Research Manager

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🕒 October 6

🌐 United States, United Kingdom – Remote

🇺🇸 United States – Remote 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

🏄 California, Massachusetts – Remote

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💵 $105k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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Kairos

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2 - 10 employees

Founded 2024

🤝 Non-profit

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

📚 Education

Non-profit • Artificial Intelligence • Education

Kairos is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit that accelerates talent into AI safety and policy fields by running scalable programs that mentor, fund, and train researchers and organizers. Its core offerings include SPAR, a large part-time remote research fellowship focused on risks from advanced AI with work accepted at conferences like ICML and NeurIPS; Pathfinder, which funds and mentors university AI safety and policy student groups; Generator, an in-person residency to build operational capacity for the AI safety ecosystem; and intensive residential workshops on AI safety and biosecurity. Kairos emphasizes rapid, scalable interventions to grow researchers, policymakers, and skilled operators, and reports impact metrics such as 1,200+ people supported, 70+ publications, and 160+ organizers supported. The organization is funded by Coefficient Giving and operates internationally with remote and in-person programs.

📋 Description

• Support a portfolio of SPAR mentors throughout each fellowship round • Serve as the main point of contact and check in with mentors regularly • Help mentors scope projects, set expectations with mentees, and keep teams on track • Coach first-time mentors on effective meetings, feedback, and managing mentees with varying experience levels • Handle team conflicts, absentee mentees, and breakdowns in mentor relationships • Advise mentors on sharing research outputs, including suitable publications, workshops, and conference venues • Contribute to mentor recruitment, onboarding, and support processes • Help improve research quality across SPAR as it grows • Work closely with SPAR’s program lead • Travel 3–6 times per year for conferences and events, predominantly in the US

🎯 Requirements

• Substantial research experience, such as a PhD, a research role, or several completed projects • Strong interpersonal judgment for handling delicate conversations • Clear written and verbal communication skills • Strong organization and ability to track commitments and meet deadlines • Familiarity with the AI safety ecosystem and major research agendas • Ability to engage with both technical and policy research • Mission alignment with reducing risks from advanced AI • Experience mentoring or managing junior researchers is valued but not required • Publications at ML conferences or in AI policy venues are valued but not required • Research experience in AI safety or AI governance is valued but not required • Ability to attend meetings in the ET time zone is preferred • Visa sponsorship may be available for US visas and likely UK visas, but approvals are not guaranteed

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible working hours • Highly competitive health insurance • Dental and vision coverage • Generous vacation policy • Professional development budget • Access to office space in San Francisco, Berkeley, London, or Boston • Food, lunches, and office expenses covered when working from an AI safety office in specified cities • Home office expenses covered when working from home • Team retreats three times a year • Work-related travel and expenses covered • Paid take-home assignment • Paid three-day work trial • $10,000 referral bonus if a referred hire completes two months