Blue Rose Research - AI Economic Policy Fellow
Requirements
• Policy Builder: You have taken a policy from an idea to a detailed proposal and know the decisions that have to be made along the way • Policy Builder: • Structured Thinker: You can break a big question into clear decisions with defined options and trade-offs • Structured Thinker: • Comfortable with Data: Interested in public opinion research and comfortable working alongside data scientists. You do not need to be a statistician. • Comfortable with Data: • Communication Skills: An exceptional writer who can explain complex economic policy to political and general audiences • Pragmatic: You care about policy that works and can also pass • Pragmatic: • Collaborative: You work well across disciplines and welcome having your ideas tested against evidence • Collaborative: • White House or federal agency experience, such as at the National Economic Council, Domestic Policy Council, Council of Economic Advisers, or Office of Science and Technology Policy • Relationships with California policymakers or in California's tech and policy community • Familiarity with research on AI's economic effects, including automation, labor displacement, and productivity • Experience with polling, message testing, or survey research • Experience at a think tank or policy research organization
Responsibilities
• Policy Design • Lead development of the AI economic plan, from first framework to final proposals • Identify the plan's key choice points and lay out clear, realistic options for each, including trade-offs, costs, and precedents • Draw on existing research and proposals on automation, labor markets, the social safety net, workforce training, tax policy, and competition • Draft policy memos, option papers, and the plan itself • Working with the Research Team • Turn policy options into concrete proposals our research team can test with voters through polling and message testing • Work through the plan's choice points with the research team, and use results to refine the plan based on what is popular, what is persuasive, and what is sound policy • Make sure our survey questions describe policies accurately and compare alternatives fairly, including their costs, eligibility, and timing • Expert & Government Engagement • Consult economists, policy experts, former officials, and current federal and state policymakers to pressure-test ideas • Build and draw on relationships in federal and state government, especially in California, home to much of the AI industry and an early mover on state AI policy • Brief Blue Rose leadership and partners on the plan, its choice points, and the evidence behind our recommendations • Policy Expertise: Deep knowledge of economic policy, such as labor, social insurance, tax, industrial, or technology policy • Policy Expertise: • Experience: Typically 7+ years of policy experience, including time in the federal executive branch, Congress, a governor's office, or state government
Benefits
• Salary: Because the format of this role is flexible, compensation will be set based on role, duration, and experience. Expected range for part-time/contract roles is $5,000 - $20,000/month, full time $150,000 - $200,000/annual commensurate with experience. • Benefits: We offer medical, dental, vision, 401k match, 20 weeks paid parental leave, fertility and family-building support through Maven Clinic, and unlimited PTO. These benefits are available for all full-time hires. • Work Setup: Remote team with offices in NYC and DC, and regular in-person meetups. This role involves frequent in-person meetings and regular travel between San Francisco and Washington, DC. Strong preference for someone based in one of those two cities. • Work Setup: • Impact: You will shape a concrete plan for how the country handles one of the biggest economic shifts in generations, grounded in what the public actually wants • Impact: • Blue Rose Research builds data and AI tools that help Democrats win elections. Our team combines engineering, data science, and political strategy to power decisions for the country's top campaigns and progressive organizations. We forecast elections, test ads, and use generative AI to help campaigns understand what's happening in the news and respond fast with messages that actually work. We have guided how hundreds of millions of dollars are spent in modern campaigns. We're a small, mission-driven team that builds fast, experiments boldly, and helps progressives communicate and win—guided by curiosity, purpose, and a genuine desire to use technology for good. • Candidates must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States.
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