Senior Manager, Programs

Required

• 6+ years of experience designing and running programs that convene people, such as fellowships, workshops, conferences, speaker series, or community or educational programs, including owning them end to end.
• Experience directly managing and developing program staff.
• A track record of designing new programs, not only running existing ones: taking an idea from concept to a successful launch with limited guidance.
• Experience managing several programs at once, with sound prioritization across them.
• Strong budget ownership and resource management.
• The ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority and to establish accountability across internal teams and external partners.
• Demonstrated systems thinking: you build repeatable mechanisms, not one-off plans, and you know how much process a problem needs.
• The ability to get up to speed quickly in unfamiliar domains by learning from experts, papers, and other sources.
• Sound judgment under uncertainty, knowing when to move quickly, investigate further, or escalate.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including distilling complexity and trade-offs for leadership.
• High agency and a high bar for quality. You’re open to feedback and honest with yourself and others, even when it’s uncomfortable, because getting to the best answer matters more.
• A genuine understanding of why AI safety matters, and the ability to explain it in your own words.