Senior Cyber Policy Lead

Location: Washington, DC; hybrid policy requiring staff to work from one of the offices at least 25% of the time

Annual salary: $285,000–$330,000 USD

Company

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

What you will do

• Own and consolidate access-requirements policies for controlled access to sensitive cyber-relevant model capabilities.
• Maintain cyber-related policy commitments and align them with technical safeguards and changing regulatory standards.
• Serve as the primary policy interface with government and regulatory stakeholders.
• Build relationships across coordinated vulnerability disclosure, cybersecurity policy, and national security communities.
• Author reporting for partners and regulators and translate technical evaluations into policy positions.
• Work with technical teams to understand probes, classifiers, and other safeguards relevant to access policy.

Requirements

• Direct experience engaging with the US government and regulatory parties on cybersecurity matters.
• Experience authoring policy positions, formal reports, or regulatory responses for government audiences.
• Extensive experience in cybersecurity policy, including coordinated vulnerability disclosure.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and professional experience in a relevant field.
• Active secret security clearance or higher, or eligibility to obtain one.

Nice to have

• Experience coordinating sensitive pre-release or pre-publication engagement with government partners.
• Familiarity with government information-sharing and incident-notification frameworks.
• Experience engaging with cybersecurity-focused government agencies, regulators, or standards bodies, including on AI.
• Ability to interpret technical security materials such as capability evaluations, vulnerability reports, and threat assessments.
• Background spanning legal, technical, and policy disciplines related to vulnerabilities and disclosure.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across research, engineering, policy, and business disciplines.
• Flexible working hours and an office environment designed for collaboration.
• Competitive compensation with optional equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Visa sponsorship is available, subject to role and candidate eligibility.