Senior Manager, People & Operations (AI Safety)

Location: San Francisco, CA; on-site 5 days/week; local candidates only

Salary: $150,000–$200,000 annually, depending on experience.

Company

hirify.global is a research and advocacy organization focused on mitigating societal-scale risks from AI.

What you will do

• Own the full employee lifecycle, including recruiting, onboarding, offboarding, benefits administration, HR policies, performance cycles, employee relations, and intern programs.
• Manage recruiting vendors and hiring pipelines while partnering with hiring managers.
• Maintain compliance with California and federal employment requirements in partnership with outside counsel.
• Manage and develop the Office Manager, coordinate vendors, and oversee day-to-day operational execution.
• Lead cross-functional projects including HR systems implementations, tool rollouts, compliance initiatives, process improvements, and office moves or build-outs.
• Navigate ambiguity, surface risks, make tradeoffs, and escalate decisions appropriately.

Requirements

• 7+ years in core operations, people operations, or a similarly high-ownership role, including hands-on ownership of HR at a small or fast-growing organization.
• Hands-on experience running at least two additional back-office functions, such as IT, legal, facilities, or compliance.
• Experience managing people and vendors.
• Experience building or improving processes, not only maintaining existing ones.
• Ability to work closely with senior leaders and act as a force multiplier.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; highly organized and detail-oriented.
• Discretion and sound judgment when handling sensitive information.
• Genuine interest in AI safety and CAIS’s mission.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.

Nice to have

• Working knowledge of California employment law.
• Experience implementing an HRIS, PEO, or similar people systems.
• Experience scaling operations at an early-stage or fast-growing mission-driven organization.
• Experience in a research organization, AI, or technology company.
• Experience managing an office move or build-out.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time, on-site work in San Francisco with local candidates only.
• Health insurance for employees and dependents.
• 401(k) plan with 4% matching.
• Unlimited PTO and lunch and dinner at the office.
• Annual professional development stipend.
• Access to talent working on technical and conceptual AI safety research.

Hiring process

• Applicants are encouraged, but not required, to explain why they want to work at CAIS; this is the first application detail reviewed.