Political Director Opportunity

Bridge AI safety concerns with concrete state policy wins, and intent for later federal victories.

You’ll design and execute our state legislative campaign strategy, with an eye to federal policy, ensuring grassroots energy translates into real policy and political pressure.

You’ll recognize opportunities, develop our political strategy, build coalitions, and translate AI safety into action. This role requires sophisticated understanding of both AI risks and political machinery.

This is a leadership team position, with the opportunity to shape humanity’s response to risks from AI starting from zero. Join the Executive Director in crafting this organization and getting it off the ground.

About Us

Humans in Control is a new grassroots movement focused on AI safety and existential risk reduction. Our aim is to translate public concern into sustained political pressure that ensures artificial intelligence is developed and deployed safely, transparently, and responsibly.

We are not a “grasstops” lobbying shop. Instead, we are building a distributed, grassroots organization:

• Affinity groups (8–12 people) that meet weekly for campaign actions and community.
• Constituency-specific engagement (parents, faith leaders, engineers, students, health professionals, lawyers, artists…)
• Quarterly campaign “spikes” coordinated nationally (letters, teach-ins, district meetings, media pushes).
• State legislative focus — we support and amplify existing AI safety legislation through testimony, constituent pressure, and coalition partnerships.

Our leadership model is deliberately distributed:

• The Executive Director anchors strategy and keeps the AI safety focus.
• A Spokes Council and trained local leaders carry the charisma and storytelling.
• Directors of Policy, Organizing, Communications, and Operations own their lanes and co-lead the organization as peers.

We’re seeking founding team members and board leaders to help build this from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Track, vet, and prioritize state-level AI safety bills; maintain bill calendars and whip counts
• Identify opportunities for grassroots support: hearings, floor votes, amendment pushes
• Build and maintain relationships with legislators, staffers, and committees
• Develop bipartisan coalition strategies bringing together relevant allies
• Track, analyze, and brief leadership team & organizing leaders on AI policy developments
• Prepare and support volunteers with testimony, one-pagers, and district meeting toolkits
• Develop long-term tiered policy agenda from near-term policy asks to ambitious policy asks that will require high political will (e.g. international agreements)
• Provide policy expertise to support fundraising and donor engagement

What We’re Looking For

• 4+ years in legislative affairs, technology policy, or political campaigns
• Strong grasp of state legislative processes; federal policy knowledge a plus
• Track record of bipartisan coalition building
• Understanding of AI governance landscape and key stakeholders
• Comfortable with controversial positions
• Genuine concern for risks from AI, including potential existential risks (mitigating risks from extinction from AI due to loss of control from advanced future AI e.g. here, here, here)
• Excellent internaland external communication skills, adaptive and responsive to feedback and developments
• Unwavering commitment to truth-tracking and non-deceptive messaging, while navigating political realities

Ideal Candidates Bring

• Existing relationships across partisan lines in key states or federal policy
• Understanding of corporate compliance and regulatory enforcement mechanisms
• Knowledge about with federal policy landscape and international policy
• Background in national security or emerging technology policy

Anticipated Start

Q1 - Q2 (?) 2026

Reporting Structure

Reports to the Executive Director.

As Political Director, you’ll own state legislative strategy—including bill tracking, whip counts, testimony prep, and legislator relations.

Location

Remote with regular travel required (must be authorized to work in US and work US timezone). DC preferred once we move into federal policy.

Compensation

$XXX base + benefits package

How to Apply

Email contact@humansincontrol.org with your resume or CV.

Get this movement off the ground as we aim to shape the AI landscape for the better.