Research Lead - Securing Frontier AI

Position Description

RAND’s , part of the Global and Emerging Risks (GER) Division conducts cutting-edge research on transformative, high-impact technologies—including artificial intelligence and biotechnology—to shape policies that protect global security and advance the public good.

You will be responsible for managing significant research budgets and personnel, overseeing complex technical research and policy analysis projects, and leading multidisciplinary teams of policy researchers, engineers, and scientists. Your work will inform analysis delivered to senior government and industry leaders.

Your team will communicate findings to both technical and non-technical audiences through quick-turnaround policy briefs and detailed technical analyses. A recent example of one of our research products is the report, which explored protecting frontier AI model weights from theft and misuse.

This position is structured as a two-year appointment with options to ren...