Senior Generalist Roles on our Global Catastrophic Risks Team

Chief Of Staff, Global Catastrophic Risks

Open Philanthropy's Global Catastrophic Risks (GCR) division works to reduce the likelihood of events that could cause major global harm. This umbrella houses our teams working on Navigating Transformative AI, Biosecurity and Pandemic Preparedness, GCR Capacity Building, and Forecasting, as well as other special projects related to catastrophic risks. The GCR team expects to move over $500 million in grants in these focus areas in 2025, and we expect this figure to grow significantly in the coming years.

As Open Philanthropy's GCR portfolio grows rapidly, leadership capacity has become an increasingly important constraint. Hiring senior generalists into roles like Chief of Staff has helped us to address this bottleneck, and we think bringing in more talented generalists can increase the team's impact on some of the world's most pressing problems.

This role will report to George and work closely with both Emily and George to accelerate the GCR team's progress on its priorities. It will focus on supporting GCR's central leadership activities, including setting and communicating division-wide strategy, making sure that each of the program teams is on track and set up to succeed, and leading on the identification and execution of priority expansion areas for the division.

This role sits further from our day-to-day grantmaking work than the others in this round but provides direct access to senior leadership and decision-making. We think it has the potential to amplify the impact of the whole GCR team and also provides an excellent platform for those looking to grow in leadership and strategy roles.

Compared to the other roles in this round, this opportunity will be especially focused on supporting and improving the decision-making and priorities of senior leadership, and amplifying the impact of the wider division. You will work with Emily and George on many of their top priorities, support and boost their work, act as a thought partner, and own broader initiatives yourself.