives.
- Experience with the Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) landscape, AI safety, technical foresight, or tech policy.
- Experience designing and implementing operational frameworks and cross-functional processes from the ground up.
- Experience partnering with and influencing executive leadership to shape program strategy and translate goals into plans.
- Experience navigating ambiguity and adapting project strategies within technical, policy, or government environments.
Skills
Required:Program managementAGI landscape / AI safety / technical foresight / tech policyOperational framework design
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