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About the Role
CAIS is seeking a Director of Operations to manage the Operations Associate team and oversee day-to-day operations, including facilities, vendor logistics, and recruiting support. This senior, hands-on role involves leading complex operational projects from inception to completion, navigating ambiguity, and ensuring a professional and functional office environment. The position requires a proactive individual who can drive initiatives, manage change, and represent the organization effectively.
Responsibilities
- Manage and develop the Operations Associates, including setting priorities, delegating tasks, coaching, and owning performance.
- Create leverage for the VP of Operations by taking ownership of day-to-day execution across the function.
- Build systems and processes that allow the team to scale with the organization.
- Step in personally on tactical, in-the-weeds work when the team needs it.
- Lead operational projects from scoping through execution, including office build-outs and moves, systems implementations, compliance initiatives, and other cross-functional work.
- Navigate ambiguity with sound judgment, make tradeoffs, and keep work moving without senior leaders managing each step.
- Surface risks early and bring solutions, not just problems.
- Establish and run CAIS's new office as a professional, functional environment for the team and guests.
- Serve as a steward of how CAIS presents itself to outsiders, from the physical office environment to how the broader team shows up in meetings, events, and day-to-day interactions.
- Establish CAIS's new office as a space that reflects well on the organization, from build-out through ongoing use.
- Potentially take on direct management of facilities and vendor relationships, depending on organizational needs.
Requirements
- 7-10 years in operations, program management, or a similarly high-ownership role, including direct people management.
- A track record of solving dynamic cross-organizational operational challenges in finance, IT, HR, facilities, or similar back-office functions, from scope to completion autonomously.
- Executive presence and comfort with senior external stakeholders.
- Experience acting as a force multiplier for a senior leader, taking on their priorities as your own rather than working in a separate lane.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- High agency and low ego; take ownership of what's broken or missing rather than waiting to be asked.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented.
- Discretion handling sensitive information.
- Genuine interest in AI safety and CAIS's mission.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
- Experience standing up or scaling operations at an early-stage or fast-growing mission-driven organization (Nice to Have).
- Experience in a research organization, AI or technology company (Nice to Have).
- Experience operating in high-visibility, executive-facing environments (Nice to Have).
Skills
- Operations
- Program Management
- People Management
- Cross-organizational Operational Challenges
- Executive Presence
- Communication (Written and Verbal)
- Organization
- Detail-Oriented
- Discretion
- AI Safety
- Scaling Operations
- Research Organization Operations
- AI/Technology Company Operations
- Executive-Facing Environments
Location
- San Francisco, CA
Work Type
- Full-time
- On-site
Experience Level
- Director
- 7-10 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
Salary/Compensations
- $170,000 - $230,000 annually
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.
- CAIS is a growing, fast-moving organization.
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.
- We value diversity and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply.