Global catastrophic risks
SPAR Research Manager
KairosRemoteRemote
You won't do research yourself, but you help the people who lead it: many of SPAR's 250 mentors are leading a team for the first time, and together they guide more than 800 newcomers to AI safety each round, the field…
AI safetyManagementResearchMid levelDirecteur Digitaliseringsbeleid Overheid
Ministerie van Economische Zaken en KlimaatDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
This directorate writes the frameworks within which hundreds of government organisations choose which cloud, which standards and which AI applications they use.
AI governance and powerPolicyManagementExecutiveDutch requiredManager Digitaliseringsbeleid Overheid
Ministerie van Economische Zaken en KlimaatDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
This directorate has existed since February 2026 and writes the frameworks for how the government handles data, AI, cloud and digital identity.
AI governance and powerPolicyManagementSeniorDutch requiredDirecteur Digitaliseringsbeleid Samenleving
Ministerie van Economische Zaken en KlimaatDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
This directorate is new and has yet to decide what it will focus on: whoever leads it first helps choose which questions about AI, algorithms and fundamental rights the government takes seriously in the coming years.
AI governance and powerPolicyManagementExecutiveDutch requiredSenior beleidsmedewerker Innovatie en Industriebeleid Digitale Technologieën
Ministerie van Economische Zaken en KlimaatDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
Since February 2026 AI and digitalisation policy has sat with this ministry, and because there is no minister for Digital Affairs, a small team carries that entire portfolio.
AI safetyPolicySeniorDutch requiredDirecteur Infectieziektebeleid
Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en SportDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
How quickly the Netherlands detects and contains the next pandemic depends largely on choices being made now, between two crises: the revision of the Wet publieke gezondheid, the national direction of the regional GGD…
Pandemics and biosecurityManagementPolicyExecutiveDutch requiredRecruiter
KairosRemoteRemote
Kairos expects to double in size within six months, and each new hire runs programmes that hundreds of people pass through on their way to working on AI safety: the field that aims to prevent powerful AI systems from…
AI safetyOperationsCommunications and outreachMid levelHead of Engineering (Red Team)
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
FAR AI tests new AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic, among others, before they are released, and does the same for governments such as the European Commission: the team deliberately tries to make the systems go off…
AI safetySoftware engineeringManagementSeniorSenior Adviseur AI & Onderwijsinnovatie
Ministerie van DefensieBredaOn site in the Netherlands
The guidelines you draw up here will determine how generations of officers learn to work with AI — and they take those habits with them to posts where algorithms weigh in on decisions with major consequences.
AI safetyPolicyResearchSeniorDutch requiredDutch nationality requiredProduct Manager, Website
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
Policymakers, journalists and researchers who want to know how fast AI is progressing often get their figures from Epoch AI, and the website is where they find them.
AI governance and powerCommunications and outreachDataMid levelsr AI adviseur onvolkomenheden (620804) DS/F&C
Ministerie van DefensieDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
Defensie, the Dutch defence ministry, wants to use AI to tackle shortcomings in its financial operations, and in this role you help decide where that is and isn't sensible — with 74,000 employees, such a choice carries…
Global catastrophic risksPolicyDataSeniorDutch requiredDutch nationality requiredsenior adviseur AI onvolkomenheden (620810)DS/F&C
Ministerie van DefensieDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
How a ministry of 74,000 people first uses AI in its own operations helps decide which data rules and which ethical limits then apply across all of Defensie.
Nuclear securityPolicyDataSeniorDutch requiredDutch nationality requiredMultiple roles in AI x Global Health and Wellbeing
Coefficient GivingRemote - GlobalRemote
This new team decides which projects at the intersection of AI and global health receive up to €100 million in grants over the coming year.
Global health and infectious diseaseResearchFinanceMid levelSenior technisch specialist Cybersecurity en Standaardisatie
Rijksinspectie Digitale InfrastructuurAmersfoortDutch employer, flexible
Whoever helps write European standards for cyber-secure devices sets the requirements that thousands of manufacturers will follow years later — and those requirements only become workable if someone at the table truly…
AI governance and powerPolicyInformation securitySeniorDutch requiredTech Lead Manager, GPU Cluster Infrastructure
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
FAR.AI's researchers test frontier models for OpenAI and the EU AI Office, but that work grinds to a halt as soon as the GPU cluster falters.
AI safetySoftware engineeringManagementSeniorSenior Software Engineer, GPU Cluster Infrastructure
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
FAR AI tests AI systems before they are released, for OpenAI and the EU AI Office — and that research runs on a GPU cluster that grew from tens to hundreds of cards this year.
AI safetySoftware engineeringInformation securitySeniorHead of Special Projects
KairosRemoteRemote
In just over two years, Kairos has steered more than 1,200 people into work in AI safety.
AI safetyManagementOperationsSeniorGeneralist (Special Projects)
KairosRemoteRemote
Kairos doesn't run research itself, but builds the routes into it: more than 1,200 people went through programmes such as SPAR and Pathfinder in two years.
AI safetyOperationsManagementEntry levelBoFEB trainee
Ministerie van Economische Zaken en KlimaatDen HaagOn site in the Netherlands
The Netherlands has no minister for digital affairs; AI and digitalisation policy comes from a small directorate of around 200 people.
AI safetyPolicyEntry levelDutch requiredEngineering Manager (Red Team)
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
When FAR.AI finds a weak spot in a new AI model, developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic adjust their security and regulators in the EU follow suit.
AI safetySoftware engineeringManagementSeniorGCP Program Manager
KairosRemoteRemote
Whoever invites the speakers and selects the participants for one of these three-day workshops decides, in practice, which students and professionals end up in AI safety and biosecurity — and how well prepared they…
AI safetyOperationsManagementMid levelBusiness Immigration Associate
Coefficient GivingRemote - GlobalRemote
Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) has distributed more than 7 billion dollars in grants since 2014, and who they can hire depends on which visas they can secure.
Community buildingOperationsLegalMid levelExpression of Interest: Special Projects Associate
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
Epoch AI's figures on compute and scaling are cited by policymakers and researchers worldwide; you don't do that research yourself, but you make sure a small team can publish more by coordinating experts, licensing…
AI safetyOperationsResearchEntry levelGeneralist (Workshops)
KairosRemoteRemote
Kairos runs three-day workshops that steer students towards work in AI safety and biosecurity; more than 400 participants so far.
AI safetyOperationsManagementMid levelHead of Groups
KairosRemoteRemote
University groups are the first step towards AI safety work for many people, and Kairos provides most of the support those groups currently receive.
AI safetyManagementOperationsSeniorAssociate Program Officer, Transformative AI Fund
Centre for Effective AltruismRemote - GlobalRemote
This fund finances AI risk projects at the stage where a few tens of thousands of euros is the difference between existing and not existing: amounts between 10,000 and 150,000 dollars, too small for most other funders.
AI safetyFinanceResearchEntry levelHead of Kairos Labs
KairosRemoteRemote
Whoever sets up this incubator decides which new AI safety organisations will exist at all in a few years' time: you choose the founders, the problems and the design of the programme.
AI safetyManagementOperationsExecutiveGeneralist (Groups)
KairosRemoteRemote
Many people now working on AI safety started out in a student group.
AI safetyManagementOperationsMid levelHead of Communications
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
FAR.AI tests AI models for OpenAI and carries out independent evaluations for, among others, the EU AI Office — but that research only changes anything once policymakers and journalists understand it.
AI safetyCommunications and outreachPolicyExecutiveRecruiter / Senior Recruiter
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
Epoch AI publishes the figures on computing power and AI trends that policymakers and researchers worldwide fall back on.
AI safetyOperationsCommunications and outreachMid levelSoftware Engineer, Benchmarking
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
Discussions about AI policy often founder on the question of what models can really do.
AI safetySoftware engineeringDataMid levelTechnical Project Manager, Red Team
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
FAR.AI tests advanced AI models for weak spots before they are rolled out widely, doing so on behalf of labs such as OpenAI and governments such as the EU AI Office.
AI safetyManagementOperationsSeniorJailbreaking Lead, Red Team
FAR AIRemote (International)Remote
Whoever finds a universal flaw here changes not one system but the behaviour of models used by hundreds of millions of people: FAR.AI's findings have demonstrably led to changes at OpenAI and Anthropic, and feed into…
AI safetyResearchSoftware engineeringSeniorResearcher / Senior Researcher
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
Policymakers and investors base their decisions about AI on figures that someone has to collect — on compute, data centres and what models can actually do.
AI safetyResearchDataMid levelData Scientist
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
Policymakers who want to regulate AI rely on figures they cannot gather themselves — on compute, data centres and the speed at which models improve.
AI governance and powerDataResearchEntry levelExpression of Interest
Epoch AIRemoteRemote
When regulators and AI labs want to know how fast models are growing, they reach for Epoch's figures — its public databases and trend analyses are, for many policymakers, the factual basis for decisions on AI.
AI governance and powerResearchDataEntry levelExpressions of Interest
Future of Life InstituteRemoteRemote
The Future of Life Institute works not on a single project but on the rules of the game: open letters, policy work in Brussels and Washington, and grants that determine which research into AI risks happens at all.
Global catastrophic risksPolicyManagementEntry level
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