Policy Program Manager, Safeguards Regulatory

Anthropic•San Francisco, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Program Manager on Anthropic’s Safeguards team, you will help the company meet obligations under AI safety laws and regulations worldwide. Working closely with Legal, you will translate emerging requirements into programs, controls, and deliverables. The role requires a detailed understanding of how Anthropic’s models and products are built, evaluated, and safeguarded. Your work will support the safe and beneficial development of AI as the regulatory landscape evolves. The specific initiatives you own will depend on your experience and the team’s needs. The role includes driving complex safety programs, strengthening incident response and reporting, developing safety strategies for AI systems in high-risk settings, defining and monitoring risk controls, and preparing safety documentation, transparency reports, and regulatory submissions.

Requirements

Experience in trust and safety, AI safety, or a related field, including designing and implementing safeguards against misuse or harm.
Understanding of AI safety, including principal risk areas and the evaluations and safeguards used to address them, sufficient to engage substantively with the technical experts responsible for them.
Experience running risk assessment or harm mitigation programs from identification through resolution.
Experience translating policy or regulatory requirements into practical operational processes.
Ability to drive complex, cross-functional programs to completion in a fast-moving environment, including with technical teams outside your discipline.
Clear written communication, including documentation for technical, legal, and external audiences.
Strong attention to detail and judgment to recognize when work is at risk and raise it early.
Commitment to the safe development and deployment of AI.
Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
A field of study relevant to the role, as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with AI-specific regulation, such as the EU AI Act.
Experience leading incident response programs, including escalation paths and external reporting obligations.
Experience preparing safety documentation, transparency reports, or regulatory submissions.
Experience working with technical and research teams on safety evaluations.

Responsibilities

Manage complex safety initiatives to identify, assess, and mitigate risks from frontier models, from initial risk assessment through deployment of safeguards.
Partner with the Safeguards incident management team to strengthen incident response and reporting processes, including escalation policies and criteria for external reporting.
Conduct post-incident reviews and work with subject matter experts in each harm area to incorporate findings into model and product safeguards.
Own safety strategy and deliverables for AI systems used in high-risk settings, including risk assessments, technical documentation, and information deploying customers need to use those systems safely.
Define required safety and risk controls for models and products, ensure each control has an owner and documented procedure, and confirm that it operates as intended.
Partner with owners of each risk area to develop an understanding of AI risks, safety evaluations, and mitigation strategies, and use that understanding to prepare safety documentation, transparency reports, and regulatory submissions.