Technical AI Safety Programme Manager

We’re looking for a Technical AI Safety Programme Manager to join our team at Meridian — a small, ambitious organisation building a community of researchers focused on AI safety and the long-term future of humanity.

This role will help develop and run our AI safety education and research programmes, using Cambridge as a base to develop talent across the UK. You'll work with researchers, industry people, and universities to create learning paths that actually get people into AI safety work. This isn't just workshop planning. You'll design programs, coordinate with researchers, and build the systems that move people from "interested in AI safety" to "working on AI safety problems." The goal is creating a reliable pipeline from education to real jobs.

What you’ll do

Run research programmes
You’ll help manage the research and operations of MARS (Mentorship for Alignment Research Students) and our Visiting Researchers Programme.

Workshop design & delivery
You’ll design and facilitate AI safety workshops, fellowship, and lectures for Cambridge students and professionals, both technical and non-technical alike.

Host events
Help organise and run workshops, speaker events, lab meetings, journal clubs, and other community events.

Build relationships
Stay in close contact with students, fellows, collaborators, and senior researchers, strengthening our local and global research networks, and attract Cambridge talent to AI safety careers.

Field-building strategy
As Meridian grows, you’ll help expand our AI safety offerings and help inform and direct where talent, money, and time are dedicated.

What we’re looking for

AI safety knowledge: You understand AI safety research — the key problems, current approaches, ongoing debates. You can explain these concepts clearly to people who aren't researchers.

Programme experience: You've planned events, facilitated workshops, or run educational/research programmes before.

Strategic thinking: You can see how individual programs fit into bigger talent development goals.

People skills: You can work with researchers, academics, and industry folks to create partnerships that benefit everyone.

Helpful But Not Required

• 2+ years in AI safety, research coordination, or technical education programs

• Experience with academic partnerships or university programmes

• Background in computer science, AI/ML, or mathematics

• Familiarity with Cambridge or UK academic environments
  

Additional Details

• This is an in-person role in Cambridge, UK.

• We can sponsor UK work visas.

• Contract Type: Full time (40 hours/week)

• Salary: £50,000-56,000 pro rata (negotiable)

• Earliest Start: August 2025 (flexible)

• Contract Duration: 6-12 mo., with strong intention to renew conditional on performance

What You Get

You'll work from our hub in central Cambridge with 100+ researchers, technologists and founders working on AI safety, biosecurity, and related problems. Direct access to leading researchers and resources to build programmes that matter.

• 4% employer pension contribution

• Lunches and snacks provided

• Annual travel and professional development budget