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About the Role

This mid-level role focuses on building partnerships, developing external communications, and contributing to strategy in an applied or mission-driven setting, requiring substantive knowledge of AI's implications across sectors. The position emphasizes relationship building, thought leadership, and supporting the growth of AIR’s AI portfolio, demanding both strategic thinking and execution. This is a time-limited, full-time position for 24 months, with potential for extension.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with practitioners, researchers, funders, government agencies, and technology organizations aligned with AIR’s AI priorities.
• Lead or co-lead outreach to potential partners, collaborators, and sector experts across multiple domains to advance relationships toward defined collaboration or funding opportunities.
• Develop and deliver materials for partnership meetings and external engagements, including concept notes, briefings, and proposals, reflecting partner needs, market context, and potential collaboration pathways.
• Represent AIR at conferences, convenings, and other external engagements related to AI, human development, and public systems to build relationships, gather market intelligence, and identify follow-on opportunities.
• Contribute to the development and execution of sector-tailored outreach and engagement strategies.
• Draft and develop high-quality external communications, including white papers, blog posts, research briefs, and presentations tied to AIR’s AI work.
• Support AIR’s AI communications plan, including conference preparation, publications pipeline, and social media engagement.
• Contribute to early-stage concept design and proposal shaping, positioning AIR for mission-aligned funding opportunities based on partner needs, market signals, and competitive context.
• Monitor the AI landscape across social sectors and translate insights into strategic recommendations for AIR’s external positioning and engagement priorities.
• Identify emerging opportunities, risks, and market signals, including for partnership development, funding, and strategic collaboration.
• Conduct partner profiling and competitive intelligence to inform AIR’s approach to sector engagement and positioning, supporting opportunity prioritization and capture planning.
• Contribute to the launch and ongoing operation of sector-specific AI evidence generation networks, including coordinating expert convenings, communities of practice, and cross-network learning activities.
• Support operational systems that enable the team to track partners, manage business development opportunities, and maintain proposal materials.
• Help identify and track AI-related business development opportunities, including supporting opportunity qualification, prioritization, and coordination of inputs for proposal development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
• Master’s degree with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience.
• Ph.D. with a minimum of 3 years of experience in social sciences, public policy, education, technology, communications, or a related field.
• Substantive knowledge of AI and its implications across sectors.
• Experience contributing to partnership development, external engagement, or strategy initiatives in a nonprofit, government, academic, or philanthropic setting.
• Demonstrated ability to build and sustain relationships with partners, clients, or stakeholders across sectors.
• Experience supporting or contributing to proposals, funding applications, or business development efforts, including early-stage opportunity shaping, partner engagement, or positioning activities.
• Experience conducting market analysis, partner landscape assessment, or competitive intelligence activities to inform strategy or external engagement.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis.
• Qualified candidates may need to meet certain residency requirements.

Skills

• Strong ability to translate data, research, and technical AI concepts into actionable guidance for external positioning, partner engagement, or business development efforts.
• Ability to identify and interpret market signals, partner needs, and competitive dynamics, translating insights into actionable engagement or proposal strategies.
• Effective communication skills, with experience developing high-quality external materials.
• Proficiency using AI tools to synthesize information, draft content, analyze data, or improve efficiency in day-to-day work.
• Ability to apply sound judgment when interpreting AI-generated outputs.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams in an evolving environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while collaborating closely with team leadership.
• Commitment to AIR’s mission of generating evidence and applying data-driven solutions that expand opportunities and improve lives for all.

Location

• Remotely within the United States (U.S.)
• U.S. office locations

Work Type

• Time-limited position (24 months)
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Mid-level
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience (with Bachelor’s degree)
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience (with Master’s degree)
• Minimum of 3 years of experience (with Ph.D.)

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, public policy, education, technology, communications, or a related field.
• Master’s degree in social sciences, public policy, education, technology, communications, or a related field.
• Ph.D. in social sciences, public policy, education, technology, communications, or a related field.

Salary/Compensations

• $115,000 —$140,000 USD

About the Company

• Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
• Nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization.
• Conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance.
• Addresses pressing challenges in the United States and globally.
• Generates evidence and applies data-driven solutions that expand opportunities and improve lives for all.

Equal Opportunity

• American Institutes for Research is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
• AIR adheres to strict child safeguarding principles.
• All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo reference and background checks.
• AIR maintains a drug-free work environment.
• If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability, please send an email to Taliba Boone at tboone@air.org or call 202.403.5000.