Senior Program Manager, Frontier Strategy and Governance, DeepMind Institute, DeepMind

About the job

Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategy, planning, end-to-end delivery of complex workstreams across the frontier AI strategy and governance portfolio. Partner directly with team leads and cross-functional partners to shape workstream direction, translate ideas into actionable objectives and project plans, and track through to successful completion.
• Drive collaboration across Google and partners, working closely with research scientists, strategy and policy colleagues and executive stakeholders to build structures that accelerate high-stakes research, governance and executive advisory initiatives.
• Run the operating rhythm behind our executive-facing work: preparing and tracking executive leadership sessions, managing fast-turn requests from leadership, and ensuring decisions translate into follow-through.
• Navigate high ambiguity, proactively identifying dependencies, mitigating risks, and implementing solutions to complex operational challenges.
• Review and improve processes, information flows and decision making structures, leveraging data and AI tooling to identify opportunities and resolve pain points.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management, driving the end-to-end delivery of time-bound initiatives.
• Experience with the Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) landscape, AI safety, technical foresight, or tech policy.
• Experience designing and implementing operational frameworks and cross-functional processes from the ground up.
• Experience partnering with and influencing executive leadership to shape program strategy and translate goals into plans.
• Experience navigating ambiguity and adapting project strategies within technical, policy, or government environments.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience managing programs in a technology, government, national security, or policy-focused organization.
• Experience evaluating program success against strategic OKRs and sharing actionable insights to drive continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to manage portfolios with a high element of organizational change, leveraging change management principles effectively.
• Ability to act as an independent sounding board, utilizing coaching techniques to empower cross-functional teams.
• High degree of curiosity and a demonstrated passion for acquiring new domain knowledge to enhance program impact.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in program management, driving the end-to-end delivery of time-bound initiatives.
• Experience with the Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) landscape, AI safety, technical foresight, or tech policy.
• Experience designing and implementing operational frameworks and cross-functional processes from the ground up.
• Experience partnering with and influencing executive leadership to shape program strategy and translate goals into plans.
• Experience navigating ambiguity and adapting project strategies within technical, policy, or government environments.