Principles of Intelligence (PrincInt) is a nonprofit research organization building scientific foundations for AI safety. It operates a US 501(c)(3) and a UK charitable incorporated organisation, runs the PIBBSS research fellowship, and acts as fiscal sponsor to AI safety projects. It is hiring a Senior Compliance & Legal Operations Manager to own legal and regulatory compliance across both charities and the sponsored projects (work split roughly US 50%, UK 40%, elsewhere 10%). The role reports to the Executive Director of Operations, has direct access to the board and UK trustees on compliance matters, manages a junior compliance and operations associate, and holds a budget to instruct external counsel.
Responsibilities:
- Fiscal sponsorship and grant compliance: run due diligence on prospective sponsored projects, draft fiscal sponsorship agreements, translate funder and government grant conditions into operating rules, oversee cost allocation, and own compliance for grants to individuals including fellowship stipends.
- Contracts and legal documentation: draft, review and negotiate grant and sub-grant agreements, fellowship terms, services, employment and contractor terms, MOUs, NDAs and data processing agreements; maintain intra-group agreements and a contract lifecycle register.
- Policy framework: draft, maintain and train staff on core policies (gift acceptance, conflicts of interest, anti-fraud/bribery/AML and sanctions, expenses, lobbying, code of conduct, safeguarding, whistleblowing).
- Data protection: own the privacy program under UK and EU GDPR, including records of processing, DPIAs, privacy notices, data subject requests, breach response and international transfers.
- People compliance: oversee onboarding and offboarding through Deel, determine worker status, coordinate right-to-work and visa processes.
- Entity governance: support US federal and state filings and UK Charity Commission returns, prepare board and trustee compliance reporting, track regulatory change, and manage a panel of external advisers.
Requirements:
- Significant experience in compliance, legal operations or in-house legal work, including direct responsibility for a charity, grantmaker or fiscal sponsor in the US or UK.
- Hands-on experience with charitable tax-exemption and restricted grant compliance.
- Track record of drafting and negotiating contracts and policies.
- Deep knowledge of either the US or UK nonprofit framework, with working fluency in the other.
- Working knowledge of multi-country employment compliance, including EOR/PEO onboarding.
- Practical data protection compliance experience.
- Risk-based judgment.
- Desirable: legal qualification, fiscal sponsorship or government grant experience, Deel and knowledge management tools, familiarity with AI safety organizations.
Location: Remote, overlapping with both US West Coast and Europe time zones for at least 2 hours, with two weeks of in-person onboarding in Belgrade, Serbia. Full-time; start date 15 November 2026. Salary: London £100,000-£125,000; other locations benchmarked locally. UK Skilled Worker visa sponsorship may be available for London-based candidates. Benefits include 4 weeks paid holiday, flexible hours, high autonomy and 3-4 team meetups a year.
Closing date: 2026-10-30
HOW TO APPLY:
Submit the application form by 30 October 2026. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Process: screening call, remote interview, paid remote work trial, team interviews, references.
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