Senior Manager (AI Safety)

About Faculty

At Faculty, we transform organisational performance through safe, impactful and human-centric AI.

With more than a decade of experience, we provide over 350 global customers with software, bespoke AI consultancy, and Fellows from our award winning Fellowship programme.

Our expert team brings together leaders from across government, academia and global tech giants to solve the biggest challenges in applied AI.

Should you join us, you’ll have the chance to work with, and learn from, some of the brilliant minds who are bringing Frontier AI to the frontlines of the world.

About the team

Our Government and Public Services business unit is committed to leveraging AI for the benefit of individual citizens and the public good.

From our work informing strategic government decisions, to optimising our NHS, through to protecting children from harmful online content - we know that AI offers opportunities to drive improvements at every level of Government and we are proud to lead on some of the most impactful work happening in the sector.

Because of the nature of the work we do with our Government clients, you may need to be eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC) and willing to work on site with these customers from time to time.

About the role

As a Senior Manager within our AI Safety team, you’ll lead delivery across our AI Safety portfolio, focusing on frontier model evaluations and crucial crossover work with our customers in the Government & Public Services space. This is a strategic role working alongside peers to shape the commercial delivery of our AI Safety projects in the UK

You’ll serve as the primary link between clients and our dedicated data scientists to translate cutting edge AI safety research into actionable changes as well as model red teaming and safeguard testing with labs like OpenAI and Anthropic into strategic, impactful solutions.

What you'll be doing:

• Overseeing, and providing thought leadership on, the delivery of novel and complex AI safety evaluations and red teaming projects for clients.

• Forming strong, trusting relationships with customers, internal safety data scientists, and technical partners, including frontier labs.

• Developing and executing compelling proposals to grow our AI safety and governance work across a wide range of sectors.

• Advising clients on AI safety strategy and technical implementation, acting as a trusted partner and consultant.

• Mentoring and developing team members, aligning their responsibilities with the fast-growing and important AI safety domain.

• Supporting wider delivery work as a Senior Manager when needed business to ensure maximum strategic flexibility and commercial impact.

Who we're looking for:

• You bring proven experience or a passion for Applied AI safety, possibly from labs, academia, or evaluation/red teaming roles.

• You understand the commercial consulting delivery model, allowing you to focus immediately on account growth and project oversight.

• You can effectively bridge the gap between highly technical AI safety research and strategic business challenges, communicating complex ideas clearly.

• You are excited by the opportunity to join a globally leading team in the fast-growing and vital AI safety ecosystem.

• You possess the flexibility to support broader senior manager work and embrace an entrepreneurial approach to a highly visible portfolio.

• You thrive in ambiguous settings and demonstrate a structured approach to problem-solving and delivering high-quality, high-stakes projects.

The Interview Process

Talent Team Screen (30 minutes)
Introduction to the team (60 minutes)
Case Study Interview (60 minutes)
Culture and Leadership Interview (60 minutes)

What we can offer you:

The Faculty team is diverse and distinctive, and we all come from different personal, professional and organisational backgrounds. We all have one thing in common: we are driven by a deep intellectual curiosity that powers us forward each day.

Faculty is the professional challenge of a lifetime. You’ll be surrounded by an impressive group of brilliant minds working to achieve our collective goals.

Our consultants, product developers, business development specialists, operations professionals and more all bring something unique to Faculty, and you’ll learn something new from everyone you meet.