Regulatory Counsel, AI Regulation, US

The role

You will lead legal work on US AI regulation and support global AI regulatory posture. You will provide regulatory-readiness counseling, day-to-day advice, and legal support for engagement with US regulators and standards bodies.

What you will do

• Serve as lead in-house regulatory counsel for US AI regulation
• Own US regulatory compliance deliverables including safety and transparency frameworks
• Track legislative, regulatory, and standards developments across US and international jurisdictions
• Counsel legal, compliance, safety, security, and business teams on regulatory questions
• Support engagement with US AI regulators, enforcement agencies, and standards bodies
• Partner with Policy and Policy Legal teams on pre-legislative and rulemaking engagement
• Partner with Litigation and Regulatory Investigations Legal teams on enforcement
• Contribute to global frontier AI regulatory work

Required qualifications

• Hold a law degree (JD, LLB, or equivalent)
• Meet local licensing requirements to work as in-house counsel where based
• Hands-on experience advising a technology business on emerging regulatory regimes
• Experience engaging with regulators, enforcement agencies, or standards bodies in a non-contentious supervisory capacity
• Experience drafting regulatory compliance deliverables
• Ability to communicate complex legal concepts clearly to technical, policy, product, and business audiences

Nice to have

• 8–12 years of regulatory legal experience
• Substantive depth in technology regulation and hands-on exposure to AI-specific frameworks
• Direct experience with frontier AI regulatory regimes such as California SB 53, Colorado AI Act, or EU AI Act
• Experience at a frontier AI company, large technology platform, or hyper-scaling technology business
• Familiarity with privacy and data protection, consumer protection, product safety, and export controls
• Familiarity with model evaluation, capability testing, or AI safety concepts
• A background that combines private practice and in-house experience
• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to develop novel compliance approaches
• Strong organizational skills
• Excellence at cross-functional collaboration

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

About the company

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