About AI Circle

AI Circle is building a global institution for post-training and frontier model development.

We convene the researchers, engineers, and builders advancing state-of-the-art AI to exchange ideas, scrutinize research, establish best practices, and accelerate progress in model training and evaluation.

Over the past two years, we've organized 200+ events around the world, developed a community of 500+ researchers and builders, and hosted technical discussions alongside leading research conferences including NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, COLM, and EMNLP.

Our community includes researchers and engineers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, NVIDIA, Meta, Cohere, and leading startups working at the frontier of AI.

Our events range from intimate technical roundtables to international conferences and research summits.

Each gathering serves a larger purpose: bringing the right people together to advance the conversations, collaborations, and standards shaping frontier model development.

The Opportunity

AI Circle is building a global institution for post-training and frontier model development.

We've convened 200+ events worldwide, bringing together researchers and builders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Meta, NVIDIA, and leading AI startups.

We're looking for a Head of Events to lead the next chapter of our global programming and partnerships.

This is a highly external-facing leadership role at the intersection of research, community, and business development.

You'll build relationships with frontier AI labs, infrastructure companies, universities, and research organizations. You'll work with partners to develop compelling programs, secure sponsorships, and create forums that advance the field while growing AI Circle's commercial and institutional reach.

You'll own the strategy and commercial success of our global events portfolio, working closely with an Events Manager responsible for day-to-day production.

What You'll Own

1. Partnerships & Business Development

• Build and manage relationships with sponsors, clients, research labs, and institutional partners.

• Develop and sell sponsorship packages, conference partnerships, and custom event programs.

• Own the partnership pipeline from prospecting and proposals through negotiation, closing, and renewal.

• Identify opportunities to expand existing partnerships into long-term, multi-event relationships.

• Serve as a senior point of contact for clients and partners, ensuring exceptional delivery and measurable value.

2. Event Strategy & Programming

• Define the strategy for AI Circle's global portfolio of research events.

• Develop flagship summits, technical forums, and conference programming around post-training and frontier model development.

• Collaborate with researchers and partners to identify emerging topics, important questions, and compelling speakers.

• Curate programs that balance scientific relevance, community value, and partner objectives.

3. Commercial Performance

• Own event budgets, revenue targets, and portfolio profitability.

• Develop sponsorship pricing, proposals, and commercial models.

• Build repeatable partnership offerings that can scale across cities and research conferences.

• Track partner satisfaction, renewals, and the long-term value of relationships.

4. Leadership & Execution

• Lead the Events Manager and coordinate with global chapter leadership.

• Oversee event quality, production standards, and partner deliverables.

• Establish scalable systems for managing an international events portfolio.

• Represent AI Circle at major research conferences and industry gatherings.

What You Bring

• 7+ years of experience in events, partnerships, experiential marketing, or community-led business development.

• At least 2 years owning an events function or major event portfolio end-to-end.

• Demonstrated success developing client relationships, securing sponsorships, or generating partnership revenue.

• Strong commercial judgment and confidence negotiating with senior executives.

• Exceptional programming instincts and the ability to bring together the right people around consequential questions.

• Experience managing budgets, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.

• High ownership, entrepreneurial instincts, and comfort building from the ground up.

• Genuine curiosity about post-training, model evaluation, and frontier AI research.

What Success Looks Like

In your first year, you'll have:

• Built a healthy pipeline of sponsors and institutional partners.

• Secured repeat and multi-event commercial partnerships.

• Delivered a portfolio of high-quality, financially sustainable research events.

• Helped establish AI Circle's flagship summit as an important gathering for the post-training community.

• Built the team, systems, and relationships needed to scale our global programming.

Who You'll Work With

You'll work directly with the founder and collaborate with our global chapter chairs, research community, sponsors, and institutional partners.

This role requires regular engagement with researchers, founders, executives, and decision-makers across the frontier AI ecosystem.

Location

San Francisco, New York City, or London.

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary range: Base Salary: $125,000-150,000 + Performance Incentives. The final offer depends on experience and level.