Chief Operating Officer
Apart Research · Remote (4+ hours overlap with CET working hours preferred)
Research instituteremoteexecutive$200k
At a glance
Highlights
- Scale Research Division several-fold building evaluations for EU AI Office.
- Lead fiscal sponsorship to help incubated research teams spin out as orgs.
- Own multi-entity ops across US 501(c)(3) and new European entity.
Ideal candidate
High-agency operator who thrives scaling mission-driven research orgs. You cut through complexity, build lean systems, and care deeply about enabling AI safety research to grow fast without losing focus.
Requirements
- High agency with judgement on when to seek outside counsel and act without permission
- Been through at least one prior scale-up, ideally a research organization
- Managed a US 501(c)(3) entity and ensured ongoing compliance
- Worked in mission-driven research or fast-paced technical environment, ideally AI safety adjacent
- Set up organizations and processes including tools like Ramp and Deel and compliance frameworks
- Comfortable with Notion, Slack, Discord, Google Workspace and AI tools to improve workflows
- hiring process
- Initial application (CV and short questions), screening call, paid work test and interview, meet-the-team call, paid 1-2 day work trial and reference checks, offer
Lab profile
About Apart Research
Nonprofit AI safety organization running research fellowships and sprints to advance safe AI.
What they build
- Research fellowships
- AI safety sprints
- Manipulation and cyber-threat evaluations
Known for
- AI safety field-building
- AI evaluations for governance
- Remote research training
Key facts
- Nonprofit organization
- Remote-first organization
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