Sanctions Compliance Lead

Location: Hybrid role based in the United States, with work from the Washington, DC, San Francisco, or New York City office at least 3 days a week.

Annual salary: $270,000–$345,000 USD.

Company

Anthropic builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems designed to be safe and beneficial for users and society.

What you will do

• Lead the sanctions compliance program, including strategy, risk appetite, policy frameworks, roadmap, and ongoing enhancements.
• Assess sanctions risks across products, channels, markets, partnerships, and geographic expansion, and drive remediation through closure.
• Direct regulator-facing matters, including voluntary self-disclosures, blocking and reject reports, licensing questions, and regulatory inquiries.
• Govern restricted-party screening and enforcement controls, including list configuration, thresholds, escalation criteria, vendor management, and exceptions.
• Advise product, engineering, operations, finance, and commercial teams on sanctions and trade controls requirements.
• Lead and develop compliance professionals while reporting program health, risks, and emerging issues to leadership and the Audit Committee.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience leading an economic sanctions compliance program covering OFAC, EU, UK, and other applicable regimes.
• Experience managing voluntary self-disclosures, blocking or reject reports, regulator filings, remediation, and program enhancements.
• Experience governing restricted-party screening programs and managing screening vendors.
• Working knowledge of US export controls, including EAR and BIS rules.
• Experience partnering with legal counsel and translating trade controls requirements into practical guidance.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, or relevant experience.

Nice to have

• 10+ years of relevant economic sanctions compliance experience, including several years leading a program or team.
• Experience managing compliance professionals and conducting sanctions diligence for acquisitions, vendors, and third parties.
• Experience in software, cloud, fintech, AI, a hyper-scaling technology company, Big 4, compliance consulting, OFAC, or another trade regulator.
• Experience partnering with trust and safety, enforcement, or threat intelligence teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment focused on trustworthy and steerable AI research.
• Flexible working hours and a collaborative office environment.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Competitive compensation and optional equity donation matching.
• Visa sponsorship is available, with immigration lawyer support, although sponsorship cannot be guaranteed for every role or candidate.