Expression of Interest (Operations)

Apollo Research is an AI safety organisation that works on the detection of scheming (e.g. building evaluations), the science of scheming (e.g. model organisms), and scheming mitigations (e.g. anti-scheming, and control). We closely work with multiple frontier AI companies.  At Apollo, we aim for a culture that emphasizes truth-seeking, being goal-oriented, giving and receiving constructive feedback, and being friendly and helpful. If you’re interested in more details about what it’s like working at Apollo, you can find more information here.

We're a team of ~35 in London, starting a new office in San Francisco and we're growing fast. 

As we grow, I'm building out the People Ops function and looking for someone to join me likely starting Q3 2026.

This is a generalist role with a focus on People Ops and will touch a variety of things: hiring, onboarding, HR systems and overall process improvement. There's also a ambitious AI enablement thread where we think hard about how to use tools well. You'll be expected to use AI to move faster and reduce manual overhead. 

This role is also relationship-heavy and requires genuine care about candidates and when hired, their experience at work. You'll be supporting a technical workforce of researchers and engineers. 

2+ years of experience in HR, recruiting, operations, or adjacent work or someone earlier in their career who has run something significant for example, a student society or large events. You'd need a track record of having to figure things out without a playbook. You'd need to be comfortable operating in a face-paced environment with autonomy and high judgment, without perfect information. You are comfortable using AI tools and use them to draft, summarise, research, and automate. 

London-based strongly preferred. 

The intent is for the right person to move into a Senior Associate scope and take on more complex, cross-jurisdictional projects over time. You'd be working directly with me and the rest of the Ops team consisting of (COO, Senior Finance Manager, Operation Generalist) across everything.  

If this sounds like you or someone you know please send a CV and complete the application form.  I'm building a shortlist to invite to apply once the full JD is ready.