Regulatory Counsel, AI Regulation, US

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

20d•$335,000 - $385,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is seeking a Regulatory Counsel to lead its legal work on AI regulation in the United States and support its global AI regulatory posture. The role serves as in-house regulatory counsel for US AI regulation and contributes to the company’s global frontier AI compliance strategy. The position provides regulatory-readiness counseling as laws are developed, day-to-day legal advice after they take effect, and legal support for non-contentious engagement with US regulators and standards bodies. Although focused on the United States, the role supports a consistent worldwide compliance posture. It coordinates with colleagues leading EU and international workstreams and contributes to EU AI Act and other international matters where they overlap with US work. The counsel works across Legal, Compliance, Safeguards, Security, Policy, Research, and product teams at the intersection of novel legal questions, product development, and a high-profile regulatory environment.

Requirements

JD from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one US state bar.
Hands-on experience advising a technology business, in-house or at a leading law firm, on emerging regulatory regimes, from initial statutory analysis through a documented compliance position and a shipped artifact.
Experience engaging with regulators, enforcement agencies, or standards bodies in a non-contentious supervisory capacity.
Experience drafting regulatory compliance deliverables, such as compliance policies, regulatory submissions, or published compliance frameworks.
Ability to communicate complex legal concepts clearly to technical, policy, product, and business audiences.

Nice To Haves

8–12 years of regulatory legal experience, with substantive depth in technology regulation and hands-on exposure to AI-specific frameworks.
Direct experience with frontier AI regulatory regimes, such as California SB 53, the Colorado AI Act, comparable state laws, the EU AI Act, or the GPAI Code of Practice.
Experience at a frontier AI company, large technology platform, or other hyper-scaling technology business operating under novel regulatory regimes.
Familiarity with adjacent laws intersecting with AI regulation, such as privacy and data protection, consumer protection, product safety, and export controls.
Familiarity with model evaluation, capability testing, or AI safety concepts.
A background combining private practice and in-house experience.
Comfort with ambiguity and ability to develop novel compliance approaches where there is no established precedent.
Strong organizational skills to run several workstreams in parallel and keep compliance artifacts current without prompting.
Excellence at cross-functional collaboration.
Passion for responsible AI development and balancing innovation with appropriate safeguards.
Understanding of how to build constructive long-term relationships with regulators and standards bodies.

Responsibilities

Serve as a lead in-house regulatory counsel for US AI regulation, covering applicability analysis, readiness, day-to-day advice, and compliance-program design.
Own US regulatory compliance deliverables end to end, including published safety and transparency frameworks, model documentation obligations, and incident-reporting requirements.
Track legislative, regulatory, and standards developments across US federal and state jurisdictions, and internationally where relevant; assess their applicability and impact and design compliance approaches ahead of obligations taking effect.
Advise legal, compliance, safety, security, and business teams on regulatory questions and translate complex or ambiguous requirements into practical guidance and scalable compliance programs.
Support engagement with US AI regulators, enforcement agencies, and standards bodies, including notifications, information requests, reporting obligations, and voluntary framework and standards processes, in partnership with Policy.
Partner with Policy and Policy Legal on pre-legislative and rulemaking engagement, including comment letters and regulatory submissions, and translate policy positions into legally grounded regulatory positions.
Partner with Litigation and Regulatory Investigations Legal teams on AI-regulation litigation and regulatory enforcement.
Contribute to global frontier AI regulatory work where it intersects with US obligations.