About us
Stop The AI Race is a movement aiming to stop the development of increasingly powerful AI models. To achieve our mission, we organize public demonstrations outside companies in order to place strategic pressure on key actors, such as government and lab leaders. We’re a small team working with a growing volunteer base and a coalition of AI safety, labor and civic organizations, we’re based in the Bay Area, and we organized the largest AI protest in the US.
The role
The Chief of Staff works closely with the founder to run the organization: fundraising, hiring, planning, finances and legal matters. The Organizing & Operations Lead runs our events, and this role makes sure the organization behind them works well. You’ll report directly to the founder.
Responsibilities
- Run fundraising operations: the donor pipeline, grant applications and reports, and pitch materials
- Manage our relationships with our grantmaker, accountant and outside counsel
- Own hiring from start to finish: sourcing, work trials, reference checks, offers and onboarding
- Turn strategy discussions into clear written plans, memos and retrospectives
- Run our planning process: weekly priorities, quarterly goals and reviews after each action
- Build the budget and financial forecasts with the Operations Lead
- Represent the founder in meetings when needed, and take on problems that don’t have an owner yet
What we’re looking for
- Experience as a chief of staff, early operator, campaign manager or second-in-command at a small organization, with responsibility for finances, people and legal matters
- Clear, fast writing, and the ability to turn an open-ended discussion into a decision
- Strong judgment and discretion. This work is politically sensitive and public.
- Comfort with a role whose scope changes as the organization grows
- You share our concern about the risks of frontier AI development and are comfortable being publicly associated with the movement
- Nice to have: experience with nonprofit finance, grant compliance or fundraising
Logistics
Full-time W-2 position, $100,000/year. Based in San Francisco; remote is possible. Start as soon as possible. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US; we can’t sponsor visas.
How to apply
Email contact@stoptherace.ai with the role title in the subject line, a short note on why you’re interested, and your resume or LinkedIn.
Contract work
We also hire contractors for protest organizing, event support, photography, video and design. If you’re interested in project-based work, email contact@stoptherace.ai with “Contractor” in the subject line and a note on what you do.