Head of Policy & Security Research Lab

<p>We are seeking a highly experienced, strategic and mission-driven leader to drive the policy research priorities of Scale Labs. This is a unique opportunity to lead a team of research scientists, policy experts and engineers on foundational AI safety and security work.</p> <p><strong>You will:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Own day-to-day responsibilities for the strategy, direction and execution of Scale’s Policy Research Lab</li> <li>Collaborate with a team of internal researchers, leading research labs across governments, industry, and academia.</li> <li>Working alongside a team of internal researchers drive initiatives related to frameworks and benchmarks for frontier AI models.</li> <li>Remain deeply engaged with the policy and research communities to understand and set trends.</li> <li>Manage and coordinate the lab's projects, partnerships and strategy, including direct work with global AI safety institutes.</li> <li>Finalize, coordinate, and execute the lab's recruiting plan and research agenda.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Ideally you’d have:</strong></p> <ul> <li>6+ years of relevant academic or work experience&nbsp;</li> <li>A track record of impactful research and/or policy contributions&nbsp;</li> <li>Experience leading teams in relevant areas including AI Safety Policy, Thought Leadership and Research publications&nbsp;</li> <li>Strong written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.</li> <li>Experience building and mentoring teams of research scientists and engineers.</li> <li>A strong technical and policy background with a deep understanding of the AI safety space.</li> <li>Extensive knowledge of frontier risk evaluations, AI control, and preparedness research.</li> <li>Established connections with government partners, particularly AI safety institutes.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Nice to have:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Publications at major machine learning/AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR) and/or journals.</li> </ul> <