Job ID: 311386

Head of Policy & Security Research Lab

Scale AI

Location: New York, United States

Apply by: 20 Aug 2026

Relevant Sectors

Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis

Position description

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.

You will:

Own day-to-day responsibilities for the strategy, direction and execution of Scale’s Policy Research Lab
Collaborate with a team of internal researchers, leading research labs across governments, industry, and academia.
Working alongside a team of internal researchers drive initiatives related to frameworks and benchmarks for frontier AI models.
Remain deeply engaged with the policy and research communities to understand and set trends.
Manage and coordinate the lab's projects, partnerships and strategy, including direct work with global AI safety institutes.
Finalize, coordinate, and execute the lab's recruiting plan and research agenda.

Ideally you’d have:

6+ years of relevant academic or work experience
A track record of impactful research and/or policy contributions
Experience leading teams in relevant areas including AI Safety Policy, Thought Leadership and Research publications
Strong written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
Experience building and mentoring teams of research scientists and engineers.
A strong technical and policy background with a deep understanding of the AI safety space.
Extensive knowledge of frontier risk evaluations, AI control, and preparedness research.
Established connections with government partners, particularly AI safety institutes.

Nice to have:

Publications at major machine learning/AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR) and/or journals.

To Apply : https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/scaleai/jobs/4696072005
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