About this opportunity
Successif runs the Organization Builders Program for experienced professionals who have helped build organisations and want to move into AI safety. The page explains that AI safety organisations are growing and are mostly led by domain experts, so they need people who have helped build one before, hiring and integrating a team, setting up the structures and helping it grow.
The first round is deliberately small, taking up to ten candidates and a handful of organizations. Candidates go through an application, a screening call, a short case exercise and references, and say which path they are open to before joining the pool.
Successif then clarifies the need with each organization, works out what leadership that takes, and matches on what you have built. Work can be a paid project or a direct hire.
The page answers Is the project paid with yes, stating that work together projects are paid by the organization, and it puts the process together over a few weeks. The programme itself is free of charge to candidates, because Successif says it is funded by donors who share this mission.
Applications close 16 October 2026.
What you receive
- Matching into a paid three month project or a direct hire with an AI safety organisation
- A role shaped as COO, Head of Ops or Chief of Staff for organisations that need one
- Clarity on the role, with Successif working out with the candidate what the organization needs and the leadership that takes
- Access to a pool of people who have helped build organisations
- A path designed for candidates without previous AI safety experience, with the page saying the organisation helps design it from the pool
Who can apply
- Experienced professionals who have built or scaled an organization or a team and owned the outcome, including budgets and consequential decisions
- People who have hired and integrated people and set up the structures that let an organization grow
- People who have worked closely with founders or senior leaders, with no previous AI safety experience required
- Remote work with the right to work in your country of residence, usually as a contractor, so applicants based in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa can apply
- Some organizations need people on site, mainly in the Bay Area or London, and the page asks candidates to say in the application whether they could relocate
How to apply
- Submit the candidate application through the APPLY AS A CANDIDATE form on the Successif programme page
- Take a screening call and a short case exercise, with references
- Say which path you are open to, a work together project or a direct hire, before matching
- Join the accepted candidate pool while Successif clarifies the need with each organization
Selection process
- The first round is small, with up to ten candidates and a handful of organizations
- Screening runs through an application, a screening call, a short case exercise and references
- Matching is based on what the candidate has built and what the organization needs, assessed over a few weeks
Sources and verification
Questions applicants ask
Do I need previous AI safety experience?
No. The page says you need to be motivated by reducing AI risk, and Successif helps design the path from its pool.
Is the project paid?
Yes. Work together projects are paid by the organization.
What does it cost to take part?
Nothing to candidates. The programme is free of charge and funded by donors who share the mission.
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