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About the Role

This is a rare chance to build the talent function at CAIS from scratch. As our Founding Recruiter, you'll be the driving force behind who joins CAIS, running the full arc from first outreach to signed offer across research, engineering, policy, and operations roles. You will decide what good hiring looks like and build the hiring muscle as the organization grows. You'll work in close partnership with Leaders and hiring managers with trust and autonomy in sourcing, screening, and closing candidates. This role is for someone excited to build something that scales.

Responsibilities

Own the full recruiting lifecycle: sourcing, outreach, screening, interview coordination, offer negotiation, and close.
Build sourcing strategies and pipelines from scratch for hard-to-fill technical, research, and policy roles.
Design and continuously improve the interview process: structured rubrics, scorecards, and calibration.
Set up the recruiting infrastructure: ATS configuration, sourcing tools, and reporting.
Partner directly with leadership and hiring managers to translate ambiguous role needs into clear job descriptions, leveling, and hiring plans.
Act as the primary point of contact for candidates, representing CAIS's mission and culture.
Develop CAIS's employer brand and sourcing presence within AI safety, technical research, and adjacent policy communities.
Partner with People Operations on offer construction, compensation benchmarking, and onboarding handoff.
Look for opportunities to scale and automate recruiting workflows, including through AI tools.
Prioritize exceptionally across concurrent open reqs.

Requirements

Prior experience building or substantially improving a recruiting function at a scaling organization (startup, high-growth nonprofit, or research organization).
Demonstrated ability to design sourcing strategies and hiring processes from scratch.
Track record of successfully closing candidates for hard-to-fill or highly technical roles, including passive candidates.
Strong judgment on prioritization across multiple open roles.
Comfort operating as an individual contributor with high autonomy.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Comfort with ATS and sourcing tools (Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, or similar).
Track record of using AI tools to streamline sourcing, screening, or scheduling.
Able to move at the pace of a fast-scaling, well-funded, early-stage organization.
Genuine interest in AI safety and CAIS's mission.

Skills

Sourcing
Screening
Interview coordination
Offer negotiation
Candidate closing
ATS configuration
Sourcing tools
Employer branding
AI tools for recruiting
Prioritization
Communication

Location

San Francisco, CA

Work Type

In-office
Full-time

Experience Level

Individual contributor

Salary/Compensations

$135,000 - $165,000 base

Benefits

Health insurance for you and your dependents
401K plan + 4% matching
Unlimited PTO
Lunch and dinner at the office
Annual Professional Development Stipend
Access to some of the top talent working on technical and conceptual research in AI safety

About the Company

The Center for AI Safety (CAIS) is a leading research and advocacy organization focused on mitigating societal-scale risks from AI.
Past achievements include: releasing the most widely used measure of AI capabilities, running a large compute cluster for AI safety research, and publishing a global statement on AI Risk signed by prominent AI leaders.

Equal Opportunity

The Center for AI Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
In alignment with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment.
If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact contact@safe.ai.
We value diversity and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.