eDiscovery Lead

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

18h•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. Anthropic’s legal team operates at the frontier of some of the most consequential legal and regulatory questions of our time—from landmark copyright to first-of-their-kind AI regulatory frameworks emerging across dozens of jurisdictions simultaneously. As we scale, the volume and complexity of our eDiscovery and Information Governance obligations are growing rapidly. We are looking for a eDiscovery Lead to join our Litigation and Regulatory team and build out Anthropic’s eDiscovery program from the ground up, support active matters, and help drive Information Governance maturation. This is a unique opportunity to be the foundational hire in a critical function at one of the most closely watched companies in the world. You will work hand-in-hand with our litigation and regulatory counsel, outside counsel, eDiscovery vendors, and cross-functional partners such as Security and IT to manage preservation, collection, and production of electronically stored information (ESI) across active matters. Beyond matter-level and programmatic development of eDiscovery systems and processes, you will also help shape the development of Anthropic's broader information governance program — including helping establish retention policies, data classification standards, and defensible disposal practices that keep pace with a rapidly scaling AI company's evolving data landscape. The right person for this role will be equal parts technical operator and strategic thinker—you will help write the playbook for a first in class eDiscovery and Information Governance program.

Requirements

At least 10-12 years of hands-on eDiscovery experience in a law firm, in-house legal department, eDiscovery vendor, or government agency, with demonstrated ownership of matters across the EDRM lifecycle
Working knowledge of at least one major eDiscovery platform (Anthropic currently uses RelativityOne), including platform administration, search and analytics, and TAR/predictive coding workflows
Strong understanding of the Federal Rules on discovery and evidence, as well as the legal standards governing ESI preservation and proportionality
Interest in or experience with leveraging AI and automation tools to improve eDiscovery efficiency, including generative AI for review, advanced analytics, and workflow automation
Experience driving program development spanning legal and technical domains, such as building and implementing Information Governance frameworks
Demonstrated ability to communicate technical eDiscovery concepts clearly to attorneys, executives, and non-technical stakeholders
Experience coordinating with outside counsel and eDiscovery service providers across multiple concurrent matters
Excellent project management skills and a track record of managing competing priorities, tight deadlines, and evolving requirements with composure and precision
An interest in flexing into adjacent litigation and regulatory work at the intersection of technology and the law, from managing legal holds and preservation processes to supporting regulatory inquiries and litigation discovery

Nice To Haves

Experience with eDiscovery at a young and scaling company and/or in the context of new kinds of ESI
Experience building eDiscovery programs or functions from scratch—selecting platforms, developing workflows, drafting policies, and establishing vendor relationships
Technical curiosity and comfort working with engineering teams; familiarity with concepts like APIs, cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP), version control systems, and data pipelines is valued
Experience developing or managing information governance programs, designing retention schedules, conducting data mapping exercises, and/or implementing defensible disposition practices
Low-ego, high-empathy orientation; integrity, curiosity, and a willingness to roll up your sleeves in a fast-moving startup environment
An understanding of the unique legal landscape facing AI companies, including the opportunities of AI to benefit society as well as the risks and limitations that must be addressed

Responsibilities

Design and manage Anthropic’s end-to-end eDiscovery program across the full EDRM (electronic discovery reference model) lifecycle for novel and complex data types
Serve as the primary liaison between in-house counsel, outside counsel, eDiscovery vendors, and internal technical teams to coordinate discovery workflows on active and anticipated matters
Manage the legal hold process, including custodian identification, hold notice issuance and tracking, and release procedures
Support active litigation matters, government investigations, and regulatory inquiries—serving as the day-to-day coordinator between our internal teams, outside counsel, and eDiscovery vendor
Develop and maintain eDiscovery playbooks, standard operating procedures, and best practices documentation to ensure defensibility and consistency across matters while minimizing internal friction, particularly where discovery overlaps across matters
Stay current on developments in eDiscovery law, legal technology, and AI advances in eDiscovery and data governance, and proactively recommend program improvements
With partner teams, help design and implement company-wide information governance frameworks establishing retention schedules, classification standards, and disposal protocols
Consult on requests for production and other discovery mechanisms to lawfully limit discovery scope, including ESI and Protective Orders, to support case strategy and limit production costs
Partner with internal teams to map Anthropic’s data landscape and maintain a current data inventory, identifying where ESI resides across platforms (Slack, Google Workspace, internal tooling) and ensuring each source is governed by appropriate retention policies, hold-capable workflows, and disposition frameworks