futureof-life - Future of Life Organizations - AI Industry Associate/Lead

• Experienced technology strategist, ideally in AI policy. This could be within industry, at a start up, or within the policy space. • Sufficient technical fluency in advanced AI — capabilities trajectories, agentic systems, evaluation and verification methods — to engage credibly with technical experts and to hold a position against the prevailing scaling consensus. • Experience engaging policymakers outside of the US and China, or a demonstrated capacity to do so. • Excellent written and spoken communication, able to produce policy-ready analysis and to represent FLI in expert and/or high-level settings. • Proven experience translating technical concepts to non-technical audiences. • Stakeholder management and partnership building skills, ideally across institutions, industry and international partners. • Independence and initiative — comfortable owning a strategy line and moving quickly in a fast-changing field. • Alignment with FLI's mission of mitigating catastrophic risk while advancing positive futures. • A graduate degree in a relevant field — economics, computer science, or a technical AI discipline. • Previous experience at a tech start up, or similar experience of how things get done in the technology industry. • Background in, or close knowledge of, a safety-sensitive industrial sector where reliability is a hard operational requirement rather than a preference. • An existing network among frontier AI researchers and relevant policymakers. • Location: We are happy to consider candidates in any location, but would have a preference for those based in or willing to relocate to Europe. • Application Deadline: 15th November 2026. We may move this role to rolling applications after this deadline. • Start Date: We'd like the chosen candidate to start as soon as possible after accepting an offer. • Application Process: Apply by uploading your resume, alongside a short answer to the following questions: • In 200 words or less, please describe a time when you successfully persuaded a group of people to change course. What was your strategy and what actions did you take concretely? • In 200 words or less, how can and should states not exporting major AI models pursue "sovereign AI"? • Please apply via our website. Email applications are not accepted.