Head of Community and Partnerships: Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI)

Role Overview
GovAI is seeking a strategic leader to bridge the gap between AI governance research and real-world impact. You will be responsible for transforming the new London office into a global "central node" for AI policy and research. Your primary goal is to leverage GovAI's significant human capital—including alumni at OpenAI, DeepMind, Anthropic, and various world governments—into a cohesive, high-bandwidth professional network.

Core Responsibilities
Physical Hub Management: Curate the London office environment to facilitate both "high-bandwidth" formal collaboration and informal coworking for researchers and practitioners.

Alumni & Affiliate Network: Design value propositions for GovAI affiliates and maintain lifelong professional connections with former seasonal fellows.

Strategic Programming: Execute events ranging from 10 to 100 people, specifically designed for research dissemination and stakeholder engagement.

Team Leadership: Manage the Office Manager and potentially hire/supervise an Events Manager as the community grows.

Selection Criteria
Relationship Architect: You should genuinely enjoy "connecting the dots" between people and possess the intuition to know what makes a professional network valuable.

Ecosystem Knowledge: Familiarity with key actors in AI governance (policy makers, technical researchers, and regulatory bodies) is highly preferred.

Communication: Ability to represent GovAI to diverse audiences, from junior fellowship applicants to high-ranking government officials.

Operational Proactivity: Comfort with building systems from scratch in an environment that often navigates ambiguity.

Workforce & Community Context
GovAI is a specialized non-profit that sits at the intersection of effective altruism, academic research, and tech policy.

Community Demographics & Reach:

Alumni Placement: GovAI alumni hold influential positions in the US, UK, and EU governments, as well as frontier AI labs (DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic) and top universities (Oxford, Cambridge).

Expertise Breadth: The community covers high-stakes domains including US-China relations, frontier AI regulation, AI forecasting, and threat modeling.

Global Presence: While headquartered in the UK, the team maintains an active presence in the US and EU, creating a "transatlantic" bridge for AI policy.

Benefits
Visa Sponsorship: GovAI is able to sponsor UK visas for international candidates.

Retirement: 10% pension/401k contribution.

Healthcare: Private medical cover.

Autonomy: Significant independence to design and iterate on community programs.