AI Strategy Analyst – Senior Analyst

Rethink Priorities

AI Strategy Analyst researching transformative AI risks, opportunities, and interventions at Rethink Priorities, a think-and-do tank improving human and animal welfare. Producing strategic analysis and incubating high-impact initiatives.

Posted 8/7/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $110,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong research, writing, and synthesis skills to produce decision-relevant analyses and frameworks in the transformative AI domain. Capable of managing strategic research projects independently while building relationships with stakeholders and adapting to evolving priorities.

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Transformative AI KnowledgeResearch and Analysis SkillsProject Management ExperienceStrategic CommunicationProfessional-Level English Proficiency

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Hard Skills

Research SkillsWriting SkillsSynthesis SkillsProject ManagementAnalytical RigorDecision-Relevant ResearchForecastingStructured ReasoningStrategic Insight CommunicationEvaluation of Strategic Fit

Soft Skills

Self-ManagementRelationship BuildingSound JudgmentAdaptabilityCredibility Building

Industry Keywords

Transformative AIGovernance ApproachesExistential RisksPolicy SpecialistsField-Building DomainsRethink PrioritiesCognitive ScienceComputer SciencePublic PolicyEconomics

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Conduct research and analysis on transformative AI, including trajectories, potential upsides, catastrophic and existential risks, and interventions affecting long-run outcomes
Rapidly learn new technical, governance, and field-building domains as priorities evolve
Produce decision-relevant landscape analyses, frameworks, memos, and briefings for funders, policymakers, and project founders
Balance analytical rigor with speed and respond rapidly to changes in the strategic environment
Reassess workstreams and pivot when more impactful and neglected strategies emerge
Stay current on AI capabilities, deployment pathways, governance approaches, and emerging risks
Self-manage priorities and workload in a remote, asynchronous, international environment
Contribute to internal prioritization and research-quality processes
Build relationships with researchers, policy specialists, funders, and practitioners
Elicit and synthesize expert judgments into clear, actionable recommendations
Potentially represent the team at selected workshops and conferences
Assess whether promising strategies should become internal projects or new organizations
Evaluate proposed projects for strategic fit, theory of change, tractability, and potential impact
Report directly to the AI Strategy Program Lead
Own strategic research projects end to end as an individual contributor

Requirements

What you’ll need

Generalist range and track record of quickly getting up to speed in unfamiliar knowledge domains
Strong research, writing, and synthesis skills
Ability to communicate clear strategic insights in writing
Ability to plan work, unblock oneself, and deliver high-quality outputs with light-touch oversight
Excellent project management experience, including scoping, research processes, timelines, and deliverables
Sound judgment under deep uncertainty and willingness to pivot strategies
Ability to rapidly build credibility and rapport with external experts and elicit controversial or unpopular views
Experience or knowledge relating to transformative AI, including highly capable AI’s potential upsides and/or catastrophic and existential risks
Strong alignment with Rethink Priorities’ mission and efforts to reduce existential risk and secure beneficial outcomes from advanced AI
Professional-level English proficiency
Ability to attend meetings during working hours between UTC−8 and UTC+1
Ability to attend approximately three workshops/conferences annually, sometimes involving international flights, plus a five-workday annual retreat requiring air or train travel
Preferred: decision-relevant research experience for funders, policymakers, think tanks, or senior leadership
Preferred: background in public policy, economics, philosophy, cognitive science, computer science, or computer engineering
Preferred: familiarity and ideally relationships within the transformative-AI ecosystem
Preferred: forecasting or structured reasoning-under-uncertainty experience
Preferred: experience collaborating with research and operational teams

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual salary of $110,000–$150,000 USD pre-tax for full-time work, prorated for part-time work
Comprehensive global benefits program, including statutory and country-specific supplemental benefits
Generous paid time off and unpaid leave
Unlimited vacation with a minimum number of required statutory days off
Three weeks of organization-wide mid- and end-year breaks
Unlimited personal and sick paid and unpaid leave within reason
4–9 months of combined paid and unpaid parental leave
Other paid and unpaid leave, including bereavement leave
Remote-first environment with flexible work hours and schedule
Technology stipend of $2,000 USD equivalent every 3 years for work and office equipment
AI tools budget of $40 USD equivalent monthly
Professional Development Budget of $4,000 USD per year
Workshops and training sessions
10% of work time dedicated to professional and personal development
Paid work trips, including an annual all-staff Mega Team Retreat and relevant conferences
Virtual co-working spaces, including a private Rethink Priorities Focusmate group
RP Peer Support Program for New Employees
Opportunities for career growth and professional development
Reasonable accommodations and benefits including flexible work schedules and locations, mental health coverage where available, technology budgets, professional development time, assistive technology, and job coaching
Other benefits at the discretion of RP Leadership