Director of Implementation, Bio Action Plan

EQL Tech is partnering with the Safe Artificial Intelligence Fund (SAIF) to hire a Director of Implementation for the Bio Action Plan, a comprehensive strategy to reduce catastrophic biological risk at the intersection of AI and biotechnology. Why this role exists The convergence of AI and biotechnology is creating one of the most serious proliferation risks of our time. Offensive biological capabilities are advancing faster than defensive ones, and the window to close that gap is narrowing. In response, a coalition of leading experts, organizations, and funders has developed the Bio Action Plan: a strategy, a detailed agenda with explicit milestones, and a tracking dashboard to measure progress. SAIF is now building the team to move that plan from strategy to implementation, and this role is its principal owner. What you'll own This is a senior, mission-critical role for someone who combines deep fluency in biosecurity and emerging technology with the ability to drive complex, multi-stakeholder execution. The role spans four core functions: Refine, finalize, and maintain the plan Engage leading experts, practitioners, funders, and institutions across biosecurity, biodefense, AI safety, global health security, and biotechnology Identify gaps, weaknesses, or missing priorities Produce a final, yet living, endorsed version of the plan that reflects broad community input Build the execution architecture Translate the plan into an operational roadmap with milestones, metrics, owners, and funding requirements Define and refine those milestones, metrics, and funding needs Identify critical gaps where no credible executor currently exists Establish a quarterly system to track progress across the plan Close funding gaps and accelerate execution Mobilize funding for the Action Plan, including helping organizations secure resources to hit plan milestones, and working with SAIF leadership to deploy capital where appropriate Maintain a current view of where funding is flowing and where it's most needed Support organizations and initiatives seeking funding for plan-relevant work Help funders evaluate opportunities with rigor, urgency, and technical judgment Drive accountability across the field Establish a quarterly review process for tracking progress against plan milestones Prepare concise progress reports for funders, partners, and relevant stakeholders Identify where execution is stalled and recommend interventions Convene the right people around specific bottlenecks, not just broad discussions More about the role The ideal candidate is a strategist and an operator: someone who can read a technical memo, pressure-test an expert claim, run a rigorous planning process, brief a funder, identify an institutional gap, and then help ensure that gap is filled. Reducing catastrophic biological risk takes more than analysis or advocacy. It takes a coordinated execution effort across science, technology, policy, philanthropy, industry,…