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full-timePolicy Development, Technical AI Governance
Anthropic · New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC
Anthropic is an artificial‑intelligence research and development company that focuses on building reliable, interpretable and steerable AI systems. The Policy Development, Technical AI Governance role is a full‑time position based in New York, San Francisco or Washington, DC. The analyst will translate technical safety insights into policy proposals, help shape best‑practice standards for frontier AI, and review federal, state and international AI safety legislation. Daily work involves collaborating with research, alignment, safety and legal teams, representing Anthropic in standards groups, drafting memos and briefings for leadership, and engaging with the broader AI governance community to incorporate emerging ideas. The role suits candidates who are fluent in frontier AI safety debates, can read and comment on legislative text, and have expertise in areas such as loss‑of‑control, alignment, compute governance or risk reporting. Strong written communication, the ability to quickly grasp new technical topics, and comfort with ambiguous, end‑to‑end project ownership are essential. Prior experience in AI governance, safety research, or standards work is highly valued.
About Anthropic 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. About the role Anthropic believes AI capabilities are improving rapidly, and that AI safety policy needs to keep pace. Our Policy Development team translates technical insights into workable new policy ideas for governing frontier AI. As a policy analyst, you will drive our work on technical and cross-lab safety practices, deepen our work on frontier AI legislation, and develop new technical governance ideas that you pressure-test with researchers and carry into policy proposals. You will work closely with policy colleagues and with research, alignment, safety, and legal teams, and you’ll move easily between technical detail and how policy actually gets made. Key responsibilities Help develop technical safety best practices and standards for frontier development, working closely with policy, research, and safeguards teams Support cross-lab discussions and initiatives and serve as the Anthropic representative in key standards initiatives and groups Review and give substantive input on federal, state, and global frontier AI safety bills, including on risk reporting, independent evaluation, and incident reporting, helping shape AI safety legislation development Work with our external affairs policy teams to strengthen our frontier AI legislative framework Contribute research and analysis across the policy team’s pacing workstreams, including developing novel policy proposals that address challenges related to the acceleration of AI R&D Engage with the external AI safety and governance community to track new thinking and feed it into our own Write clear memos and briefings that help leadership align on decisions Minimum qualifications Are fluent in frontier AI safety and technical AI governance: the main players, proposals, and debates Can read legislative text and comment usefully on it Have expertise in any of the following domains: loss-of-control, alignment, compute governance, independent evaluation, model weight security, risk reporting Write clearly for researchers, leadership, and policymakers Can pick up new technical topics quickly and translate them to the broader policy landscape Are comfortable with ambiguity and can own a project end to end Preferred qualifications Are excited about standards work, and also want to contribute across the wider technical governance agenda Have direct experience in an AI governance or safety research organization or frontier lab Have experience working closely with standards bodies or industry consortia Have experience developing and shaping technical legislation Have published novel policy thinking on AI governance The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. Annual Salary: $265,000 — $295,000 USD Logistics Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices. Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this. We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team. Your safety matters to us. To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic.com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on beh
| Role | Policy Development, Technical AI Governance |
|---|---|
| Company | Anthropic |
| Location | New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC |
| Type | full-time |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Posted | 2026-10-13 |
| Deadline | Rolling |
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- 5OfferOffer letter with compensation and start date.
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