AI Data Lead

Application Deadline: 30 January 2025

Department: Incubated and Sponsored Projects

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Remote

Reporting To: Jaime Sevilla

Compensation: $120,000 - $180,000 / year

Description

Application Deadline: Jan 30, 2025, at the end of day in your local time zone.

We are hiring an AI Data Lead to help build Epoch AI’s Data Hub into the go-to source for information and analysis on AI trends. Epoch AI is already producing some of the best research worldwide on training compute, frontier AI capabilities and more. We want to go beyond and create a better offering of data and evidence to inform discussion on AI.

For this, we are building a pipeline producing clear, compelling data insights: graphs and short write-ups exploring key questions and trends in AI. This role would lead several key parts of Epoch’s data work: producing data insights weekly alongside our team of analysts and researchers, writing a newsletter to publicize data insights, and helping us prioritize data investigations that most advance our mission.

We expect this role to significantly impact public discourse on AI, providing evidence that directly informs decisions in government, AI companies, and the world at large regarding the development and deployment of advanced AI.

This role is fully remote and we expect to be legally able to hire in many countries. If you are unsure whether we can hire in the country you are based in, please email careers@epochai.org. While we welcome applicants from all time zones, you may be expected to attend meetings during working hours between UTC-8 and UTC+3 time zones, where most of our staff are based. This role is open to full-time and part-time candidates, although full-time candidates are preferred.

Key Responsibilities

As AI Data Lead, your main responsibilities will include:

Lead the process of preparing weekly data insights. This involves giving detailed methodological feedback to our analysts, producing new data insights on your own, and handling timing practicalities (deadlines and check-ins).
Build our data offering - we plan to curate data updates in a newsletter, which we want to be the best resource in the world to stay informed about AI. You will lead this, producing each issue, writing the content, and determining the best format.
Take our data insights to the next level in terms of positioning, presentation, and writing. You will guide analysts and researchers in producing great work, particularly in delivering polished outputs that will engage readers.
Help select what data we collect, how we collect it, and how it will translate into data insights. The rest of Epoch will help you here, but ultimately, you will play a key role in positioning our data products.

What we are looking for

We think you would be a great candidate for this role if you:

Have a product-oriented mindset, and are able to imagine and execute ambitious projects advancing our mission of informing the public about the trajectory of AI.
Have experience leading research focused on data analysis, and thrive on boiling down high-level problems into tractable analyses. You must be able to rapidly and independently execute data insights following a rigorous methodology - and support and guide other team members to do this themselves.
Are highly self-directed and passionate about AI research - we’re hoping you will be actively following the literature, and would be familiar enough to immediately start brainstorming methodology for insights on key topics.
Have excellent writing and presentation skills, especially for publicizing research beyond typical academic publishing.
Are comfortable with remote work and asynchronous collaboration using G Suite and other technologies (we're a remote-first organization with staff in multiple time zones).

If you don’t tick all these boxes but think you would be a great fit, please consider applying anyway!

What We Offer

Compensation

Annual salary between $120,000 and $180,000 USD pre-tax. The exact salary will be based on prior relevant experience.
Salaries are not restricted to USD, and contracts and payments are usually in local currencies. Conversions from USD are based on a 1-year-average exchange rate that is updated in contracts annually.

Other Benefits

Comprehensive global benefits package
- While they vary by country, we make every effort to ensure that our benefits package is equitable and high-quality for all staff. For most countries, the package includes medical insurance, life insurance and pension plan.
Generous paid time off leave, including:
We don't set limits for vacation and encourage a minimum of 30 days off per year.
Unlimited (within reason) personal and sick leave.
Parental leave - up to 6 months of parental leave during the first 2 years after a child’s birth or adoption for parents of all genders.
Technology stipend of the equivalent of $2000 USD every 3 years to cover costs of purchasing work and office equipment.
Paid work trips, including three staff retreats per year and relevant conferences.
Additional in-person co-working stipend of the equivalent of $2000 USD annually to work in the same location as other staff.
Professional Development stipend equivalent to $2000 USD annually to spend on learning or development opportunities.
A supportive team who is excited about the work we are doing and is aligned with our mission.
Other benefits as allowed at the discretion of Epoch’s leadership and local availability.

Epoch AI is a research institute leading the investigation of artificial intelligence's trajectory and societal impact. Our mission is to develop a comprehensive, publicly accessible knowledge base on AI that informs policymakers, industry leaders, and society at large.

We strive to achieve both rigour and accessibility in our work, as exemplified by some of our most successful projects, including our database of AI models and our AI trends dashboard. Our in-depth expertise in AI is demonstrated by our body of research, including our work on compute trends (IJCN 2022), data scarcity (ICML 2024), and algorithmic progress (NeurIPS 2024). You can read more about our work and mission on our website and in this TIME profile.

Please email careers@epochai.org if you have any questions about this role.

We are accepting applications on a rolling basis until January 30th, 2025, or until we make a hire.
We will prioritize reviewing applications from candidates who:
1. Apply earlier in the process
2. Have earlier potential start dates
Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we will close the role once we find the right candidate.

Please email careers@epochai.org if you have any questions about this role, accessibility requests, or if want to request an extension to the deadline.
While we welcome applicants from all time zones, we prefer candidates between UTC-8 and UTC+3 time zones, where most of our staff are based.
Please submit all of your application materials in English and note that we require professional level English proficiency.
Travel is an essential requirement for this position: we hold three retreats per year, and the operations associate support will be required for these events.
Epoch is committed to building an inclusive, equitable, and supportive community for you to thrive and do your best work. We’re committed to finding the best people for our team, so 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.
Epoch is fiscally sponsored by Rethink Priorities.

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