Research Manager

About the role

LASR Labs is hiring a Research Manager to help run the programme smoothly, serve as the programme's most technically-oriented staff member, and help participants get the most out of their time in the programme. This role focuses on research management and technical enablement.

Responsibilities

• Helping teams set goals, stay accountable, track progress, and prepare reports for the Programme Manager.
• Serving as a sounding board for participants, facilitating feedback between teams, supervisors, and staff.
• Career coaching and connecting participants to high-impact work.
• Evaluating and giving feedback on project proposals from supervisors.
• Hands-on technical support: advising on tooling and occasionally debugging participants' code to unblock experiments.
• Running technical workshops and skill-development sessions, including on using AI tools to research and code more efficiently.
• Assessing the technical abilities of applicants to the programme.
• Helping participants manage compute resources and GPU clusters.
• Pitching in on the things that keep the programme running well, including candidate recruitment and helping deliver events and sessions.

Qualifications

• Hands-on technical experience sufficient to debug participants’ code, identify implementation issues, and suggest practical approaches.
• A solid understanding of how to use AI tools to augment engineering and research capabilities of participants.
• Strong organisational and project management skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to understand and refine the experience of supervisors and participants.
• Motivation to contribute to core issues in AI safety.

Benefits

• Enable high-quality research and support the development of AI safety researchers.
• Deepen your understanding of cutting-edge AI safety research, gaining insights into the methodologies and strategies that drive impactful outcomes.
• Hone your management skills through hands-on experience in guiding researchers and projects toward success.
• Build valuable connections with leading experts and practitioners in the AI safety and broader research communities.
• Enjoy a collaborative work environment at the LISA/Impact First offices (catering and refreshments available), surrounded by driven individuals working toward shared goals.
• 25 days paid holiday per year, plus bank holidays.
• We provide a £5k-per-year professional development and productivity budget to help you work at your best.

Compensation and Logistics

• £60,000 - £90,000 per year, based on experience.
• This is a full-time role with Arcadia Impact and will be based in London working out of the LISA and Impact First offices.
• We are able to provide visa sponsorship for this role subject to eligibility requirements.