Grantmakers & Senior Generalists, Global Catastrophic Risks

About the role

Coefficient Giving's Global Catastrophic Risks (GCR) division houses our teams working on Navigating Transformative AI (spanning technical AI safety research, AI governance and policy, capacity building, and short-timelines special projects) and Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness . The GCR team expects to move around $1 billion in grants across these funds in 2026, and we expect this figure to grow significantly in the coming years. A core premise of our work is that if a global catastrophe caused by transformative AI or biotechnology could be prevented by funding and isn't, we consider it our responsibility. Right now, our biggest constraint is people, not funding. On average, each grantmaker on the team is responsible for more than $10 million/year being allocated to high-impact work, and we're significantly understaffed relative to the opportunities in front of us. Many grantmakers move far more than that in their first year on the job, e.g. >$50 million. New grantmakers can have substantial counterfactual impact by helping to create organizations and sub-fields that wouldn't otherwise exist, driving priority special projects that wouldn't otherwise happen, and helping some of the most impactful organizations in the world scale ambitiously. The marginal work we currently can't get to is work we think is critically important, so every additional strong hire matters enormously. Timelines to transformative AI appear to be shortening, and the work our teams fund today will shape how well humanity navigates some of the most consequential decisions of the coming decade. In addition to growing our team, we've also launched an internal project to help the existing team operate with substantially more speed, ambition, and urgency . We expect this to meaningfully increase the impact each new hire can have. We're hiring for multiple roles across several of our teams: AI Governance & Policy : Works to shape the norms, policies, laws, and institutions that govern how the most capable AI systems are developed and deployed. We're hiring generalist grantmakers , who would identify and evaluate funding opportunities across the full range of AI governance and policy issues; U.S. policy grantmakers , focused on building up the U.S. policy ecosystem and political coalitions necessary to ensure beneficial AI outcomes; a China specialist , to support work that facilitates Chinese contributions to AI safety and useful cooperation between China and the West; and an AI information security specialist to support infosecurity work related to AI safety and control. We're also hiring a Chief of Staff to help steer and amplify the team as we scale. Short Timelines Special Projects : Focuses on driving forward new projects that aren't sufficiently covered or invested in by other teams at Coefficient Giving, and which seem likely to be especially important if timelines to transformative AI are short. GCR Capacity Building : Focuses on growing and strengthening research fields related to navigating transformative AI, and the broader community and ecosystem focused on global catastrophic risks. Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness : Works to reduce the risk of catastrophic biological events, particularly those arising from the deliberate misuse of biotechnology and AI. GCR Executive Team: Oversees the entire department (including all the teams above), sets strategy, and works to ensure the GCR division achieves its goal of preventing catastrophic harm. We're hiring for a senior generalist role to lead special projects and boost the impact of the wider division. If you want to know more about what this work looks l