AI Safety & Governance Full-time

Head of People

Epoch AI

Posted

Jul 30, 2026

Location

Remote

Type

Full-time

Compensation

Up to $241000

Mission

What you will drive

  • Own the people function spanning recruiting, HR, and events while scaling systems for organizational growth.
  • Manage a team of five including two recruiters, a talent scout, events lead, and people operations associate.
  • Own the hiring system, improving processes and managing candidate and hiring manager experience while reporting on metrics.
  • Build and scale onboarding, benefits, compliance, and culture initiatives across the expanding organization.
  • Oversee the events function, set strategic goals, and shape the calendar to serve organizational needs.

Impact

The difference you'll make

This role enables Epoch AI to scale its team effectively, ensuring the organization can continue its research on AI timelines and governance, which is critical for shaping the future of AI safety and policy.

Profile

What makes you a great fit

  • Experience leading people operations or HR in a scaling organization.
  • Strong management skills with experience leading a team.
  • Expertise in recruiting, onboarding, benefits, compliance, and culture building.
  • Strategic thinking and ability to improve processes and report on metrics.

Benefits

What's in it for you

Competitive compensation and benefits package. Opportunity to shape the people function of a leading AI research organization.

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Epoch AI is a research organization that produces data-driven analysis on AI progress and governance, informing policymakers and researchers on the trajectory of AI development.