AI Partnerships Lead

Blue Rose Research•San Francisco, CA

6d•Remote

About The Position

Blue Rose Research is hiring an AI Partnerships Lead to build external relationships, help lead AI client work, and coordinate AI research and advice across the firm. The role bridges AI safety researchers, technologists, and philanthropic funders with policymakers, Hill staff, and political strategists. The Lead will meet with AI safety organizations, funders, and allies, identify their information needs, and translate conversations into research questions that can be answered through polling and message testing. Reporting to the Director of External Affairs, the Lead will coordinate AI-related projects and track incoming AI questions across Blue Rose to help set research priorities and deliver useful guidance to clients and partners. The role works closely with firm leadership and the research team to determine what to study, share findings with partners, and help ensure research informs real decisions. It includes frequent in-person meetings and regular travel between San Francisco and Washington, DC. Blue Rose is a remote team with offices in NYC and DC and regular in-person meetups; there is a strong preference for a candidate based in San Francisco or Washington, DC. Blue Rose Research builds data and AI tools to help Democrats win elections. Its team combines engineering, data science, and political strategy to support campaigns and progressive organizations. Candidates must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States. The role is currently collecting resumes, with active hiring likely to begin in December; details may be revised when hiring begins.

Requirements

Typically 6 or more years of professional experience in politics, policy, philanthropy, research, or the tech sector.
Understanding of the AI safety and technology communities, including their people, organizations, debates, and vocabulary, as well as how Washington politics and policymaking work.
Hands-on experience with polling, survey research, or message testing, and understanding of how to formulate research questions and what polls can and cannot answer.
Track record of earning the trust of senior leaders, funders, and organizational partners.
Strong listening skills and ability to distinguish what someone requests from what they need to know.
Clear writing and speaking skills, including the ability to explain research findings to technical and political audiences.
Sound judgment and discretion when handling sensitive conversations, confidential information, and partners with potentially differing interests.
Proactive, organized, and reliable follow-through, with the ability to work independently with minimal direction.
Commitment to ensuring the public's views shape how AI is built, funded, and governed.
Experience leading client research projects from scoping through delivery and working with researchers to turn findings into recommendations.
Experience managing multiple concurrent requests, tracking commitments, and keeping teams aligned on research priorities and recommendations.
Authorization to work lawfully in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Existing relationships in the AI safety and AI policy communities, or with the funders who support them.
Experience at a polling firm, research organization, or data-driven political organization.
Experience in government, on Capitol Hill, or on a political campaign.
Experience in fundraising, development, or funder relations.
Based in San Francisco.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain trusted relationships with AI safety organizations, AI policy groups, philanthropic funders, and political allies.
Hold regular in-person partner meetings in San Francisco, Washington, DC, and elsewhere; serve as Blue Rose's main point of contact for these partners.
Follow up after meetings, track commitments and timelines, and keep leadership informed about partner relationships.
Represent Blue Rose Research at convenings, briefings, and conferences in AI and political communities.
Translate partner conversations into concrete, testable research questions and work with the research team to scope polls, message tests, and other studies.
Help leadership weigh and prioritize research requests from partners and funders.
Brief partners and funders on findings in plain language tailored to each audience.
Draft memos, briefing materials, and summaries that make research easy to use.
Support AI client engagements from initial questions through research design, delivery, and follow-up, working with research and technical teams and existing client leads.
Own project scope, timelines, and client communications for incoming AI work.
Lead client briefings and turn findings into practical recommendations on AI policy, politics, and communications.
Track incoming AI questions and commitments across clients, funders, partners, and internal teams, including responsibility, due dates, and overlapping requests.
Review AI memos, decks, and talking points with research and client leads to ensure recommendations are accurate, current, and tailored to each audience.
Help leadership prioritize requests and build on completed research while respecting client confidentiality and firewall boundaries.
Map the AI safety, AI policy, and funder landscape, including who is working on what, what they need, and where Blue Rose research can be useful.
Identify emerging debates and opportunities and flag them for leadership.
Help shape Blue Rose's AI research agenda with leadership and the research team.