Recruiter

About Constellation

The AI safety field lacks the capacity, capability, and cooperation needed to safely navigate transformative AI. Constellation addresses these gaps, by mobilizing new and existing talent (to improve field capacity), incubating and growing projects, teams and organizations (to improve field capability), and convening field contributors (to improve field cooperation). While our overall mission requires work across all the necessary areas needed to address risks from transformative AI, Constellation is especially well positioned to support research, because of our established track record of hosting and collaborating with research organizations. We support research at multiple levels: we host and incubate research organizations, we support individual researchers via our Residency, and we support cohorts of independent researchers as Visiting Fellows (and previously our Astra research fellowship), and by partnering with external research programs like MATS and Anthropic Fellows.

But there’s so much more to do.

There is more talent that can contribute to safety than has been mobilized into the field, and the field as a whole needs to grow to meet the demand for top talent working across all areas.

About this role

Here at Constellation our team is growing in order to support the field’s growth. That’s where you come in. We are looking for a high impact recruiter to build the team that builds Constellation and in turn grows the overall AI safety field.

As Recruiter at Constellation, you'll own end-to-end hiring processes while also building the systems and practices that help us scale our impact. You'll be the primary driver of candidate experience, the architect of recruiting workflows, and a trusted partner to hiring managers.

This role requires someone who thrives in environments where you are scrappy, action-oriented, and energized by the challenge of implementing just the right level of structure in a fast-moving organization. You'll work autonomously, make real-time tradeoffs with imperfect information, and adapt quickly to the unique dynamics of the AI safety ecosystem. If you're intellectually curious, excited by problem solving, and want your work to directly support the growth of mission-critical teams, this is the role.

Full-Cycle Recruitment Management

• Own end-to-end recruitment processes from sourcing through offer acceptance, ensuring smooth candidate experience at every stage.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for candidates, managing scheduling, communications, and onsite coordination through Slack channels and other systems.
• Partner with hiring managers to develop interview frameworks and evaluation criteria that maintain a high talent bar while being inclusive and efficient.

Candidate Experience & Coordination

• Act as the face of Constellation for candidates, providing clear communication, timely updates, and warm, professional interactions throughout the hiring process.
• Manage onsite candidate visits, including greeting, coordination, and ensuring a seamless experience.
• Educate candidates about the AI safety ecosystem, helping them understand the landscape and opportunities within this unique and nascent field.

Process Design & Systems Building

• Act as the face of Constellation for candidates, providing clear communication, timely updates, and warm, professional interactions throughout the hiring process.
• Manage onsite candidate visits, including greeting, coordination, and ensuring a seamless experience.
• Educate candidates about the AI safety ecosystem, helping them understand the landscape and opportunities within this unique and nascent field.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Continuously optimize recruitment workflows, tools, and systems to improve efficiency and scale your impact.
• Identify opportunities to leverage better tooling, vendor relationships, and creative partnerships to scale recruiting efforts without proportionally increasing costs.
• Manage and improve applicant tracking systems and recruiting data to inform decision-making.

Strategic Advisory & Ecosystem Support

• Develop strong judgment about when standard recruiting best practices apply and when to create something bespoke for our context.
• Push back constructively when needed, informing decisions with data and first-principles thinking rather than relying solely on conventional wisdom.
• As capacity allows, provide advisory recruiting support to partner organizations in the AI safety ecosystem (e.g., helping organizations with evaluation criteria or process design).

Skills & experience

You may be a good fit if you:

• Have experience managing end-to-end recruitment processes with demonstrated ability to work autonomously and deliver results in fast-paced environments.
• Bring a startup mentality; comfortable with scrappiness, ambiguity, and building systems from scratch rather than inheriting established processes. Experience scaling recruiting operations is a plus.
• Are a natural problem solver who sees challenges as opportunities and adapts quickly to what the organization needs rather than fitting work into predetermined boxes.
• Have strong coordination and organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail in managing candidate flow, scheduling, and communications.
• Can make real-time tradeoffs with limited information, knowing when to follow standard practices and when to create something new.
• Bring intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn about a unique, nascent field
• Have the confidence and experience to push back constructively, informing decisions with data and sound judgment rather than defaulting to convention.
• Are mission aligned and values driven, with passion for helping humanity safely navigate the development of transformative AI.

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation will depend on experience and will likely be $90,000 - $130,000.

Our benefits include:

• Generous vacation policy
• 401(k) with employer match
• Employer-paid commuter benefits
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Catered lunches and dinners, plus unlimited snacks & drinks
• Regular interaction with AI safety researchers and thought leaders
• A friendly, mission-driven team

The ideal candidate for this role will have some combination of the skills and experiences described above. If you are not sure if you are qualified, we strongly encourage you to apply anyway. Beyond the qualifications outlined, our priority is building a team that will help humanity safely navigate the development of transformative AI. If you would be excited to do this work, we'd love to consider you.

We value diversity in all respects and base our hiring decisions on the needs of the organization and individual qualifications.  We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age or disability.

Logistics

This is a full-time, on-site position at our Berkeley office, just steps from the nearest BART (metro) and bus stop. On-site parking is also available.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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