In the GHD world, I doubt there are many jobs which would have as high potential leverage and impact as this one. Then the animal welfare potential as well to boot ...
If you're considering it, for goodness sake go ahead and apply!
Following our co-founderJoey's recent transition announcement we're actively searching for exceptional leadership to join our C-level team and guide AIM into its next phase.
Recommend someone you think could be a great fit here
Location: London strongly preferred. Remote candidates willing to work from London at least 3 months a year and otherwise overlapping at least 6 hours with 9 am to 5 pm BST will be considered. We are happy to sponsor UK work visas.
Employment Type: Full-time (35 hours)
Application Deadline: rolling until August 10, 2025
Start Date: as soon as possible (with some flexibility for the right candidate)
On March 15th, Joey announced he's stepping away from his role as CEO of AIM, with his planned last day as December 1st. This follows our other co-founder Karolina's completed transition in 2024. Like Karolina, Joey will transition to a board member role while we bring in new leadership to guide AIM's next phase of growth.
The Opportunity
AIM is at a unique inflection point. We're seeking an exceptional leader to join Samantha and Devon on our C-level team and help shape the next era of one of the most impactful organizations in the EA ecosystem.
With foundations established (including a strong leadership team and funding runway), we're ready to scale our influence dramatically and see many exciting pathways to do so. While the current leadership team has a default 2026 strategic plan, we are open to a new CEO proposing radical departures.This might include:
Proposing alternative ways to integrate or spin off existing or new programs
Deciding to spend more resources trialling more experimental programs, or double down on Charity Entrepreneurship
Expanding geographically or deepening impact in existing regions
Building partnerships with major funders or creating new funding mechanisms
Our Track Record
AIM has been a driving force in effective altruism:
Launched 50+ high-impact charities (including 10 that received GiveWell funding)
Skilled up 30+ foundations through our grantmaking programs giving $100M+ annually
Moved $10M through our funding circles
We're well-positioned to do even more, but we need a strategic CEO who can make high-stakes decisions, drive execution at scale, and help set the direction for the entire organization.
What Does Working at AIM Look Like?
Before we dive into what we're looking for, check out our new video that gives you a behind-the-scenes look at working at AIM:
What We're Looking For
We want a leader who can excel in this senior role from day one. You should be someone who thrives on strategic decision-making, operates with high agency, and gets ambitious things done. You know AIM and the effective non-profit ecosystem well and are driven by maximizing impact. Both executing work yourself and leading through your team should be exciting to you.
At minimum, we're looking for candidates who have:
High levels of integrity and alignment with AIM's values
A demonstrated track record of running or scaling organisations or programs significantly
Senior leadership and/or management experience of teams
Ability to exercise oversight and provide meaningful input to AIM's programs
We expect excellent candidates will meet many (but not all) of the ideal criteria below. We encourage you to apply even though you are unlikely to meet all of the listed characteristics. We sketch a picture of potential ideal candidates to give a more concrete sense of what particularly strong candidates might look like, not to discourage potential candidates from applying.
Location & Availability
London strongly preferred (remote candidates willing to work from London at least 3 months a year and otherwise overlapping at least 6 hours with 9am to 5pm BST will be considered)
Full-time commitment (35 hours per week)
Personality traits:
Deeply results-focused and motivated by creating the most impact possible
High standards and a constant desire to improve
Calm, rational, and creative under pressure
Highly collaborative, low personal ego
Flexible and excited to switch between big picture and hands-on work as needed
Truly cause agnostic / cause neutral across at minimum global health & development, animal welfare, meta, and open to experimental cause areas
Strongly aligned with our values
Comfortable making tough decisions (like shutting down programs, rejecting more funding, terminations) when it's the most impactful thing to do
Competencies and abilities:
High-level strategic planning
High emotional intelligence and an empowering, inspiring, and motivating but well-reasoned communication style
Able to both oversee or personally run projects with many moving and constantly changing parts from start to finish and call in internal or external support where needed
Able to work fast and produce high-quality output while deprioritising or delegating where appropriate
Fundraising experience
Able to be both helpful and impressive to a wide range of people
A good understanding of people
A creative and divergent thinker and problem solver with a bias to action
Ideal prior experience, knowledge, and technical skills:
Informed about key effective altruist principles and concepts (prioritisation, impartiality, truth seeking, and collaboration)
Able to analyse and synthesise information from a range of quantitative and qualitative sources and make good complex decisions taking into account many considerations
Some prior knowledge about our core cause areas (Global Health & Development, Animal Welfare, Meta)
Experience with the AIM ecosystem, either as a program graduate, (past) AIM or charity staff, or through other avenues
Network of relationships within EA, philanthropy, or adjacent communities
Experience with nonprofit entrepreneurship
Experience in hiring and/or talent
You might be particularly strong if you have one or several of the following:
Charity Entrepreneurship program graduate
Experience founding or leading organisations in the effective nonprofit space
Background in grantmaking, philanthropy, or impact investing
Experience managing large international, remote, or hybrid teams
Track record of successful fundraising ($1M+)
Experience working in lean and fast-moving contexts (e.g. start-ups, consulting)
How to Apply
We are now accepting applications on a rolling basis until August 10th. If you're an exceptional leader ready to drive impact at scale, we want to hear from you.
Some of the people we admire most have said, "Let me know if you don’t find anyone. Then I might consider it." We understand. You're doing important work and want to be thoughtful about where you spend your time. But here's the thing: we can only consider candidates who go through the process. No matter how strong the fit, we cannot hire someone who is not in the pool.
If this might be a fit, we encourage you to apply. The process will be clear, efficient, and respectful of your time.
We welcome recommendations from both inside and outside the AIM community. If you know someone with the skills, values, and drive to lead at this level, we would love to hear about them.
This is a crosspost from the new Animal Welfare Alignment Newsletter by Anima International. You can subscribe on Substack if you are interested in following these efforts. Audio reading also available on Substack.
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If you're considering it, for goodness sake go ahead and apply!