Public Policy Lead, National Security

About the role

We are looking for a National Security Lead to guide our strategic engagements with the U.S. national security and intelligence communities. This senior role will shape Anthropic's approach to national security policy and partnerships during a critical period in AI development and governance. You will serve as a key advisor to company leadership on frontier models’ national security implications, and will translate policy impacting developments to senior contacts across the defense, intelligence, and law enforcement communities. You will also partner closely with our public sector sales team to support public sector deployment of Claude in use cases that strengthen national security, enhance government efficiency, and accelerate US competitiveness.

Responsibilities:

• Lead policy engagement on issues related to government use and national security implications of frontier models
• Engage key NatSec policy stakeholders (e.g., via briefings, consultations, demos, roundtables) across the Executive branch and Congress
• Partner with public sector sales team to support commercial efforts involving governmental agency deployments
• Support and promote public-private research collaborations and model testing efforts
• Build a coalition of government agencies, nonprofits, safety institutes, and academics to share knowledge and build standardization in NatSec related threat model testing
• Collaborate with technical teams to translate Anthropic threat model research into concrete policy proposals, stakeholder education, and thought leadership opportunities

You may be a good fit if you:

• Have 10+ years of experience working in national security agencies and/or relevant Congressional offices or committees, or a combination of government and related private sector experience
• Hold active TS/SCI clearance or held one in the last two years and the ability to obtain/maintain one
• Have a track record of effective, information-rich advocacy with government regulatory authorities
• Are adept at working with diverse cross functional teams (including but not limited to trust and safety, legal, product, research, comms, and marketing)
• Have experience designing and advocating for concrete policy and regulatory proposals for both consumer and enterprise technology products
• Possess strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly when briefing policymakers and government officials
• Have demonstrated interest and experience in a complicated technical subject (ideally, AI, but other examples could be quantum computing, cryptography, fusion power, etc.)