Head of Talent ($150k–$200k) at $25M-funded AI safety nonprofit startup

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Job Title

Head of Talent

Salary

$150k–$200k

Company Description

$25M-funded nonprofit startup building the global AI safety and biosecurity workforce

Job Description

You will lead the ambitious effort to triple a high-impact team, hiring 20 exceptional people over the next year. As a strategic partner to the CEO, you’ll build the recruiting infrastructure from scratch, map the AI safety landscape, and personally close top-tier talent from major AI labs and startups.

Location

San Francisco, USA

Why this role is remarkable

• Direct CEO-level partnership with total autonomy to design the company’s hiring systems and employer brand from the ground up.
• Massive philanthropic impact, personally shaping the core team that trains and places thousands of researchers into organizations like Anthropic and DeepMind.
• Strong financial backing with $25M raised in 2025 to scale a world-class workforce dedicated to protecting humanity from transformative technology risks.
  
  

What You Will Do

• Source relentlessly through cold outreach, events, and deep networks to build a pipeline of 50+ qualified candidates in Ashby.
• Own the end-to-end candidate experience, maintaining a first-choice offer acceptance rate of ≥80% through persuasive, mission-driven closing.
• Dramatically accelerate hiring speed, reducing the median time from first contact to accepted offer to four weeks or less.
  
  

The ideal candidate

• Proven track record of closing elite, hard-to-get candidates in competitive markets without relying solely on high compensation packages.
• Exceptional taste for talent, with the ability to identify high-agency, mission-aligned individuals who thrive in high-ambiguity startup environments.
• Rapid landscape mapping skills, ideally with existing knowledge of the AI safety, biosecurity, or effective altruism professional ecosystems.
  
  

Who are Jack & Jill?

Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support.

And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate.

Next steps

Step 1. Visit the job listing.

Step 2. Click 'Talk to Jack', or go straight there: https://www.jackandjill.ai/jobs/head-of-talent-150k-200k-at-25m-funded-ai-safety-nonprofit-startup-b96e5edb-b3c8-4732-bc36-a18ba1c5fcf8?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=job_post&utm_campaign=featured_role_b96e5edb-b3c8-4732-bc36-a18ba1c5fcf8

Step 3. Talk to Jack so he can understand your experience and ambitions.

Step 4. Jack will make sure Jill (the AI agent working for the company) considers you for this role.

Step 5. If Jill thinks you're a great fit and her client wants to meet you, they will make the introduction.

Step 6. If not, Jack will find you excellent alternatives. All for free.

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