Public Policy, Strategic Advisory

The role

This individual contributor role involves driving clarity on Anthropic's policy positions. You will partner with cross-functional peers to produce evidence-backed positions, research, campaigns, and partnerships.

What you will do

• Own a portfolio of high-priority policy positions including papers, FAQs, and talking points
• Drive organizational consensus on contested technical policy positions
• Develop and test message framings with internal and external audiences
• Translate technical research and scientific content into policy-ready language
• Serve as an internal senior advisor to federal, state, and international affairs teams
• Drive complex, cross-functional policy projects to resolution
• Stand up rapid-response playbooks for time-sensitive events
• Partner with policy communications to ensure message and voice consistency
• Anticipate emerging issues and develop Anthropic's perspective

Required qualifications

• Direct experience with message development and testing for policy, advocacy, or communications audiences
• Experience translating technical material for non-expert decision-makers
• Ability to operate at breadth across multiple policy issue areas simultaneously
• Experience building or running rapid-response processes, crisis playbooks, or signature programs
• Ability to serve internal clients without needing to own external relationships
• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Field of study relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Nice to have

• Deep AI policy expertise
• 8–10+ years of professional experience in corporate public affairs, management consulting, government relations, policy or political campaigns, think tanks, or similar fast-paced, cross-functional env
• Experience in technology, financial services, energy, pharma, or other heavily regulated industries
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate emerging issues and develop organizational perspectives proactively
• Experience designing and running a signature program or flagship campaign end-to-end
• Experience translating topics to policy-relevant audiences through communications, visual storytelling, marketing, or advocacy

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation and parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Office space

Before you apply

• We do sponsor visas, though not for every role or candidate

About the company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. Its mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.