This forum post was first drafted using an LLM to summarise information from human-written job postings and then hiring managers edited and adjusted it. The primary author/coordinator is Lucia De Santis.
Overview
- 80,000 Hours has six open positions: three in our career services team (headhunting and talent database) and three on our studio team, which makes the 80,000 Hours Podcast.
- Application deadlines fall between August 28 and September 2, 2026. We assess applications on a rolling basis, so we recommend applying early.
- Roles are full-time. Most are based in London, the San Francisco Bay Area, or Washington DC, with remote options for most. We can sponsor UK visas, and US visas in some cases.
- Salary ranges for London are listed for each role below (each posting also lists US and remote salary ranges).
- If you're not interested but know someone who'd be a great fit, we'd love referrals — if we hire someone you introduce us to, we'll send you a thank-you of up to £750 / $1,000 (referral guide).
🧳 Career services team
Our headhunting team works with organisations focused on making transformative AI go well, helping them find the people they need. Hiring managers tell us what they're looking for, and our AI system searches our database of 16,000+ candidates to produce an initial list, which a human headhunter refines. Since 2025, our service has helped place more than 40 people in impactful opportunities, and demand is growing. Last quarter, we ran 187 searches for 79 organisations, and hiring managers contacted roughly three times as many of our recommended candidates as in a typical quarter.
Headhunting Associate / Specialist (up to 2 hires) — Apply by September 2, 2026 (11:00 PM BST)
Run searches: talk to hiring managers to understand what they need, then use LLM tooling to find and filter the strongest candidates in our database. You'll typically work on 5+ searches a week. We're looking for good judgment in assessing fit, professional networks in our priority problem areas, and comfort using LLMs — previous recruiting experience is not required. You don't need to choose between the associate and specialist levels; we'll match you as part of the process.
Salary: £84k–109k (London); Location: London, SF Bay Area, or DC preferred, with remote options
Headhunting Product Specialist — Apply by September 2, 2026 (11:00 PM BST)
Run some searches, but spend most of your time improving the headhunting product itself: testing rubrics and models, analysing which searches work, interviewing hiring managers, and suggesting or shipping improvements. Improvements here have an outsized effect — a better search process improves every search we run. You can apply to this and the associate/specialist role via the same form.
Salary: £93k–109k (London); Location: London, SF Bay Area, or DC preferred, with remote options
Talent Database Lead — Apply by August 28, 2026 (11:00 PM BST)
Own the biggest constraint on our headhunting team: the breadth and quality of our candidate data. Roughly half the people eventually hired for roles we run searches for were never in our database. You'd build candidate-acquisition channels, develop partnerships with fellowships and aligned organisations, improve the information we collect, and set the standard for responsible data use. This is a broad role with no fixed playbook.
Salary: £112k–130k (London); Location: London or SF Bay Area preferred, with remote options
🎙️ Studio team
The studio team (formerly the podcast team) makes the 80,000 Hours Podcast. Our in-depth interviews reach tens of thousands of people, and we regularly hear from listeners in government and at leading AI companies who find them useful for their work.
Producer — Apply by August 28, 2026 (11:00 PM BST)
Support episodes from conception to release: background research and interview prep with our four hosts, content-level editing, and launch strategy (titles, thumbnails, cold opens, promotion). We'd be excited about profiles ranging from someone deeply immersed in AI with strong content judgment to someone from a media/content background looking to pivot into AI-focused comms.
Salary: £93k–113k (London); Location: London, SF Bay Area, DC, or remote
Production Coordinator / Associate — Apply by August 28, 2026 (11:00 PM BST)
Assist with the running of the production side of the podcast: coordinating our editing pipeline and contractor capacity, quality control, file management, and tech support for recordings in our London studio. We'll only make a hire here if we find someone who'd be a particularly strong fit.
Salary: £78k–84k (London); Location: London strongly preferred — you'd need to work from our London studio at least weekly, UK remote possible
Special Projects Associate / Analyst — Apply by August 28, 2026 (11:00 PM BST)
Take on important projects that currently fall between the cracks, such as evaluating episode impact, project-managing written pieces for our Substack, scoping new formats, guest triage, and owning our web pages. This role is good for someone who can drive ambiguous projects independently, from strategy through execution.
Salary: £78k–101k (London); Location: London, SF Bay Area, DC, or remote
If you have questions about a specific role, the best place to start is the posting itself; there you’ll find more detail on responsibilities, who we're looking for, salary by location, and benefits.
We especially encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply, even if you don't meet every criterion.
Thanks for considering us!
