Roles where philosophers are a genuinely good fit — and the places where they keep appearing.
This board is refreshed with each newsletter issue. If your organisation is hiring and you think philosophers would thrive in the role, get in touch and we’ll list it.
Current openings#
Last refreshed: 12 July 2026.
- Head of US Policy at GovAI — senior role directing federal AI policy research from Washington, DC. Initial deadline 6 August 2026, rolling thereafter.
Where to look#
The listings above go stale; these sources don’t. If you check a few of them monthly, you will see most of the philosopher-shaped openings:
- 80,000 Hours job board — the richest single source of ethics, AI governance and policy roles; filter for “policy” or “research”.
- GovAI opportunities — recurring winter/summer fellowships in AI governance; a well-trodden path from philosophy into AI policy.
- PhilJobs — the academic job board, but it also carries non-academic listings.
- Daily Nous — non-academic careers — the philosophy profession’s news site; tracks who’s hiring philosophers and profiles those who left.
- APA — beyond the academy — the American Philosophical Association’s resources on non-academic careers.
- Ethics consultancies — small firms like Principia Advisory (where Christine Jakobson works) hire philosophers directly; find them via our Stories and follow the firms.
Where philosophers end up#
Our community members and speakers have built careers in:
- Ethics consulting — professional ethics, research governance, corporate advisory
- AI ethics & responsible tech — from bioethics at Google to AI policy
- Risk analysis — operationalising philosophical thinking for risk and global catastrophe research
- Web3 & fintech — decentralised finance, law-tech, norm-subverting technology
- Media & writing — public philosophy, journalism, content marketing
- Recruitment & mentoring — connecting people with high-impact careers
Browse Stories and the events archive to see the paths in detail.
Archive#
- Recruiting Consultant / Talent Community Manager (internship) at cyberunity — posted August 2022 (details)