Partner, AI Resilience

1 month ago
Full-time
Lead
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
EQL Tech

EQL Tech

EQL Tech specializes in providing recruitment solutions for AI-native startups and tech scaleups, focusing on connecting them with top-tier sales, go-to-market, and engineering talent to support their growth in global markets.

Internet Software & Services

Description

  • Map the AI resilience landscape to identify critical bottlenecks and keystone capabilities.
  • Source and evaluate ideas for new projects and organizations, including designing funding calls with funders.
  • Build founding teams and recruit early employees for new organizations.
  • Coach founders on technical and organizational roadmaps, fundraising, and startup operations.
  • Serve as a Director on multiple FRO boards and guide milestones, funding, strategy, hiring, and operations.
  • Develop theses and portfolios spanning areas such as biosecurity, cyber-physical systems, epistemic infrastructure, AI evaluation, compute governance, and economic modeling.
  • Represent Convergent Research with philanthropic and public funders.
  • Contribute to organization-wide initiatives, including Founder Retreats and Residencies.

Requirements

  • Detailed understanding of the 2026 AI landscape, including organizations, technologies, motivations, and timelines.
  • Ability to identify tractable AI-related risks and propose technical methods and organizations to address them.
  • Ideas or a credible plan for large-scale efforts that improve societal resilience during the AI transition.
  • Ability to develop, defend, and critically evaluate philanthropic funding theses.
  • Technical fluency in frontier AI and the ability to distinguish substantive bottlenecks from fashionable topics.
  • A deep professional network in AI or adjacent fields.
  • Experience working at a startup, venture firm, or as a founder, with practical knowledge of startup operations.
  • Experience raising money, managing budgets, writing technical roadmaps, and hiring.
  • Experience assembling and leading teams to accomplish difficult technical goals.
  • Experience with boards, governance, or nonprofit leadership, plus strong communication and execution skills.

Benefits

  • Salary range of $200,000–$350,000.
  • Up to a 6% 401(k) match.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with most options largely or fully covered for employees and dependents.
  • Company-paid life, AD&D, and short- and long-term disability insurance.
  • 19 paid holidays, including a full week off at year-end.
  • Three weeks of PTO with tenure increases, plus separate sick and parental leave.
  • Fertility benefits and childcare reimbursement.
  • Education, professional development, and wellness allowances.
  • Three team retreats per year and additional opportunities for in-person collaboration.

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