Application Guide

How to Apply for Senior Programs and Strategy Manager

at FAR AI

🏢 About FAR AI

FAR AI is a unique nonprofit bridging the gap between academic research and industry commercialization in AI safety. By incubating high-risk, high-reward research agendas, they directly shape the trajectory of trustworthy AI development. Working here offers the chance to influence critical conversations with top researchers and policymakers.

About This Role

As Senior Programs and Strategy Manager, you will design and execute high-impact strategic events that advance the AI safety field. Your work will shape agendas, select speakers, and build relationships across the ecosystem, directly amplifying FAR AI's mission to ensure beneficial AI.

💡 A Day in the Life

Your day might start with a call with a potential speaker for an upcoming workshop, followed by reviewing a framing document for an event on AI governance. After lunch, you could meet with the research team to align event themes with ongoing projects, then spend the afternoon analyzing attendee lists to ensure diverse expertise. You might end the day drafting a post-event report measuring intellectual impact.

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🎯 Who FAR AI Is Looking For

  • Proven experience designing and managing high-level strategic events or programs, preferably in AI, tech, or policy fields.
  • Deep understanding of AI safety research landscape, with strong judgment to identify and advance critical conversations.
  • Excellent relationship-building skills across academia, industry, and policy, with a network in the AI safety ecosystem.
  • Exceptional content development and communication skills, able to produce framing documents and event materials with intellectual rigor.

📝 Tips for Applying to FAR AI

1

Highlight specific events you've designed, including how you shaped agendas and selected speakers to achieve strategic goals.

2

Demonstrate your knowledge of key AI safety debates (e.g., alignment, governance, interpretability) and how events can advance them.

3

Mention any relationships with AI safety researchers or organizations (e.g., MIRI, CHAI, OpenAI policy team) to show ecosystem engagement.

4

Provide examples of content you've developed (e.g., framing documents, speaker briefs) that extended an event's intellectual impact.

5

Tailor your resume to emphasize program management, strategic thinking, and experience with high-stakes, intellectually rigorous events.

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

["Your passion for AI safety and understanding of FAR AI's unique role in incubating research agendas.", "Specific examples of past events you've managed that advanced critical conversations in a technical or policy domain.", 'Your ability to build and maintain relationships across diverse stakeholders (researchers, funders, policymakers).', "How your content development skills can enhance the intellectual impact and reach of FAR AI's events."]

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Read FAR AI's published research and event reports to understand their intellectual focus and event formats.
  • → Study the AI safety landscape: key organizations (e.g., Anthropic, DeepMind safety teams, CSER), major conferences (e.g., EA Global, NeurIPS safety workshops), and current debates.
  • → Review FAR AI's team page and LinkedIn to understand the backgrounds of current staff and potential collaborators.
  • → Familiarize yourself with the concept of 'incubating research agendas' and how FAR AI differs from other AI safety organizations.
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💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 How would you design an event to advance the conversation on AI alignment? Walk through agenda, speaker selection, and attendee composition.
2 Describe a time you had to balance competing stakeholder interests in a program or event. How did you prioritize?
3 What are the most critical unanswered questions in AI safety today, and how can events help address them?
4 How do you measure the success of a strategic event beyond attendance numbers?
5 How would you approach building relationships with key researchers in the AI safety ecosystem who may be skeptical of events?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Submitting a generic application without demonstrating specific knowledge of AI safety debates or FAR AI's work.
  • Focusing only on event logistics (e.g., catering, venue) rather than strategic content and intellectual rigor.
  • Failing to show how you've built and leveraged relationships in a technical ecosystem, which is crucial for this role.

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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