Effective Altruism Global
Director of Talent Discovery
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A small group will determine what the most transformative technology becomes.
SteadRise gives experienced operators, researchers, engineers, policymakers, and advocates a direct path into that group. Enabling you to shape how Frontier AI systems are developed, deployed, and governed.
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When AI Capabilities Outpace Our Understanding
Frontier capabilities are moving faster than our ability to anticipate how they fail, align them to beneficial behavior, and build institutions capable of governing them.
This gap now shows up inside research agendas, deployment decisions, and policy tradeoffs. But the people best equipped to close it aren't working on it yet.
For those that do, it may be the most consequential work of their career.
Serious risks.
Serious opportunities.
Operators, researchers, engineers, policymakers, and advocates must come together to answer some of the hardest questions facing Frontier AI systems. The answers will determine if we get this technology right.
The institutions working on AI safety are young, fast-moving, and operating under genuine time pressure. They need finance, HR, legal, and compliance systems that can absorb rapid growth without creating the bureaucratic drag that kills the speed these organisations depend on.
AI safety organisations need the same calibre of researchers and engineers as frontier labs and ambitious start-ups, but operate with unconventional career paths, missions that may require explaining and, in some cases, nonprofit constraints. Building teams that perform at the highest level under these conditions requires deliberate action.
Most AI safety organisations are global by necessity — the talent is distributed, the partners are international, and the regulatory landscape varies by country. Building the legal, financial, and operational infrastructure to function as one organisation while complying as many is a genuine puzzle for anyone who has scaled across borders.
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Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
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No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Where people shape how advanced AI systems are built
The work above shows up in a select number of roles. Where people decide what gets researched, what evidence counts, and what gets shipped. Roles with real agency, well-respected peers, and access to frontier models and serious compute.
High-growth AI safety organisation
Chief of Staff
Serves as the connective tissue between a technical research mission and the operational reality of scaling a team from 30 to 100+ — owning planning, cross-functional coordination, and the decisions that don't fit neatly into anyone else's job description.
Non-profit AI safety research lab
Head of Operations
Builds the operational backbone — finance, HR, legal, compliance, vendor management — for an organisation that is growing fast, operating across jurisdictions, and can't afford the kind of bureaucratic overhead that slows down mission-critical work.
Frontier AI safety organisation
Director of Talent
Designs and leads the hiring strategy for one of the most competitive talent markets in the world — where the candidates you need are being courted by labs offering ten times the compensation, and the value proposition has to be built from mission, not money.
AI safety field-building organisation
Head of Programmes & Partnerships
Owns the design and delivery of programmes that transition experienced professionals into AI safety roles — managing partner relationships, candidate pipelines, and the feedback loops that determine whether placements actually stick.
SteadRise helps you do your most ambitious work
Our proximity to the teams working on Frontier AI systems allows us to get you closer to that work before you decide whether to move into it. Here's how it works.
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An honest read on your fit
We start by understanding where your background is strong and where the gaps are. Mapping your experience against what the field needs, and what a credible path looks like for you.
Direct access to experts
We connect you directly - not via a recruiter - to the people doing this work. Getting you in with the right context, at the right time, and with what you need for the conversation.
High-fidelity exposure
When the field looks one way from the outside, we make sure you test it before committing. Scoped projects, time-bound engagements, or introductions to organisations with work to be done.
The right role
We work to identify the specific opportunities that match your skills and ambitions - not just what's open, but what would be genuinely consequential for you to pursue.
De-risking your move
Where possible, we help reduce the risk around a move, so an engagement with us means you can make a more informed decision rather than a speculative one.
Where it leads
Our work has led people to senior roles, research partnerships, funding for independent work, founding support, and ongoing collaboration.
In some cases, it clarified that engagement wasn't the right fit.
Jonathan
Founder, TamperSec
“SteadRise’s program was great to get connected with like-minded people and potential collaborators. The SteadRise team gave great advice and was very supportive in helping to incubate the organization, during and after the program.”
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