Movement Building Director
Title: Movement Building Director
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California
Employment type: Full-time
Compensation: $140,000 - $175,000 per annum, depending on experience and qualifications, with competitive benefits package
Reporting structure: Reports to ED
Contact: careers@evitable.com
Application form: link
About Evitable
A small number of companies are racing to build superhuman AI. They are doing it openly and at enormous scale, and admit they do not know how to control what they are building. Most Americans have not yet had the chance to understand what the deployment of these systems means for their jobs, their families, and their future, let alone been given a say.
Evitable was founded by David Krueger, one of the earliest and most credible voices on the risks of advanced AI. A professor of computer science who has spent over a decade at the forefront of the field, David initiated the landmark Statement on AI Risk, the single sentence signed by the field's leading scientists that put extinction-level concern on the global agenda. He co-authored the paper that introduced the concept of "gradual disempowerment," and served as a founding research director at the UK's AI Security Institute, which he left to do what he believed mattered most and was missing: taking the warning directly to the public.
The risks posed by AI are immense and range from mass unemployment to mass surveillance, and even human extinction. But none of this is inevitable. Building ever more powerful AI depends on trillions of dollars of investments, a concentrated supply chain, and the cooperation of governments. That makes it a choice, a deliberate project that can be stopped. The public has a right to know what is being built, and a right to decide whether it should be built at all.
Evitable is a communications and movement-building nonprofit that exists to inform the public and build the broad, nonviolent movement that puts the decision over whether, when, and how AI is built in the public's hands, rather than in those of the companies racing for dominance.
About the Role
Evitable's founder has spent years convincing experts to take AI risk seriously. Evitable’s role is to bring this work to a broader audience: sounding the alarm, loudly and publicly, by building a movement ready to take action. Your job is to turn public concern into actionable, organized power.
This is a senior role requiring an ability to build out a program from the ground up. You’ll build the movement to transform the concerned public into an organized and mobilized base. You will set our movement building strategy and build the team that scales it.
In this role, you will work closely with the Communications Director. Comms will get the public's attention - your role will be to activate it.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and own the movement strategy, in collaboration with the ED and Comms Director.
Drive grass-roots movement growth, including awareness, buy-in, and activation around Evitable’s core messages: the urgent need to stop AI in order to reduce societal-scale risks to acceptable levels.
Recruit, train, and develop a cohort of volunteer leaders who can take on organizing responsibilities.
Build and manage relationships with coalition partners, allied organizations, and potential supporters.
Work with Communications staff and contractors to test and refine audience-specific framings
Design and run collective actions and public-facing campaigns, coordinating closely with Communications and external partners on messaging and timing.
Establish a regular cadence of supporter engagement and track progress across the supporter base, distinguishing between AI safety community uptake and mainstream public uptake.
Produce assessments of what is working, what is not, and what capacity is needed to scale.
Hire, manage and grow a team of organizers as the program scales.
What We Are Looking For
Essential
Significant experience in grassroots movement building, campaign organizing, or advocacy. You will already be at a senior level, or looking to make a step up
Direct experience building a movement, campaign, or organizing program from an early stage, not just managing an existing one. Someone who has been the first or second organizer at a growing campaign is ideal.
Demonstrated ability to build partnerships and coalitions to expand reach
A track record of recruiting, training, and developing volunteer programs
Experience running collective actions, public campaigns, or advocacy drives with measurable outcomes
Comfort operating in early-stage environments
Self-directed and proactive leader
Alignment with Evitable's mission
Preferred
Experience in community, advocacy or campaign organizing at scale
Understanding of the AI risk and governance landscape
Compensation and Benefits
$140,000 - $175,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications. Benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, a 2% 401(k) match, and unlimited paid time off in addition to federal holidays. This is a full-time, in-person role based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Work Authorization
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
The hiring process is not fixed but includes:
1. Initial Application. Submit your resume/CV and the application form. We review every application against a consistent rubric.
2. Working Interview (~1 hour, unpaid). Rather than a traditional interview, we ask you to complete a short practical exercise that reflects the day-to-day work of the role. It gives us a clear picture of how you think and work, and a realistic sense of what the job looks like.
3. Short Interview (~30 min). A relaxed conversation about your motivation and fit, plus anything we want to explore from your working interview.
4. Paid Work Test. A deeper, scoped task based on real Evitable work, paid for your time and assessed against a consistent rubric.
5. On-Site Interview. You will meet the team and key stakeholders in structured conversations tied to the role and our values.
6. Reference Checks. We speak with two professional references, with questions tailored to the role and your background, before any offer.
Updated Jul 23 2026