Sanctions Compliance Lead

The role

The Sanctions Compliance Lead will lead the sanctions compliance program and support oversight of the export controls program. This role involves setting strategy, assessing risk, governing screening controls, and directing regulator-facing matters.

What you will do

• Lead Anthropic's sanctions compliance program including strategy, risk appetite, policy frameworks, and roadmap
• Represent the sanctions and export controls function with senior leadership and cross-functional partners
• Assess sanctions risk across products, channels, and markets and own remediation
• Direct regulator-facing matters including voluntary self-disclosures and regulator inquiries
• Govern restricted-party screening and enforcement controls
• Serve as the senior escalation point for complex sanctions matters
• Advise business and product teams on sanctions and trade controls implications
• Support oversight of the export controls program
• Prepare and deliver program reporting for leadership and the Audit Committee
• Monitor sanctions regulatory developments and drive required program changes

Required qualifications

• Substantive, hands-on experience leading an economic sanctions compliance program in a commercial environment
• Experience managing voluntary self-disclosures, blocking or reject reports, and other regulator filings end to end
• Experience assessing sanctions risk on an ongoing basis and owning remediation
• Experience governing a restricted-party screening program
• Track record of reporting on program health and risk to senior leadership, an audit committee, or a board
• Working knowledge of US export controls (EAR and BIS rules)
• Experience partnering with in-house and outside counsel to interpret trade controls requirements
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• 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

• 10+ years of relevant experience in economic sanctions compliance, including several years leading a program or team
• Experience managing and developing compliance professionals
• Experience conducting sanctions diligence for acquisitions, vendors, and third parties
• Experience partnering with trust and safety, enforcement, or threat intelligence teams
• Exposure to sanctions compliance in software, cloud, fintech, or AI contexts
• Prior experience in a Big 4 or other compliance consulting or advisory professional services firm, or at OFAC or another trade regulator
• Experience in a hyper-scaling tech company or other fast-paced environment
• Sound judgment and the ability to make risk-based decisions and move work forward with imperfect information
• A leadership style characterized by integrity, humility, strategic thinking, and solution-orientation

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation
• Parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Office space

Before you apply

• We do sponsor visas, though we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every 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.