Workstream Lead, Agentic AI Risk Modelling and Mitigations

The role

The AI Security Institute is seeking a Workstream Lead to lead and line-manage the Agentic AI Risk Modelling and Mitigations team, setting the research agenda and ensuring the work is relevant to the institutions that can act on it.

What you'll do

• Set the team’s strategy, quarterly plan and overall research agenda
• Lead the scientific direction of the team’s risk modelling, including selecting approaches, choosing which scenarios to develop, and reviewing outputs
• Develop analyses of how advanced AI systems could become difficult to oversee, correct or shut down, and identify practical ways to reduce those risks
• Turn research into assessments, mitigations and implementation pathways, and work with relevant UK organisations to support adoption
• Hire, line-manage and develop a multidisciplinary team, maintaining high standards across multiple strands of work
• Build trusted relationships with senior policy and technical staff across government, as well as leaders in research organisations and frontier AI companies

What it takes

• Experience of leading impactful research, scientific work, or technical programmes relevant to frontier AI, AI safety, AI governance, risk analysis, or a closely related field
• Strong strategic judgement on advanced AI risks and the ability to identify the most important questions in a fast-moving and uncertain area
• Experience of setting and delivering research agendas or analytical programmes in technically complex environments
• Ability to lead high-quality analytical or scientific work, including setting direction, reviewing outputs critically, and maintaining rigorous standards
• Experience of translating technical or research findings into practical recommendations, operational interventions, or policy-relevant outputs
• Track record of successfully leading and line-managing high-performing multidisciplinary teams, including developing more junior staff

What you'll bring

How we treat you

Impact you couldn't have anywhere else, incredibly talented, mission-driven and supportive colleagues, direct influence on how frontier AI is governed and deployed globally, work with the Prime Minister’s AI Advisor and leading AI companies, opportunity to shape the first & best-resourced public-interest research team focused on AI security, pre-release access to multiple frontier models and ample compute, extensive operational support so you can focus on research and ship quickly, work with experts across national security, policy, AI research and adjacent sciences, 5 days off and annual stipends for learning and development, and funding for conferences and external collaborations, freedom to pursue research bets without product pressure, opportunities to publish and collaborate externally, modern central London office, or where applicable, option to work in similar government offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Salford or Bristol, hybrid working, flexibility for occasional remote work abroad and stipends for work-from-home equipment, at least 25 days’ annual leave, 8 public holidays, extra team-wide breaks and 3 days off for volunteering, generous paid parental leave (36 weeks of UK statutory leave shared between parents + 3 extra paid weeks + option for additional unpaid time), on top of your salary, we contribute 28.97% of your base salary to your pension, discounts and benefits for cycling to work, donations and retail/gyms

How to apply

Apply directly on AI Security Institute's site. We link straight through — no resume parsing, no profile to fill out.

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