Program & Research Lead, AI, Labor, & Economy (Fixed Term)

The Partnership on AI (PAI) is the leading forum addressing the most important and difficult decisions on the future of AI.

• 5+ years of relevant and progressively responsible experience at the intersection of AI, labor, and economics. 
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage concurrent workstreams and deliverables.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical and policy insights into accessible research, outputs, and messaging for diverse audiences; demonstrated experience producing written outputs such as reports or briefings for policy and practitioner audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to translate stakeholder input into research questions, measurement frameworks, or analytical priorities, and to work effectively with academic researchers and technical teams.
• Strong partnership management skills, including experience stewarding a project requiring complex coordination between multiple organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate and build trust and consensus in diverse multi-stakeholder settings, including convening stakeholders with differing perspectives and spanning multiple sectors to deliberate complex issues.
• Preferred candidates (candidates are not expected to have all of these qualities)
• • Substantive expertise in common sources of labor market and economic data (e.g., government survey or Census data, tax data, private payroll data), to support translation of stakeholder research questions into a research agenda by identifying potential data sources that could answer them.
  • Knowledge of, or direct experience working in, low and medium-income countries, or with international institutions such as but not limited to the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, OECD, or International Labor Organization is a plus.

• PAI's compensation philosophy reflects our commitment to fairness and equity across our distributed team. Compensation is based on role level, experience, skills, geographic location, and internal equity considerations.
• This is a full-time, fixed-term employee position with an anticipated end date of December 15, 2027. Compensation is annualized, with actual earnings based on the employee's period of employment.

• Champion of equity, diversity, and inclusion both internally and externally.
• Selflessly models the ethical values of the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to work across sectors, including in industry, civil society and labor groups, advocacy, and academia
• Relationship and consensus-building skills, including experience managing coalitions and diverse communities
• Comfortable operating at (and pivoting between) high-level strategic vision and detailed, tactical execution

• Based in the US. 
• Willing and able to travel and work remotely.
• Comfortable working across time zones, including at times with international partners.

• Justice: Notices and addresses inequities, includes diverse perspectives, and acts fairly in decisions and collaboration.
• Trust: Communicates openly, follows through on commitments, and demonstrates reliability and integrity.
• Respect: Listens fully, values others’ time and contributions, and collaborates thoughtfully.
• Compassion: Shows empathy, patience, and care, especially when supporting colleagues or navigating challenges.