Director of Implementation, Action Plan
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Director of Implementation for the Bio Action Plan at SAIF/EQL Tech responsible for translating a high-stvisibility strategy into an actionable operational roadmap with milestones, metrics, owners, and funding requirements. The role involves refining and maintaining the plan, engaging experts, funders, and institutions across biosecurity, biodefense, AI safety, and global health security; building an execution architecture; identifying gaps; mobilizing funding; and establishing quarterly progress reviews to drive accountability across funders, nonprofits, startups, government, and academia. The ideal candidate is a strategist and operator capable of briefing funders, diagnosing institutional gaps, and ensuring timely execution in a startup-like environment with significant ambiguity. Location: US-based, remote initially, with periodic travel to key meetings and site visits.
Required Qualifications
- Required
- Deep commitment to preventing catastrophic and AI-enabled biological risks
- Strong knowledge of the biosecurity, biodefense, and global health security landscape
- Proven ability to drive complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives from strategy to execution
- Exceptional project management and coordination skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- We're particularly excited about candidates who bring some combination of:
- Experience in biosecurity, pandemic preparedness, AI safety, national security, public health, or biotechnology, with familiarity at the intersection of AI and biological risk
- Experience building new organizations or initiatives
- Ability to work effectively with senior government, foundation, and private-sector leaders
- Strong relationships across philanthropy, government, academia, and/or industry
- Experience in fundraising, funder relations, or large-scale resource mobilization
- Comfort operating in a startup-like environment with limited structure and high ambiguity
- Benefits
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