Research Team Lead - Online Child Safety
Alice is seeking a driven and compassionate leader to serve as Research Team Lead - Online Child Safety. In this vital role, you'll oversee a skilled team tackling online child exploitation, including CSAM, grooming, sextortion, trafficking and more. You’ll manage workflows, ensure exceptional delivery, and foster a culture of innovation. If you’re a motivated leader passionate about creating safer digital spaces, we encourage you to apply.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee research initiatives to deliver impactful insights and address risks.
- Develop data feeds and maintain databases to track harmful trends.
- Mentor team members, fostering professional growth and collaboration.
- Streamline workflows and implement automation for greater efficiency.
- Ensure timely, accurate, and high-quality client deliverables.
- Expand knowledge resources and monitor emerging threats like GenAI.
Alice is a trust, safety, and security company built for the AI era. We safeguard the communicative technologies people use to create, collaborate, and interact—whether with each other or with machines.
In a world where AI has fundamentally changed the nature of risk, Alice provides end-to-end coverage across the entire AI lifecycle. We support frontier model labs, enterprises, and UGC platforms with a comprehensive suite of solutions: from model hardening evaluations and pre-deployment red-teaming to runtime guardrails and ongoing drift detection.
Hybrid:Yes
REQUIREMENTS
Required Skills and Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in the field of child safety, with a proven track record of addressing online harms such as CSAM, grooming, and trafficking.
- At least 5 years' experience in research, holding a minimum of a master’s degree in criminology, sociology, or a related field; a PhD is an advantage.
- At least 2 years of experience in team leadership.
- Demonstrated leadership and research expertise, including managing large-scale initiatives, analyzing data, mentoring teams, and fostering collaboration.
- Exceptional skills in analytical thinking, communication, and technical proficiency, with resilience to handle sensitive content and expertise in OSINT, automation, and database management.
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