Executive Business Partner, the company for Government & Global Affairs

About the Team

the company mission is to ensure that artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. Achieving this goal requires not only building cutting-edge technology, but ensuring it is deployed responsibly in real-world contexts. the company for Government partners with U.S. and allied government institutions to support the responsible adoption of AI across defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies. We work at the intersection of technology, policy, and operations to ensure that our tools are deployed in ways that are effective, aligned with democratic values, and grounded in real-world consequences.

This role will support leaders on two teams at the center of the company work with governments worldwide: the company for Government and Global Affairs.

As part of the the company for Government team you will work across federal, state, and local governments, helping to accelerate adoption through hands-on support, tailored training, and early insights—so civil servants can spend less time on red tape and more on meaningful work. If you're passionate about responsibly deploying frontier AI to uplift public institutions and transform how the government works, we want you on our team.

As part of the Global Affairs National Security team, you will help shape the company engagement with senior national security leaders and policymakers around the world, navigating one of the most consequential and fast-moving policy landscapes of our time. You will work at the intersection of frontier AI, geopolitics, and defense – helping to build trusted relationships, inform strategic decisions, and position the company as a credible partner on issues that matter to global security. If you are energized by high-impact work, complex challenges, and the opportunity to help shape how transformative technology is used in service of democratic institutions, we’d love to hear from you.

Our Executive Business Partners serve as trusted advisors and collaborators to the company executives and leaders, focused on strong communication and operational excellence across teams. With a focus on elevating the impact and efficiency of leadership, we anticipate needs, streamline processes, and provide comprehensive support to ensure our executives can focus on high-impact initiatives. We play a pivotal role in driving success and achieving key milestones by cultivating strong relationships and leveraging our deep understanding of business objectives. With a commitment to excellence and a proactive approach, we are dedicated to empowering our executives and contributing to the overall growth and success of the company.

Our leadership team reflects the company culture and core values and is a mission-driven, kind, and thoughtful group. We take pride in creating a work environment that fosters collaboration, open communication, and authenticity, making the company an excellent place to work for highly accomplished professionals.

About the Role

The Executive Business Partner will be a proactive and adaptable partner to executives, managing complex scheduling, coordinating projects, and optimizing workflows. This role requires independence, task-level ownership, and a deep understanding of the company mission to foster AGI that benefits humanity. The ideal candidate can handle structured tasks with minimal oversight, while actively learning and applying best practices to support evolving business needs.

This role is based in Washington, DC and requires in-person attendance at our DC office, The Workshop, at least four days per week. We offer relocation assistance for new employees.

In this role, you will:

• Build strong connections within Global Affairs and the company for Government, and forge connective tissue between the two teams to help them operate together more seamlessly. This includes an understanding of team dynamics, priorities, and stakeholders, facilitating seamless coordination on high-stakes projects.

• Expertly manage the calendars, scheduling, and logistics of leaders in both organizations across classified and unclassified engagements—including interagency meetings, secure briefings, site visits, and high-priority external meetings—while anticipating needs, adapting quickly to shifting priorities, and ensuring leaders are well-prepared and operating efficiently.

• Excel in sharing information clearly and efficiently, adapting communication styles for different audiences, from Cabinet-level officials to agency staff, adapting tone and style to maintain professionalism and advance the company mission.

• Operate with discretion and independence, proactively optimizing processes and flagging risks, while ensuring sensitive information is handled securely and in compliance with government protocols.

• Serve as an execution lead for major the company for Government and Global Affairs events, government workshops, sponsorships, training, and customer meetings, Work seamlessly with key stakeholders in the company Washington, DC office to ensure a high quality experience for strategic on-site visits.

• Serve as a strategic operations partner to the National Security team, helping run the team’s operating cadence across planning cycles, leadership priorities, travel rhythms, and internal communications; act as a trusted thought partner to team leadership by tracking due-outs, driving follow-through, and surfacing priorities and risks. Partner closely with the team to shape and execute events, workshops, and external engagements, while coordinating seamlessly across Product, Research, Legal, Security, and the company for Government.

• Work closely with the company for Government’s chief of staff to build and scale the team’s strategic processes and operating systems, including:

  • Developing and maintaining an annual planning calendar;

  • Coordinating milestones for budget cycles, offsites, summits, major launches, recruiting pushes, and leadership visits;

  • Owning and maintaining team information architecture (Notion, shared drives, templates, org charts, FAQs, and distribution lists, etc.);

  • Keeping onboarding materials and processes current;

  • Tracking headcount growth needs and help forecast seating, equipment, badges, and onboarding readiness as the team expands.

  • Initiate teambuilding activities, such as happy hours, trainings, off-sites, and outings.

You might thrive in this role if you have:

• 8-12 years of experience in an executive support role or similar support function.

• 5 years of experience managing complex scheduling, logistics, and high-level meetings with senior government, defense, and international leaders, including coordinating clearances, handling sensitive information, and navigating agency systems and protocols.

• Proven experience working with multiple leaders in the past.

• Worked in a high-growth startup, or similar environment.

• Managed and optimized extremely busy calendars.

• Exceptional attention to detail and a high bar for quality, with the ability to anticipate issues, catch small errors before they become larger problems, and ensure every deliverable, meeting, and interaction is executed to a polished standard.

• Flawless execution skills for events and meetings of all sizes.

• Exceptional communication skills - being able to tailor a message appropriate to a specific audience (writing an email to a Senator vs. a Customer vs. an Exec)

• Ability to motivate and align teams, driving accountability and helping leaders and cross-functional partners stay focused on shared priorities.

• Proven ability to build processes and operational systems from the ground up, bringing structure to ambiguity and creating scalable ways of working in fast-moving, high-growth environments.

• Professionalism and Discretion - You understand the balance between transparency and confidentiality.

• Independent Task Level Operator

• Very fluent in Google Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Gmail, etc. and other modern productivity software, and are excited to learn and use new tools.

• Genuine interest in the technology we’re building and the transformative potential of AI. Experience with leveraging AI tools to make complex workflows more efficient.

About the company

the company is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. 

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

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