APAC National Security & Policy Lead

anthropic; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking an experienced National Security practitioner to guide APAC policy and partnerships, translating frontier AI developments for national security audiences and coordinating with US-based teams. The role involves engaging with government agencies, think tanks, and industry partners across Asia-Pacific and traveling to the United States.

Based in Australia, you will collaborate with sales and policy teams to support deployments of Claude in high-leverage use cases that

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent
• Minimum years of experience aligned with internal level requirements
• Location-based hybrid policy: 25% in the Australia office may be required
• Visa sponsorship available but not for every role; immigration support provided

Responsibilities

• Lead policy engagement with APAC national security partners on government use and frontier-model implications
• Engage NatSec policy stakeholders through briefings, demos, roundtables with cross‑functional teams
• Partner with APAC public sector sales to support government deployments
• Promote public-private research collaborations and stakeholder education
• Build coalitions across government agencies, nonprofits, safety institutes, think tanks and academics in APAC
• Translate Anthropic threat model research into policy proposals and leadership opportunities

Skills

Policy engagement

APAC natsec

Stakeholder briefings

Public sector collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Anthropic is seeking an experienced National Security practitioner to guide APAC policy and partnerships, translating frontier AI developments for national security audiences and coordinating with US-based teams. The role involves engaging with government agencies, think tanks, and industry partners across Asia-Pacific and traveling to the United States.

Based in Australia, you will collaborate with sales and policy teams to support deployments of Claude in high-leverage use cases that