Research Project Manager, Executive Operations

About this role

Job Type:

Term (Fixed Term)

About RAND

RAND is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution founded in 1948 to advise the U.S. government on matters of national security. For over 75 years, RAND has been a trusted source of objective, rigorous analysis for policymakers across administrations and agencies.

About CAST

CAST is an 80+ person center at the forefront of transformative AI and biotechnology policy and their implications for global competition and security. Our teams work on verification frameworks for international agreements on AI, creating AI data centers that are secure, unlocking energy for AI production, developing models for public-private partnerships between frontier labs and government, and conductingAIxBio evaluations and mitigations, among other initiatives.

Position Description

RAND Center on AI, Security, and Technology (CAST) is seeking an Executive Operations Manager to support the Center’s leadership operations. This is a high-ownership role on a fast-moving team supporting one of RAND's highest-priority research centers.

In this position, you will play a vital connective role across the organization. You will serve as a force multiplier to RAND CAST’s Director, Sella Nevo. Sella leads one of the most consequential centers working at the intersection of AI and national security, and represents CAST across the White House, frontier labs, Congress, and international governance forums.

Responsibilities include:

• Own the Director's complex agenda and daily flow (with Administrative Support), ensuring he moves seamlessly from activity to activity with the right context, materials, and buffer at each step.
• Manage travel flow for roughly two trips per month with support from an Administrative Assistant who executes bookings and expense reports.
• Conduct quarterly calendar reviews, surfacing meetings that could be delegated and time that could be reinvested in the Director's highest-leverage priorities.
• Suppo...