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Workshops and Events Lead
Cambridge Boston Alignment InitiativeWorkshops and Events Lead
Perks & benefits
CommissionHealth InsurancePaid Leave
Requirements
Event production experience, Community building skills, AI safety familiarity, Relationship management, Operational excellence, Strong communication
Skills
Event ManagementCommunity ManagementAI Safety
About the role
About the Company
The Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative (CBAI) is a nonprofit research organization working to advance research and education directed towards ensuring that society navigates a safe and beneficial transition to advanced AI systems. CBAI serves as the connective tissue between the AI safety research community across Harvard, MIT, and Northeastern.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end planning and execution of the Harvard-MIT AI Safety Workshops
- Scale the workshop program and curate guests from frontier AI safety research organizations
- Design workshop programming including session formats and speaker slots
- Identify and source opportunities for specialized research workshops in partnership with university research groups
- Manage venue, logistics, programming design, and speaker coordination for specialized workshops
- Run monthly Cambridge AI safety networking events and manage community outreach
- Build and maintain relationships with student group leaders, researchers, and faculty
Requirements
- Exceptional event production experience, ideally with multi-day or residential formats
- Strong community building and relationship management skills
- Fluency in AI safety research topics to engage with researchers and curate programming
- Operational excellence in managing vendors, budgets, and logistics
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Entrepreneurial mindset to build new workshop portfolios from scratch
- Mission-motivated with a genuine interest in AI safety
Preferred Qualifications
- Existing relationships in the AI safety or AI governance community
- Familiarity with the Cambridge and greater Boston venue and vendor landscape
- Experience working within university student organizations or academic departments
Benefits
- Salary: $80,000 – $100,000
- 5% 403(b) match contribution
- Comprehensive health insurance
- Generous PTO policy
- Meals provided during weekdays
- Employer-paid commuter benefits
- Reimbursement for work-related technology and home office expenses
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