Senior Programs & Strategy Manager

Ashby Electrical Limited

Senior Programs & Strategy Manager leading event design and content curation to impact AI safety research. Collaborating with key stakeholders to ensure meaningful programming and events.

Posted 6/27/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $115,000 - $175,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design agendas for FAR.AI’s events portfolio (estimated 12+ events per year), from theory of change through to session structure, speaker selection, and attendee composition.
Propose speakers and attendees with genuine judgment about who will move a conversation forward.
Read a draft speaker list and immediately see who is missing; read a draft agenda and immediately see what is not quite right.
Ensure programming reflects the current state of the field and anticipates where it is heading, working with FAR.AI’s in-house research team to pressure-test content decisions.
Take considered bets on emerging topics and innovative formats, and make the intellectual case for them.
Own the content framing for each event developing event theory of change documents, briefing notes, and framing materials that give the programme a clear intellectual spine.
Lead the speaker invitation and engagement process, including drafting outreach, managing speaker preparation, and ensuring speakers are well-positioned to contribute to the event's goals.
Produce written content that extends the reach of FAR.AI’s events: framing documents, research summaries, speaker briefings, and post-event reports.
Develop participant strategies for each event, identifying the stakeholders, expertise, and perspectives required to achieve the event's objectives.
Track which relationships need tending, which conversations should continue, and which outputs are worth pursuing after each event.
Build and maintain relationships with senior researchers, lab representatives, policymakers, and field-builders across the AI safety ecosystem.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive experience designing agendas for technical, academic, or policy-focused events; with a track record of programs that were intellectually ambitious, not just well-organized
Demonstrated ability to translate a strategic goal into a session structure, a speaker list, and a room composition that will actually achieve it
Sharp instincts about who should be in the room and what the conversation needs; developed through years of working closely with researchers, practitioners, or policymakers
Genuine familiarity with the AI safety field; its key questions, key players, and current debates
A track record of original written output event framing documents, research summaries, essays, reports, or equivalent; that demonstrates depth of thinking and a clear point of view
Proven ability to work with high-status or technical stakeholders and manage complex relationships with care
Comfortable proposing ideas that feel ambitious or unconventional and making the intellectual case for them to senior people
Proficiency in project management tools (e.g. Asana, Coda, Airtable)
Strong motivation to contribute to AI safety and the future of the field.

Benefits

Comp & perks

comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
generous paid time off and holidays
work-related travel and equipment expenses are covered
catered lunch and dinner at our Berkeley office

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Hard Skills & Tools

event designagenda developmentcontent framingwritten communicationstakeholder managementstrategic planningresearch analysisprogram developmentsession structure designparticipant strategy development

Soft Skills

judgmentrelationship buildingcommunicationcreativityadaptabilitycollaborationcritical thinkingleadershipproblem-solvingmotivation