Technical Programme Manager, Chem-Bio

About the role

AI capabilities in the life sciences are advancing faster than at any point in history. Foundation models can now design novel proteins, interpret genomic sequences. These are extraordinary tools for scientific progress, but also have the potential for harm if misused. The AI Security Institute's Chem-Bio team exists to evaluate the capability of both frontier and narrow AI models in chemistry and biology, ensuring the UK government and its partners have an accurate view of risks and capabilities. This team is one of AISI's most consequential paths to impact, at a critical moment. Over the next twelve months it will need to move faster, deliver more complex research programmes, and engage more deeply with partners in major AI labs and security services than it has before. This role is for the person who makes that possible. You will sit directly alongside the CB team's researchers: helping them structure ambiguous research questions into tractable programmes, ensuring that our research lines up with the rigorous empirical claims the team must be able to evidence to inform policy, recommending which novel technical work to start and stop, or sequence technical dependencies across workstreams. It is a research-programme architecture role, working at the interface between "what should we investigate?" and "how do we actually do so?"

Responsibilities

• Team operations and pace. You will maintain the operational rhythm that lets a small, high-performing research team move at frontier speed inside government. You will ensure the team has what it needs to deliver, and that nothing falls through the cracks.
• Role Requirements
• High agency and ownership. You take responsibility for outcomes, not activities. When something is stuck, you pick up the phone. You do not wait

Additional Information

About the AI Security Institute The AI Security Institute is the world's largest and best-funded team dedicated to understanding advanced AI risks and translating that knowledge into action. We're in the heart of the UK government with direct lines to No. 10 (the Prime Minister's office), and we work with frontier developers and governments globally. We're here because governments are critical for advanced AI going well, and UK AISI is uniquely positioned to mobilise them. With our resources, unique agility and international influence, this is the best place to shape both AI development and government action. The deadline for applying to this role is Sunday 19th July 2026, end of day, anywhere on Earth.

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