National Security Lead, APAC

The role

This senior role guides strategic engagements with Asia-Pacific national security and intelligence communities. You will shape national security policy and partnerships in APAC and support public sector deployment of Claude.

What you will do

• Lead policy engagement with APAC national security partners
• Engage key NatSec policy stakeholders via briefings, consultations, demos, and roundtables
• Partner with the APAC public sector sales team to support commercial efforts
• Support and promote public-private research collaborations
• Build a coalition of government agencies, nonprofits, safety institutes, think tanks and academics in APAC
• Collaborate with technical teams to translate threat model research into policy proposals and thought leadership

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience working in national security agencies, or a combination of government and related private sector experience
• High-agency and able to develop and execute strategy independently
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated interest and experience in a complicated technical subject
• Legal training in or exposure to contract negotiation
• 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

• AI experience

Benefits

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

Before you apply

• Willing/able to participate in a process to obtain/retain a security clearance in Australia
• Visa sponsorship is offered, 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.