Workshops and Events Lead

You'll own CBAI's external-facing event and workshop portfolio - the programs that make Cambridge a genuine gathering point for AI safety researchers and that build the field's next generation of talent. This includes three distinct but interconnected

responsibilities: scaling and improving the Harvard-MIT AI Safety Workshops held in Essex, MA; running CBAI's monthly city-level networking events; and sourcing, designing, and executing high-visibility specialized research workshops with Harvard, MIT, and Northeastern research groups. This is equal parts community strategy and operational execution - you'll need to be as comfortable designing a workshop curriculum with student group leaders as you are negotiating a venue contract or managing a speaker's travel logistics.

- Curate and invite guests from frontier AI safety research organizations - including Redwood Research, METR, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, OpenAI's safety teams, and Cambridge-area academics

- Identify and source opportunities for high-visibility, weekend-long specialized research workshops in partnership with Harvard, MIT, and Northeastern research groups

- As the portfolio grows, take on a managerial dimension - coordinating contractors, volunteers, or support staff to run larger events effectively

- Own and run CBAI's monthly Cambridge AI safety networking events, serving as the connective tissue between researchers, students, and practitioners across the city

You're an exceptional event producer. You've planned and executed complex, multi-stakeholder events - ideally including residential or multi-day formats - and you take genuine pride in the quality of the experience you create. You anticipate problems before they happen, keep logistics airtight, and remain calm when they don't.

You're a natural community builder. You understand that events are a means, not an end. You think about what makes a community worth belonging to, who should be in the room and why and how to design experiences that strengthen relationships and generate real intellectual value - not just fill a calendar.

You're a credible interlocutor in research spaces. Familiarity with AI safety research is a strong plus for this role. You don't need to be a researcher, but you need enough fluency to hold a substantive conversation with a safety researcher at Anthropic, understand why a particular workshop topic matters, and make good curatorial judgments about guests and programming.

Candidates with meaningful AI safety familiarity will be strongly preferred.

You're an excellent relationship builder. A significant part of this role is maintaining trust with student group leaders at Harvard and MIT, researchers at frontier labs, and faculty across multiple universities. You know how to build those relationships thoughtfully and keep them warm over time.

Operationally excellent. You manage vendors, timelines, budgets, and logistics without dropping things. You build systems and documentation that make each successive event easier to run than the last.

Excellent communicator. You write clearly, represent CBAI well to external audiences, and give and receive feedback effectively. You're proactive when you notice a problem.

Mission-motivated. You care about AI safety and want to contribute to building the research community working on it - even if your contribution is through convening and community rather than research itself.

Entrepreneurial. The specialized workshop portfolio is nascent. You'll need to identify opportunities, make the case to potential partners, and build something that doesn't yet fully exist.

If you wait to be handed a clear brief, this role will be frustrating.

- Existing relationships in the AI safety, AI governance, or broader Cambridge research community

- Experience with residential or retreat-style event formats

- Familiarity with the Cambridge and greater Boston venue and vendor landscape

- Experience working with or within university student organizations or academic departments

This is not a research role. You'll be deeply embedded in cutting-edge AI safety research conversations, but your job is to build the environments where those conversations happen - not to participate in them as a researcher. If you're primarily motivated by contributing to AI safety research directly, this role won't be satisfying.