Policy Programs & Partnerships Manager (AI)

TL;DR

Policy Programs & Partnerships Manager (AI): Building and managing relationships with governments, civil-society organizations, and multilateral bodies in developing markets with an accent on AI access, safety, and development. Focus on shaping policy positions, structuring collaborations, and driving program execution across a globally distributed team.

Location: Ideally EMEA alongside the Global Impact Lead or SF with the HQ team. Expect meaningful international travel (30–40%) and working hours that bridge European and US Pacific time zones. Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time.

Company

hirify.global’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems, ensuring AI is safe and beneficial for users and society.

What you will do

• Lead meetings with senior government officials, regulators, and multilateral bodies in priority markets, representing hirify.global independently.
• Develop strategy for engagement with multilateral institutions on AI access, safety, and development.
• Build and manage a portfolio of civil-society, foundation and other regional partnerships and engagements.
• Design and stand up joint programs with partners: scope, deliverables, governance, and measurement.
• Develop key initiatives as part of the Global Impact work-stream plan and drive execution across a globally distributed team.
• Contribute to hirify.global's presence at major multilateral summits and regional convenings.

Requirements

• Have 10+ years in international policy, development, diplomacy, or partnerships with clear evidence of operating internationally.
• Have personally represented an organization to ministers, directors-general, or equivalent senior officials.
• Have built and managed partnerships with civil-society organizations, multilateral institutions, or foundations.
• Have worked directly with governments and implementing partners in emerging markets to drive impact.
• Combine external presence with operational rigor.
• Have high tolerance for ambiguity and operate with high autonomy across time zones.

Nice to have

• Experience at a multilateral institution (UN system, development bank, regional body), a major foundation or international NGO, a foreign ministry, or the international/government-affairs function of a technology company.
• Substantive familiarity with AI policy topics including data sovereignty, compute access, local-language models, AI-for-development.
• A track record structuring multi-party coalitions or consortiums where government, civil society, and private sector had to work together.
• Working proficiency in a language relevant to priority markets.
• Experience inside a fast-growing technology company and comfort with the pace that comes with it.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Optional equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Flexible working hours.
• Lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.

Hiring process

• We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification.
• We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications.
• We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.