AI Regulatory Counsel — US Compliance Lead

Anthropic; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 335,000 - 385,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity donation matching (optional)

Generous vacation and parental leave

Flexible working hours

Office space in San Francisco

Job summary

Anthropic seeks a Regulatory Counsel to lead US AI regulation efforts and help shape our global compliance posture. You will provide regulatory-readiness guidance, day-to-day advice, and design scalable compliance programs for a fast-moving product environment.

The role involves engaging with regulators and standards bodies, coordinating with Policy and Legal teams, and translating policy positions into legally grounded regulatory positions across US and international workstreams.

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one US state bar.
• Hands-on experience advising a technology business on emerging regulatory regimes, including taking questions from first read of a statute through to 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.

Responsibilities

• Serve as one of Anthropic's 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, such as 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)
• Counsel legal, compliance, safety, security, and business teams on day-to-day regulatory questions once laws are in force
• Support Anthropic's engagement with US AI regulators, enforcement agencies, and standards bodies — including notifications, information requests, reporting obligations, and voluntary framework and standards processes
• Partner with Policy and Policy Legal teams on pre-legislative and rulemaking engagement, including comment letters and regulatory submissions
• Partner with Litigation and Regulatory Investigations Legal teams on litigation and regulatory enforcement
• Contribute to Anthropic's global frontier AI regulatory work where it intersects with US obligations

Skills

Regulatory counsel

Regulatory readiness

Regulatory compliance programs

Regulators engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

JD from an accredited law school

Bar admission (US state)

Job description

Anthropic seeks a Regulatory Counsel to lead US AI regulation efforts and help shape our global compliance posture. You will provide regulatory-readiness guidance, day-to-day advice, and design scalable compliance programs for a fast-moving product environment.

The role involves engaging with regulators and standards bodies, coordinating with Policy and Legal teams, and translating policy positions into legally grounded regulatory positions across US and international workstreams.