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Oath Technologies - Chief of Staff

Convergent Research26 open roles

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$146,000 – $219,000 a year
Where
Berkeley, CA
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About Oath

Oath Technologies is a new research organization building tools for oversight of advanced AIs. As AIs become more powerful, it will become more difficult to understand and monitor their behavior. Oath is building oversight tools based on formal verification: rather than monitor AIs directly, humans define unambiguous rules, and AIs must provide trustworthy mathematical evidence of compliance. In this way, Oath will help keep humans safe and in control as AI advances.

Oath is a Focused Research Organization (FRO) incubated and fiscally sponsored by Convergent Research. Convergent has incubated 12 FROs spanning mathematics, astrophysics, neuroscience, climate, biology, and AI, including the Lean FRO (formal mathematics and verification) and E11 Bio (whole-brain circuit mapping). Oath is led by CEO Dr. Mike Dodds, and is based in Berkeley, CA.

Role Summary

Primary Responsibilities

  • Convergent Research liaison Our fiscal sponsor provides HR, legal, finance, and payroll infrastructure and limited support, and many of these responsibilities are shared with their staff. The Chief of Staff will own coordination with Convergent Research, fulfill all FRO-owned responsibilities, and oversee the handoff when specific responsibilities move into the FRO.
  • Operations and finance. Own budget management and tracking, financial reporting & oversight, and expense management, working with Convergent's finance function. Build operational systems. Work with the incubator space that initially hosts Oath, and later stand up an Oath-specific office in Berkeley, CA.
  • Hiring and onboarding. Run our Year 1+ hiring pipeline. Source candidates, drawing on Mike's network, Convergent's recruiting connections, and the formal-methods and AI-safety community. Design and coordinate the interview process. Onboard new hires.
  • People management. The Chief of Staff will have no reports at first: this is a peer, operational partner role to the CEO. As the team grows, they will own People Ops fundamentals (compensation, evaluation, culture setting), and be the first port of call for people issues in partnership with Convergent Research.
  • Vendor and partner administration. Manage relationships with R&D contractors. Administer other vendor relationships (compute, legal counsel, recruiters). Handle logistics for partner and funder engagement as it comes up.
  • Board & stakeholder management. Plan and create materials for Board of Directors meetings, Strategic Advisory Board meetings, donor updates, and other engagements.

Qualifications

  • A high degree of comfort operating without a playbook and a history of getting whatever needs to be done, done.
  • Experience at an early-stage organization, ideally in a founding or organizational design role.
  • Comfort operating across hiring, operations, finance, vendor management, and people management, with support from our fiscal sponsor, Convergent Research.
  • Excellent organizational and project management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities.
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and build consensus.
  • HR/ People Operations experience.
  • Experience working with research and/or engineering teams delivering ambitious results.
  • Knowledge of AI risks generally, and alignment with Oath's mission to counter AI risks.
  • A broad enthusiasm for deeply technical topics, and a passion for ideas.
  • Previous C-suite/COO titles, or previous seniority of any kind. We will select primarily for ambition, demonstrated skill, trajectory, and alignment to mission.
  • AI/ML or formal methods technical skill or experience.

Our Benefits Include:

  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • Generous time off + paid holidays
  • Company-paid life and AD&D, with voluntary supplemental options
  • Company 401(k) match up to 6%

We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. We believe in hiring individuals based on their unique talents—not on race, color, religion, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law or our company policies. We are more than a proud Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Our goal is to foster a healthy, safe, and respectful environment where all employees are valued and treated with dignity. Harassment of any kind is not tolerated here.

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