Junior Research Program Manager

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Job Summary:

Constellation Research Center is focused on improving the AI safety field by mobilizing talent and supporting research initiatives. They are seeking a Research Program Manager to design and scale research programs in collaboration with top researchers, managing projects and people to enhance research collaborations.

Responsibilities:

• Design and run Research Programs hosted at Constellation, in partnership with senior researchers and the Constellation team

• Research manage(including a mixture of people management, project management, coaching, and performance management) research projects in programs and organizations hosted by Constellation

• Work with external partners to deliver excellent research support (for example, our work hosting and supporting the Anthropic Fellows Program)

• Support Constellation’s mobilization efforts to place talent you manage in full-time roles that match with their skills and values

Qualifications:

Required:

• Are an experienced manager (minimum 2-5 years) preferably on technical research or engineering teams

• Have experience designing and leading multi-stakeholder initiatives that recruit, evaluate, match, and place talent (especially for research opportunities)

• Actively enjoy people management and are experienced with coaching and performance management

• Are a quick learner, capable of understanding complex technical topics and are motivated to learn about a wide array of research agendas across AI Safety

• Have strong written and verbal communication skills

• Are motivated to rapidly elicit and address blockers, feedback, and needs as they appear from direct reports and program stakeholders

• Think AI might have transformative effects in the coming years, and are driven to help humanity to safely navigate periods of intense uncertainty and change

Preferred:

• Prior experience writing or contributing to research papers in the AI Safety / Machine Learning more broadly (especially first or last author contributions)

• Demonstrated experience managing research or engineering projects

• Familiarity with machine learning infrastructure and computational research workflows

Company:

Constellation is a research center based in Berkeley, California, dedicated to advancing the field of AI Safety. Founded in , the company is headquartered in Berkeley, CA, US, with a team of 11-50 employees. The company is currently Early Stage. Constellation has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.