Policy Partnerships, Public Policy

Anthropic•San Francisco, WA

4d•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. We are looking for a Policy Partnerships colleague who will operationalize and scale Anthropic's relationships with civil society organizations, industry actors and the broader third-party ecosystem. In this role, you will build coalitions to further Anthropic’s mission of ensuring that artificial intelligence systems are developed safely and benefit humanity. You'll serve as a critical bridge between Anthropic's Policy, Communications, and Research teams on one side, and third-party actors on the other. As AI capabilities advance, these partnerships will be essential for Anthropic to achieve its policy goals. Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate a track record of operational and policy excellence. Working within our Central Policy team, you'll have significant autonomy to shape these partnerships. We're looking for someone who can be both a trusted partner to external counterparts and a thoughtful steward of Anthropic's resources — someone who can strategically connect their relationship management with our policy priorities for maximum impact. This role exists to ensure our partnerships are strategically coherent, strong, and structured in ways that scale globally. Anthropic is equal parts research lab, policy think-tank, and technology startup. We care deeply about safe development of AI systems, and build partnership with other policy actors through proactive, opinionated, substantive policy conversations. This role offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of AI policy; you will play a central role building the partnerships and processes that enable our teams to effectively engage with actors who will help bring about a safe transition to an AGI future.

Requirements

Have 10+ years of experience building and leading strong partnerships efforts at leading technology companies
Have a track record of effective, information-rich advocacy with third-party and policy audiences
Excel at multi-stakeholder coordination. Proven track record managing complex programs that span research, policy, legal, and communications teams with competing priorities
Are comfortable making judgment calls in ambiguous situations. You can synthesize incomplete information from multiple teams, identify blockers, and drive decisions when strategic direction is evolving
Exercise sound judgment on prioritization. You can focus effort where it matters most and manage stakeholder expectations effectively, with clarity and directness
Communicate effectively across contexts. Equally comfortable briefing executives on partnership strategy and managing day-to-day coordination with external researchers and third-party actors
Have experience building and leveraging coalitions, including industry and civil society stakeholders, to inform and influence policy actors
Are experienced in working with communications teams to craft creative mass media and targeted messaging campaigns for policy influence
Understand government and policy contexts. You’re familiar with U.S. federal and state and local policy dynamics, including considerations around policy development processes
We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Identify collaboration opportunities that advance Anthropic’s priority policy campaigns
Evaluate and prioritize inbound requests from third parties, ensuring Anthropic's engagement is focused on high-impact collaborations
Coordinate between internal teams, in particular Policy, Legal, and Communications, to facilitate external partnerships
Design and manage processes for executing sophisticated engagement strategies with key coalitions and partners
Build and maintain strong working relationships with key third-party stakeholders, including civil society and private-sector leaders
Develop and execute complex campaigns and advocacy strategies that effectively leverage internal resources (technical research, empirical evidence, Anthropic colleagues), partners (industry peers, customers), and other aligned stakeholders
Prepare presentations and messaging documents to clearly articulate the company's stance on policy issues
Create systems to track, measure, and optimize our partnerships strategy’s impact