Tony Blair Institute for Global Change Senior Policy Advisor - AI Policy & Governance 2025

The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change seeks a Senior Policy Advisor in AI Policy & Governance. The Senior Policy Advisor will lead the Institute’s efforts to become a credible and influential voice in AI policy debates. This includes advancing our thinking about how AI can be used responsibly to improve the lives and livelihoods – both in the developed and the developing world. The role involves developing and advocating for robust yet practical solutions to promote AI safety and ethics, putting effective frontier AI governance on top of political leaders’ agendas. Key responsibilities will include (1) developing and vetting AI policy proposals in enough detail that they can be debated and implemented by policymakers; (2) creating pathways to effective, multilateral AI governance to improve coordination among key state actors; (3) briefing TBI leadership and client governments on key technical breakthroughs and emerging AI regulations.

The work of this role will be crucial to our credibility and success and will help shape the Institute's policy agenda. TBI aims to be recognized as a trusted advisor on AI policy and governance by political leaders and their teams. Achieving this goal requires the continuous production of high-quality policy work, as well as close collaboration with key technology providers, leading research institutions, and relevant civil society organizations. The ideal candidate will possess both in-depth expertise in AI policy and governance and first-hand experience in monitoring and shaping technology and regulatory developments.

Senior Policy Advisors are the most senior grade in TBI below director level and suit individuals with significant experience in their field who can work with a high degree of autonomy. This role reports to the Director of Science & Technology Policy.

Please note that you must have an existing right to work in the United Kingdom to apply for this role.

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Key Responsibilities

The holder of this position will:

  • Lead a research programme to develop and advocate for robust and effective AI policy solutions for harnessing the power of emerging technologies while managing the risks
  • Produce high-quality published work and private briefing materials on AI policy for different audiences, including political leaders, thought leaders and the general public
  • Create pathways to effective, multilateral AI governance to improve collaboration and coordination between key state actors, with a specific focus on frontier AI safety
  • Provide direct advice to senior leaders in TBI – as well as to our advisory teams and client governments across the world – on AI policy, safety and regulation
  • Communicate actively via different channels to put AI policy on top of political leaders’ agendas, championing progressive and responsible proposals for robust AI governance
  • Host roundtables and advocate for the Institute’s point of view in external meetings, growing our reputation and influence in the field of AI policy and governance
  • Lead TBI’s engagements on high-level international AI summits and help shape emerging AI policies in different jurisdictions, including the UK, the EU, Africa, Asia and the Middle East
  • Monitor technological, regulatory and societal trends to identify the most pressing AI policy issues political leaders will face in the coming 1-5 years
  • Translate cutting-edge academic research and technological breakthroughs into actionable policy work on how to responsibly navigate AI regulation at speed
  • Expand TBI’s network and build broad coalitions for change, including with leading AI labs and AI policy researchers as well as like-minded policymakers and civil society organisations
  • Manage a range of research and policy projects at once. In time, you may line manage one or two members of the Science & Technology Policy team
  • Contribute to the growth and development of a high-performing culture and provide a continuous focus on leading, development and employee well-being

Person Specification

The ideal candidate will be a forward-looking innovative thinker, who is keen to apply their deep, multidisciplinary skillset to develop radical but practical policy solutions. Given the wide remit of the role, the candidate should be adept at delivering high-quality work independently, getting up to speed quickly on new issues and being keen to explore new AI policy areas on the global stage. We are especially interested in candidates who are both technically gifted and able to think big.

The successful candidate will:

  • Have a sustained and extensive track record of producing cutting-edge work in AI policy and governance within government, business, academia or a policy organization.
  • Have a deep familiarity with contemporary AI policy and governance issues, especially recent developments in frontier AI research, capabilities and governance.
  • Have a strong academic track record in a relevant field, like computer science, technology policy, or AI ethics, safety and governance (MSc or equivalent is required; PhD is meriting)
  • Have first-hand experience working with political leaders or their teams to develop actionable solutions and drive real-world change.
  • Have an extensive and deep network of global contacts through industry, academia and policy-making relevant to the field of AI policy and governance.
  • Have an in-depth understanding of AI opportunities and use cases as well as the ethical, social, legal and environmental governance challenges highly-capable AI systems pose.
  • Have excellent teamwork skills to work successfully within a complex organization and a policy area that spans a diverse set of high-level stakeholders from different. communities
  • Have a track record of project management; be strategic, and entrepreneurial, and challenge the status quo to develop plans for successfully delivering ambitious. objectives
  • Have a strong ability to communicate complex AI policy issues, including to the TBI senior team, political leaders, partners from industry and academia, and the media.

The following attributes are desirable:

  • Experience working closely with political leaders, with demonstrable impact.
  • Experience in developing or deploying AI systems within tech companies and AI labs.
  • Experience in conducting and publishing highly impactful academic work on AI policy.
  • Experience working in different geographical and cultural contexts.
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