Public Policy, Strategic Projects

About Anthropic

Anthropics mission is to create reliable interpretable and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers engineers policy experts and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

We are seeking a new member of our Central Policy team. This role will be instrumental in developing and maintaining our policy positions strategies and associated collateral that strengthen Anthropics policy influence in Washington and Central Policy team sits at the operational heart of Anthropics policy functiondistinct from government relations and communications but essential to enabling both. We focus on building the systems resources and scalable programs that empower our broader policy team to succeed. Youll work closely with our federal state and international affairs national security policy communications and research teams.

The ideal candidate is a builder and executor who gets energy from making complex things clear and organized and takes pride in the quality of what they produce. You have strong instincts youre hungry to get your hands dirty and you dont wait to be told what to do. Youre someone who can dive deep into technical details manage multiple workstreams simultaneously and maintain a birds-eye view of how everything connects.

Examples of work in this role might include getting to consensus on an emerging technical issue and producing a crisp one-page reference document; designing and running a process that takes novel research findings and turns them into collateral that supports local public affairs goals; or managing the day-to-day operations of a signature policy research program.

Anthropic is equal parts research lab policy think-tank and technology startup. We care deeply about safe development of AI systems and build partnerships with governments through proactive opinionated substantive policy conversations. This role offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of AI policy playing a central role in building the infrastructure that amplifies our policy presence and influence in D.C. and beyond.

Role Summary:

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive suite of policy collateral (position papers FAQs leave behinds talking points) that distills complex policy positions into clear accessible formats

• Run consensus-building processes that move Anthropic from policy perspectives to clear documented positions and strategies

• Build knowledge management and databases that make Anthropics policy work scalable coordinated and accessible to internal teams

In this role you will:

• Draft and maintain a comprehensive set of internal and external policy collateral including one-page position summaries technical FAQs factsheets talking points and other written materials that tracks versions intended audiences use cases strategic relevance and access

• Execute processes to build and maintain organizational consensus on technical policy positions working with subject matter experts across federal affairs state affairs national security and international affairs to synthesize viewpoints and refine language

• Partner with federal state and international affairs teams to develop and execute bespoke public affairs strategies

• Anticipate emerging policy issues and proactively work with internal experts to develop Anthropics perspective and supporting materials before external pressure emerges

• Work closely with our policy communications team to coordinate messaging across internal and external materials and ensure consistency in Anthropics policy brand and voice

You may be a good fit if you:

• Have 5 years of professional experience in corporate public affairs management consulting or similar environments setting and delivering on cross-functional strategy with demonstrated success bridging the gap between policy analysis and outcomes

• Are an excellent writer who can synthesize complex technical material into clear concise language tailored to different audiences

• Have a demonstrated interest or background in visual communication whether through data visualization graphic design marketing or simply a track record of making written materials more compelling and accessible through thoughtful formatting and presentation

• Are a policy generalist with strong policy fluency or demonstrated interest in tech policy and experience conducting policy research and developing policy proposals

• Have demonstrated experience driving cross-functional projects and building consensus in fast-moving ambiguous environments

• Excel at managing multiple projects simultaneously with strong organizational skills and time management

• Can work independently take ownership of problems and proactively anticipate needs

• Are scrappy and hard-working but also humble genuinely collaborative and a strong team player

• Are passionate about AI policy and align with Anthropics safety mission and commitment to responsible AI development

• Hold at least a Bachelors degree in a related field

Logistics

Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelors degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Location-based hybrid policy: Currently we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship:We do sponsor visas! However we arent able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if youre interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones were building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.

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How were different

We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact advancing our long-term goals of steerable trustworthy AI rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. Were an extremely collaborative group and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such we greatly value communication skills.

The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic including: GPT-3 Circuit-Based Interpretability Multimodal Neurons Scaling Laws AI & Compute Concrete Problems in AI Safety and Learning from Human Preferences.

Come work with us!

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits optional equity donation matching generous vacation and parental leave flexible working hours and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Guidance on Candidates AI Usage:Learn aboutour policyfor using AI in our application process