[Hiring] Generalist (Operations) @Kairos

Role Description

Take on the business and back-end operations that keep Kairos running: finances, payments, HR, compliance, and systems, plus support for our programs and Pathfinder groups.

Note: This role description is a first draft. Scope, salary, and responsibilities may evolve as our plans develop over the coming weeks, and we’ll keep you in the loop about any changes if you apply.

What You’ll Do

• Build systems and automations.
• Run our finances and back-end operations.
• Process grants and payments.
• Pitch in on program ops and whatever else needs doing.

Who You Are

• Smart, agentic, and able to figure things out.
• Great at automation and tooling.
• Eager to help, and able to be assertive.
• Organized and on top of things.
• Strong writer and communicator.
• Mission-aligned.

While not required, we especially value:

• Some experience in finance, accounting, HR, nonprofit compliance, event planning, or other business operations or nonprofit administration.
• Strong automation and AI-tooling chops.
• Context on AI safety and the broader ecosystem.

Why Work With Us

• You’ll be working toward reducing risks from advanced AI, potentially the most important challenge of our time.
• Few ops roles are this broad.
• You’ll get to shape the role around your interests.
• We’re building a world-class team.
• Collaborate regularly with leading AI safety researchers, policy professionals, funders, and organizers.

What We Offer

• Base salary: $95,000–$190,000, depending on experience and location.
• Location: Access to office space in San Francisco, Berkeley, London, or Boston; optional coworking elsewhere.
• Benefits: Flexible working hours, highly competitive health insurance, dental and vision coverage, generous vacation policy, and professional development budget.
• Team retreats: We host all-team retreats three times a year.

Logistics

• Start date: Flexible, though we generally expect new hires to be able to start within a couple of months of applying.
• Remote, with expected travel 3-6 times a year for conferences and events, predominantly in the US.
• We prefer candidates who can attend meetings in the ET time zone.
• We may be able to provide visa sponsorship to the US, depending on the circumstances.

Our Culture

We’re a small, high-trust team motivated by the urgent challenge of making advanced AI go well. We value collaborative truth-seeking, a scout mindset, agility, and an alliance mindset with the broader ecosystem.

We also believe meaningful work should be enjoyable. We support each other’s well-being, celebrate wins, and maintain a healthy sense of humor even when the work is hard.

Application Process

• Application form (10–20 mins)
• Screening call (15 mins)
• Take-home assignment (1.5–3 hours, paid)
• Interview (45 mins)
• Reference checks
• Work trial (3–4 days, paid)
• Offer

If you’re excited about this role but unsure whether you meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. If you’re interested in multiple roles, apply to the one that best fits your skills and interests, and note in your application the other roles that you’d like to be considered for.

Questions? Reach out at [email protected] .

Know someone who might be a good fit? If your referral gets hired and completes 6 months with us, we’ll pay you a $5,000 referral bonus.