Senior Researcher, MIT AI Risk Initiative

Core responsibilities:

• Lead applied research at MIT's AI Risk Initiative to understand and reduce AI risks through rigorous methods and stakeholder engagement.
• Design systematic reviews and surveys to synthesize evidence on organizational AI risk responses.
• Develop practical decision-support tools and research outputs for technical and applied audiences.
• Manage research projects end-to-end, including scoping, timelines, and team leadership.

This role creates positive change by understanding and reducing AI risks through rigorous research and stakeholder engagement, helping to ensure AI technologies are developed and deployed safely and responsibly.

Required skills and qualifications:

• Experience in applied research with rigorous methods.
• Ability to design systematic reviews and surveys.
• Skills in developing decision-support tools and research outputs for technical audiences.
• Experience in stakeholder engagement across government, industry, and research sectors.
• Project management skills including scoping, timeline management, and team leadership.

No specific benefits, compensation, or salary information provided in the job description.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's FutureTech AI Risk Initiative focuses on understanding and reducing AI risks through applied research and stakeholder engagement.