Lead, Frontier Red Team (Cyber)

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

4h•$485,000 - $690,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is forming a new team focused on steering the world through the next generation of cybersecurity, researching the impacts of advanced AI models on security, and building and deploying necessary defenses. This role is part of the Frontier Red Team, which studies catastrophic risks and advocates for defenses. The Lead will oversee Anthropic’s mission-driven research on defending the world in an era of advanced cybersecurity capabilities. This includes leading research to uncover offensive and defensive capabilities of Claude, prototyping defenses, informing Claude's training and safeguarding, and engaging with the public and government. The long-term focus is on giving defenders a permanent advantage. The Lead will hire and lead a world-class research team, produce frontier research on quick timelines, maximize the public impact of that research, and build and deploy defenses. They will develop a compelling vision for a secure future and communicate it to various stakeholders. The role also involves informing and making high-level decisions regarding capability distribution, model safeguarding, threat focus, system hardening, and research investments. The role is based in San Francisco with expected travel to Washington D.C.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Nice To Haves

Experience with frontier AI models
Experience in cybersecurity research
Experience leading research teams
Experience publishing and communicating research
Experience engaging with policymakers and government

Responsibilities

Be responsible for Anthropic’s overall defensive cybersecurity vision
Hire and lead a world-class research team of AGI-pilled cybersecurity researchers and program managers
Design an AGI cybersecurity research program that aims to secure the world
Lead the team to execute on this research at the scale, speed, and quality of a frontier lab
Work with other Anthropic teams, such as Training, Safeguards, and Policy, to address their biggest opportunities and challenges in Anthropic’s cybersecurity mission
Identify field partners – maintainers, researchers, companies, governments – to do joint projects with
Develop a strategy to publish and share research with the world for maximum impact; shut down and avoid low-impact research or research communication
Translate technical findings into compelling demonstrations and artifacts that inform policymakers and the public
Proactively identify critical strategic decisions for the company and the AI lab ecosystem, raise them, marshall resources to address them, and help the decisions be made as smoothly as possible