AI Integration Lead

Application Deadline: 30 August 2026

Department: Core Operations

Employment Type: Flexible

Location: Remote

Compensation: $132,986 - $146,447 / year

Description

What you'll do

• Own RP's strategy for using AI in our work. Propose and prioritise where to invest, set the direction, and be the directly responsible individual for how AI is used across the organisation.
• Design and run rigorous, decision-relevant evaluations. Test AI tools and workflows against the work we actually do, measuring real effects on quality, speed, and reliability,  not just adoption or self-reported time savings. Distinguish clearly what AI can be trusted to do from what it can't.
• Build and prototype. Get hands-on with agentic tooling (e.g. Claude Code), plugins, MCP integrations, and lightweight internal tools — first to test approaches, then to scale the ones that work.
• Partner with teams across RP. Sit with researchers and operational staff to understand their workflows in detail, surface high-value use cases, and embed what works into day-to-day practice.
• Turn findings into guidance. Translate evaluation results into clear, current advice, policy, and training, and raise the organisation's overall AI fluency.
• Assess safety and security of AI tools. Identify risks from AI tool use, including cybersecurity, data protection and legal compliance, and document clear recommendations for handling them. 
• Stay ahead of a fast-moving field and keep RP's approach evidence-led rather than hype-led.

Who we're looking for

• A self-directed, experimental disposition, happy owning an ambiguous, fast-evolving mandate without a playbook.
• Familiarity with effective-altruism-style research and RP's priorities to judge where AI genuinely helps. 
• Comfort working in a fully remote, globally distributed senior role.
  
  

• A researcher who's fluent in AI — someone with a solid research background in cause prioritization research who has gone deep on AI tooling.
• A technically strong builder with EA literacy — someone with strong engineering and AI-tooling skills who is engaged with the cause prioritization research space.

• Prior experience in AI enablement, evaluation, or applied AI/ML.
• A software engineering background or a track record of building internal tools.
• Direct experience with one or more of RP's research domains (animal welfare, AI safety and strategy, global health and wellbeing, and general cause prioritization).
  
  

What We Offer

• We offer an annual salary between $132,986-$146,447 USD pre-tax for a full-time position, prorated for part-time work.
• The exact salary will be based on the candidate’s prior relevant experience and corresponding title level, and calculated using RP’s salary algorithm. 
• Compensation is not restricted to the currencies listed above. 
• To ensure fairness across the entire organization, RP does not negotiate salaries.

• Opportunity to contribute to a fast-growing, high-impact organization — our research is used by key decision-makers who influence the distribution of hundreds of millions of charitable dollars.
• Remote-first environment, including flexible work hours and schedule.
• Comprehensive global benefits program, including statutory benefits specific to a local country, as mandated by local law, and supplemental benefits, as available
• Generous paid time off (PTO) and unpaid leave, including:
  • Statutory paid and unpaid leave (as applicable)
  • Unlimited (within reason) personal and sick paid and unpaid leave
  • “Mandated” mid- and end-year, organization-wide breaks (if the temporary employment contract falls within the break timeline)
  • Other paid and unpaid leave (e.g., bereavement)
• Annual technology stipend of the equivalent of $500 USD that can be used to cover costs of purchasing work and office equipment
• Learning opportunities, including workshops / training sessions
• Virtual co-working spaces, including a private Rethink Priorities Focusmate group
• RP Peer Support Program for New Employees.
• Other benefits at the discretion of RP Leadership.
• A caring team that values respectful work relations and a healthy work-life balance.
• Opportunities to grow/advance your career and engage in professional development.
• Low administrative bureaucracy.
• We don’t provide snacks, but we could mail you a box of Oreos if you want!

1. A C.V.
   1. We recommend you update your CV to include all prior relevant roles and work as CV’s will be evaluated for this role.
2. A cover letter briefly describing your suitability for the role
   1. In particular, we'd like to hear about your strengths on the two axes described above: your hands-on experience with AI tooling (whether deploying it across an organisation, in research or operations workflows, or in your own work), and your research background, especially where it relates to RP's domains. As noted, we expect most candidates to lean one way — tell us which, and what makes you credible on the other. Bullet points are welcome.
3. Links to any relevant prior work you think would showcase your suitability
4. No more than 1000 words addressing the following question:
   1. Rethink Priorities works across a variety of domains (AI, animal welfare, global health, cross-cause prioritisation), and methodologies (drawing on empirical literature, quantitative modeling, and philosophical theorising). With reference to some concrete research task conducted by Rethink Priorities, outline how you would evaluate the extent to which AI can be used to complete this task.
   2. Please see the application page for detailed instructions.

• You will complete a standardized, time-boxed task that mimics the actual job (3–5 hours)
• You’ll be paid $45 per hour for the test task

• We will ask you questions across the skills and experience the role requires
• You will have a chance to ask questions about the role, and RP broadly

• Work Environment and Visa Sponsorship: This role is fully remote and we are able to legally hire in many countries. We are not able to sponsor visas for this role.
• Time Zones and Working Hours: While we welcome applicants from all time zones, you may be expected to attend meetings with at least a two-hour overlap with UTC+2 working hours.
• Language: Professional level of English language is required for all roles at Rethink Priorities. 

• Extension requests: We will try to accommodate extension requests that are made before the deadline and are up to three (3) days. We generally cannot accommodate extension requests made after the application deadline, or are longer than 3 days, and cannot accept late submissions to ensure fairness to other applicants.
• Application materials: All application materials must be submitted in English language; otherwise, we will not be able to evaluate your candidacy.
• Inclusivity and fairness:  RP is committed to building an inclusive, equitable, and supportive community for you to thrive and do your best work. Please don’t hesitate to apply for a role regardless of your age, gender identity/expression, political identity, personal preferences, physical abilities, veteran status, neurodiversity or any other background. We provide reasonable accommodations and benefits, including, for example, flexible work schedules and locations.
• Accessibility: We’re committed to running an inclusive and accessible hiring process. We warmly invite you to reach out to [email protected] with any questions or accessibility requests such as chat box use during interviews. 
• Hiring Software: We use Pinpoint for our recruitment and hiring processes and all of the email correspondence is done via Pinpoint. We encourage you to add Pinpoint domain (@pinpoint.email) to your trusted contacts and/or check your 'spam', 'promotions' and ‘updates’ folders, if you don’t hear from us within the expected timeframe.
• Other: Visit our Career webpage if you’d like to know more about our hiring process, culture, and what working at RP is like.
• Note Before Applying: We invite anyone who is interested in this role to apply, and will assess applications primarily based on anonymized initial question answers, so please ensure they represent your fit for the position well.  We will advance candidates to the next stages based on their quality of responses during our hiring process. Please do not include a photograph, or headshot of yourself, or any personal information that is not relevant to the role for which you’re applying (including marital status, age, identity traits, etc.). 

1. A consultancy doing commissioned work in response to demands from organizations doing high-impact work.
2. A research institute driven by research agendas we set according to our own priorities.
3. A think tank aiming to inform public policy to improve the world.
4. An accelerator, incubator, and base for priority projects.

• Bringing attention to neglected issues, such as lead exposure, fungal diseases, and shrimp welfare. 
• Increasing the collective impact of advocates across each field in which we work through strategic coordination.
• Investigating potential interventions and identifying the most cost-effective options. In 2025, our research influenced tens of millions of dollars in foundation grants. 
• Creating practical tools for philanthropists to compare resource allocations across different species and cause areas and to build giving portfolios despite uncertainties.
• Providing organizations with data to inform their decisions. For example, we have conducted surveys on perceptions of existential risks, AI, effective giving, and other topics. 
• Providing fiscal sponsorship and operational support to ensure that high-impact initiatives in areas like AI safety and animal welfare can launch and grow effectively.
• Donor Compass - Cross Cause Fund Tool to guide philanthropic giving.