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As Google DeepMind continues to grow, we are looking to expand our team and our research efforts on a range of AI ethics and policy topics to support internal decision making and external engagement. The successful candidate will have proven research experience, excellent writing and communication skills, and will be comfortable analysing technical literature and engaging substantively with domain experts. Our ideal candidate will be motivated by the idea using AI technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery.

Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanity’s most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind, we’re a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical challenges, ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.

Key responsibilities:

• Carry out highly-targeted research on a diverse range of AI ethics and policy topics, to inform internal decision making and external engagement, across Google DeepMind.
• Manage and complete complex research programmes. Design the right blend of literature reviews, media audits, expert interviews, third party support, and quantitative techniques for the specific topic, audience and goal in question.
• Produce insightful, engaging and actionable research papers, memos and risk analysis that are easily digestible by senior decision makers and external partners.
• Embed deeply into Google DeepMind’s AI, science and ethics research and interpret it for non-specialist audiences, drawing out clear implications for internal decision making and external policy.
• Proactively build robust relationships across the company to inform your research and to identify opportunities for how your work can support other teams.
• Monitor relevant external developments closely, cultivate relationships with external domain experts and collaborators, and share targeted updates with internal audiences.

In order to set you up for success as an AI Ethics and Public Policy Researcher at Google DeepMind, we look for the following skills and experience:

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in computer science, science, ethics, public policy, or related field - with experience carrying out large independent research projects
• Extensive experience undertaking research in a think-tank, consultancy, academic institution or equivalent, leading to clear beneficial outcomes
• Strong grasp of AI, science, ethics and policy topics. Comfortable analysing a diverse blend of technical literature and sources and developing relationships with domain experts
• Exceptional writing skills, capable of synthesising complex material into short, accessible documents, tailored to different audiences
• Powerful curiosity. Somebody who enjoys proactively building knowledge and expertise across a broad number of areas
• Highly organised, with the ability to plan effective research programmes, juggle multiple priorities and switch context very quickly
• Passionate about using research to inform internal decision making and external engagement and working towards solutions that benefit society
• A proactive, organised problem solver who can forecast ahead and anticipate business needs
• Have a realistic, pragmatic approach and enjoy working with a range of collaborators
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and exercising good judgement in a rapidly changing environment.

• Track record of published and/or impactful research and writing.