AI Industry Associate – Lead

• Develop a rigorous argument that a credible AI strategy need not depend on building or adopting maximally general, autonomous AI systems
• Monitor and support non-hyperscaling technical paths, including efficient/smaller models, open-source and open-science AI, physical AI/robotics, and high-value industrial and scientific data applications
• Engage policymakers and stakeholders interested in sovereign AI strategies, including Brazil, Canada, EU Member States and the EU AI Office in Brussels
• Build coalitions across relevant stakeholders
• Produce policy-ready recommendations for policymakers
• Develop and advocate a pro-human, reliable, verifiable, controllable, human-directed, and purpose-driven AI strategy
• Engage with policymakers on how AI innovation and safety regulation can go hand in hand
• Report to the Head of European Policy and Research

• Experienced technology strategist, ideally in AI policy
• Sufficient technical fluency in advanced AI, including capabilities trajectories, agentic systems, evaluation and verification methods
• Experience engaging policymakers outside of the US and China, or a demonstrated capacity to do so
• Excellent written and spoken communication
• Ability to produce policy-ready analysis and represent FLI in expert and/or high-level settings
• Proven experience translating technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Stakeholder management and partnership building skills across institutions, industry and international partners
• Independence and initiative
• Alignment with FLI's mission of mitigating catastrophic risk while advancing positive futures
• Graduate degree in a relevant field such as economics, computer science, or a technical AI discipline (preferred)
• Previous experience at a tech startup or similar technology-industry experience (preferred)
• Background in or close knowledge of a safety-sensitive industrial sector (preferred)
• Existing network among frontier AI researchers and relevant policymakers (preferred)

• 25 days of PTO per year
• Paid parental leave
• Work from home allowance for the purchase of office supplies or equipment
• Professional development budget
• Location-dependent health insurance coverage
• Location-dependent pension contributions
• Full-team in-person meetings twice a year