RunwayProduct Safety Manager
We are building AI to simulate the world through merging art and science.
We believe that world models are at the frontier of progress in artificial intelligence. Language models alone won’t solve the world’s hardest problems – robotics, disease, scientific discovery. Real progress requires models that experience the world and learn from their mistakes, the same way that humans do. And this kind of trial and error can be massively accelerated when done in simulation, rather than in the real world.
World models offer the most clear path to general-purpose simulation, changing how stories are told, how scientific progress is made and how the next frontiers of humanity are reached.
Our team consists of creative, open minded, caring and ambitious people who are determined to change the world. We aspire to continuously build impossible things and our ability to do so relies on building an incredible team. If you are driven to do the same, we'd love to hear from you.
About the role
*Open to hiring remote across the US and Europe — we also have offices in NYC, San Francisco, Seattle, and London
Runway is working to develop the next generation of world models and bring them to new products and industries. This requires proactive thinking about how this powerful, cutting-edge technology might be misused, and building effective mitigations.
We're looking for a Product Safety Manager to own safety assessments and threat modeling for Runway's products as they scale in scope and complexity. This role will be a core partner to engineering and product teams, ensuring that safety review is a first-class part of the development process; not a bottleneck, and not an afterthought.
This is a hands-on, high-impact role. You'll work directly on novel product surfaces—think custom avatars and world model applications in sensitive domains—and design the mitigations that allow us to ship responsibly and at speed.
What you’ll do
- Lead safety assessments and threat modeling for new products, with a particular focus on completely new areas for the business
- Design and document safety mitigations for novel product risks, and partner with engineering to implement them
- Lead comprehensive red teaming efforts for new products and existing products
- Serve as the dedicated safety point of contact for new products—attending planning and design sessions, raising risks early, and owning updates to safety assessments as product designs evolve
- Stay current on the evolving landscape of AI product safety, including regulatory expectations and industry best practices
- Support the broader Trust & Safety team with cross-functional safety questions and investigations as they relate to product features
- As part of a small, collaborative T&S team, contribute to work across the broader team as priorities and needs evolve
What you’ll need
- 5+ years of experience in product safety, trust & safety, risk assessment, or a related discipline at a technology company
- Strong understanding of content moderation systems
- Demonstrated experience conducting safety assessments or threat modeling for consumer-facing products
- Excellent written communication skills, including ability to translate complex safety issues into clear, functional documentation
- Comfort with ambiguity and a track record of making principled decisions in fast-moving environments
- Ability to act as a self-starter, taking initiative to identify opportunities to improve or build on processes and work products
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, including ability to build trust with product managers and engineers and integrate safety into their workflows without becoming a bottleneck
Nice to Have
- Familiarity with generative AI products, including video, image, or avatar-based applications
- Experience in a domain with heightened regulatory scrutiny, such as healthcare, education, or children's products
- Experience in a high-growth startup environment where T&S infrastructure was being built from scratch
Runway strives to recruit and retain exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds while ensuring pay equity for our team. Our salary ranges are based on competitive market rates for our size, stage and industry, and salary is just one part of the overall compensation package we provide.
There are many factors that go into salary determinations, including relevant experience, skill level and qualifications assessed during the interview process, and maintaining internal equity with peers on the team. The range shared below is a general expectation for the function as posted, but we are also open to considering candidates who may be more or less experienced than outlined in the job description. In this case, we will communicate any updates in the expected salary range.
Lastly, the provided range is the expected salary for candidates in the U.S. Outside of those regions, there may be a change in the range, which again, will be communicated to candidates.
Salary Range: $150,000 - $200,000
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