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People Lead

Goodfire · San Francisco, CA · On-site

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About Goodfire

Goodfire is an AI interpretability research lab focused on understanding and intentionally designing advanced AI systems. Backed by Lightspeed, AI Grant and Menlo.

About the role

We’re hiring a People Lead to build the infrastructure that enables us to scale the highest-performing AI research organization in the world and consistently win. You’ll own the systems, processes, and programs that support our people across the employee lifecycle, and you’ll build most of it from scratch.

What they're looking for

  • Own and execute Goodfire’s People strategy across hiring, talent, compensation, employee experience, and organizational development as the company scales
  • Own compensation, leveling, and equity philosophy, ensuring our approach is competitive, internally consistent, and aligned with our goals to attract and retain exceptional talent
  • Own the full employee lifecycle, from onboarding through offboarding, ensuring a smooth, high-quality employee experience at every stage
  • Build scalable People systems, processes, and infrastructure that support rapid growth while maintaining a high bar for employee experience and operational excellence
  • Lead benefits administration and strategy, including enrollments, changes, employee support, and vendor management
  • Serve as the go-to People partner for employees and managers, responding to questions and concerns with care, speed, discretion, and sound judgment
More about this role

Goodfire is an AI interpretability research lab. We build interpretability agents and infrastructure to understand, monitor, and align AI models.

We believe that AI is the most consequential technology of our time. Yet AI models are trained by trial and error today, with limited understanding of what drives their behavior. Our goal is to advance the research and technology needed to fully understand and align AI so humanity can trust superintelligence.

Goodfire is a public benefit corporation founded by researchers who helped pioneer the field of interpretability at OpenAI and Google DeepMind. We are headquartered in San Francisco and have raised over $200M from leading investors including Lightspeed, Menlo, and B Capital.

We’re hiring a People Lead to build the infrastructure that enables us to scale the highest-performing AI research organization in the world and consistently win. You’ll own the systems, processes, and programs that support our people across the employee lifecycle, and you’ll build most of it from scratch.

You find intensity exhilarating, move with urgency, and thrive when faced with challenges. You’re someone we can lean on to make exceptional judgment calls,...

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