Closed Chief of Staff

$130,000 – $250,000 (depending on experience and location; additional flexibility for exceptional candidates)

The Institute for Law & AI (LawAI) is an independent think tank that researches and advises on the legal challenges posed by artificial intelligence. We believe that sound legal analysis will promote security, welfare, and the rule of law. We conduct research at the intersection of artificial intelligence, law, and policy and advise governments, research organizations, and private actors. You can learn more about LawAI here, alongside our recent publications and an overview of our work streams and research directions.

LawAI is looking for a Chief of Staff to work closely with our Director (Christoph Winter) and the rest of the leadership team (Cullen O’Keefe and Mackenzie Arnold) to ensure that LawAI achieves its goals. As a key member of our team, you would provide strategic guidance, manage team members and organizational health, move forward key projects, and serve as a trusted confidante and sounding board, with the overarching aim of ensuring that LawAI fulfills its organizational objectives.

This is a strategic role that will help to determine the trajectory of the organization.

Your main responsibilities would include:

• Setting organizational goals with the Director
  . For example, this could include refining LawAI’s impact metrics as the organization grows and the field evolves, or proposing new projects.
• Operating as a thought partner and source of objective counsel and feedback for the Director and leadership team.
• Making LawAI a great place to work
  . You would be responsible for our organizational health and culture, creating an environment where team members from all backgrounds feel a sense of belonging, have high job satisfaction, and perform well.
• Ensuring that LawAI meets its organizational goals and works in accordance with its theory of change
  . This might include developing and implementing processes for tracking goals and project milestones, seeking feedback from team members and external stakeholders, and periodic evaluation.
• Driving organizational scale and capacity
  . You would be a key part of hiring processes and decisions, project systems, and organizational goal-setting and tracking.
• Identifying opportunities for operational improvements as LawAI expands its team and work.
• Conducting horizon scanning
  . You would track organizational risks, working to mitigate risk factors and take advantage of arising opportunities where possible.
• Managing staff across teams to ensure that strategic objectives are being met and new opportunities identified.

Depending on the background and experience of the candidate, responsibilities could additionally include:

• Managing and offering mentorship
  , as needed, to the leadership team.
• Owning high‑priority meetings for the Director
  , for example by structuring the agenda and attendee lists, preparing and reviewing meeting materials, and following up on post‑meeting tasks.
• Representing LawAI in meetings with external partners, grantmakers, and institutions. You would be a trusted extension of our leadership team and the Director.

You might be a good fit for this role if you:

• Are committed to our mission to promote security, welfare, and the rule of law in the age of AI. You need not be a subject matter expert, but we are looking for someone interested in learning more about AI, law, and policy to contextualize your work.
• Have strong leadership and management skills
  . You have high emotional intelligence and are able to manage teams, both directly and through the example you set, in a fast‑moving environment. You are able to convey the reasoning behind decisions when necessary and motivate a team. You both give and are…