Applied AI Security Architect - Healthcare & Life Sciences

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

9h•$315,000 - $380,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is hiring an Applied AI Security Architect to serve as a trusted security expert for enterprise customers in healthcare and life sciences. This pre-sales technical role engages directly with CISOs, security architects, compliance officers, and technical leaders to answer questions about deploying Claude safely and securely. The architect explains Claude’s security architecture, data handling practices, and deployment options, and partners with customers to design solutions that meet their regulatory and organizational requirements. The role requires substantial experience in enterprise security, cloud architecture, and technical pre-sales within regulated industries. The architect will help define how enterprises approach security and compliance for AI, including topics such as MCP, autonomous agents, and RBAC. The position regularly involves customer-site travel for workshops, architecture reviews, and strategic account meetings. Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. Its location-based hybrid policy currently expects staff to work from an office at least 25% of the time, though some roles may require more. The company offers competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and office space for collaboration.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience in enterprise security, cloud architecture, or technical pre-sales, with significant exposure to regulated industries, particularly healthcare and life sciences.
Deep technical knowledge of network security, identity and access management, encryption at rest and in transit, API security, and audit and logging requirements.
Experience navigating compliance frameworks relevant to healthcare and life sciences, including HIPAA, GxP, HITECH, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and GDPR.
A track record of engaging with CISOs, security teams, and compliance officers at large enterprises.
Strong understanding of cloud architecture and deployment models across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including VPCs, private endpoints, and hybrid connectivity.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex security topics clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Ability to navigate ambiguity and move quickly in a rapidly evolving market.
Collaborative mindset.
Excitement about AI’s potential to transform highly regulated industries and a desire to help customers adopt it safely and responsibly.
Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
A field of study relevant to the role, demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary security and compliance expert during customer engagements, addressing technical questions about Claude’s architecture, data flows, encryption, access controls, and deployment models.
Partner with CISOs, security architects, and compliance teams at healthcare and life sciences organizations to understand security requirements and design solutions that meet regulatory standards.
Lead technical deep-dives on network architecture, data residency, API security, authentication and authorization, audit logging, and integration patterns for regulated environments.
Support enterprise security reviews, vendor assessments, and due diligence by providing detailed technical documentation and expert guidance.
Collaborate with GTM and Applied AI teams before and after customer engagements to align strategy, prepare for security discussions, and ensure continuity through deployment.
Partner with product and engineering teams to understand Claude’s security capabilities, relay customer feedback about feature gaps and priorities, assess the feasibility of customer-specific security requirements, and influence roadmap priorities.
Develop and maintain security-focused collateral, reference architectures, and best-practices documentation for regulated industries.
Lead enablement and create content for GTM and Applied AI teams to help them inform customers about key security requirements and considerations.
Travel regularly to customer sites for security workshops, architecture reviews, and strategic account meetings.