Political Programs Manager

Anthropic•Washington, DC

1d•$230,000 - $230,000•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 Political Programs Manager to manage AnthroPAC, Anthropic’s employee-funded political action committee, and our broader political giving programs, working closely with our government relations team to ensure our political contributions strategy is executed effectively and in full compliance with federal and state law. In this role, you will own the day-to-day operations of AnthroPAC—managing contributions, ensuring compliance with FEC regulations and contribution limits, serving as primary staff to the PAC's bipartisan Steering Committee and Advisory Board, and tracking the political landscape to inform contribution strategy. You will also manage Anthropic’s broader political giving programs, including corporate contributions where permitted, political education and disclosure, and coordination with external political organizations. You will work closely with government relations leadership to ensure our political spending aligns with our policy priorities. Successful candidates will demonstrate experience managing a PAC, political contributions program, or political fundraising operation—with specific examples of how you have maintained compliance across complex regulatory environments, built effective fundraising operations, and executed contribution strategies that supported broader political and policy objectives. Corporate PAC experience is preferred, but we welcome strong candidates coming out of campaign fundraising. 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 governments through proactive, opinionated, substantive policy conversations. We recognize that our approach to AI policy is genuinely distinctive in the marketplace—grounded in honest assessment of technological trajectories and authentic concern for safe scaling—and we need a Political Programs Manager who can ensure our political giving programs reflect and reinforce that positioning. This role offers an opportunity to build a well-run, strategically effective political giving operation at a critical moment for AI governance.

Requirements

Have 7+ years of experience managing a PAC, corporate political contributions program, or political fundraising operation; corporate PAC experience is preferred, but we welcome strong candidates coming out of campaign fundraising
Have strong working knowledge of FEC regulations, federal and state campaign finance law, contribution limits, and disclosure and reporting requirements; you can translate complex regulatory requirements into reliable operational processes
Have a track record of building and managing fundraising operations—whether for a corporate PAC, a campaign, or another political organization—with experience driving participation and meeting contribution targets
Understand how political contribution strategy connects to broader government relations and policy objectives; you can help ensure political spending reinforces company positioning on key issues
Have experience working with outside counsel on campaign finance compliance and can serve as an effective internal point of contact for regulatory matters
Demonstrate strong operational and organizational skills—building systems, managing workflows, tracking contributions and deadlines, and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks in a compliance-sensitive environment
Have experience tracking elections, campaigns, and the political landscape, and can translate that intelligence into actionable recommendations on contribution strategy
Can manage competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-moving political environment, particularly around election cycles and reporting deadlines
Have exposure to technology policy or political engagement in the technology sector; you understand or are eager to learn the unique political dynamics and stakeholder considerations that come with operating in the AI space
Are drawn to working with an organization that approaches AI policy with intellectual honesty and distinctive positioning; you understand how to ensure political giving programs reflect and reinforce that credibility

Responsibilities

Manage the day-to-day operations of AnthroPAC, including contribution tracking, disbursement processing, compliance with FEC regulations and contribution limits, and regular reporting to the PAC's bipartisan Steering Committee and Advisory Board
Develop and execute PAC contribution strategy in coordination with government relations leadership, identifying priority races and candidates from both parties aligned with Anthropic’s policy objectives and recommending contribution decisions to the bipartisan Steering Committee
Ensure full compliance with federal and state campaign finance laws, including contribution limits, disclosure requirements, and reporting obligations; maintain systems and processes that make compliance operationally reliable
Build and manage AnthroPAC’s fundraising operations, coordinating with employees and leadership to drive participation while rigorously protecting the voluntary nature of employee contributions and ensuring solicitation practices meet both the letter and spirit of federal requirements
Manage Anthropic’s broader political giving programs, including corporate contributions, issue-based spending, and coordination with outside political organizations and advocacy groups where appropriate
Track elections, campaigns, and the political landscape to inform PAC contribution strategy; provide analysis and recommendations to government relations leadership on political opportunities and risks
Coordinate with outside counsel to ensure ongoing compliance with campaign finance law, and serve as a primary point of contact for regulatory inquiries or audits related to political giving
Coordinate cross-functionally with policy, communications, and executive teams to ensure political giving programs align with company-wide positioning and policy priorities
Build and maintain the operational infrastructure that enables consistent, compliant political giving—including contribution tracking systems, internal approval workflows, and reporting and disclosure processes
Support government relations leadership in developing political strategy by providing ground-level intelligence on the political landscape, candidate assessments, and stakeholder dynamics