Commercial Counsel, AI Safety & Research Partnerships

Anthropic Limited; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 265,000 - 335,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Equity donation matching

Generous vacation and parental leave

Flexible working hours

Office space in San Francisco

Job summary

Anthropic Limited, based in San Francisco, is seeking a Commercial Counsel for SPARC to drive negotiations on AI safety and research agreements, and strategic partnerships. You will partner with policy, research, and deployments teams to enable fast, responsible AI deployment while maintaining strong legal guardrails.

The role offers exposure to cutting-edge AI governance topics, threat-sharing frameworks, and a chance to shape commercial terms across enterprise, government, and research

Qualifications

• Hold a law degree (JD, LLB, or equivalent) and meet the local licensing requirements to work as in house counsel where you’ll be based
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements
• Demonstrated ability to provide clear, practical legal guidance to non-lawyers on complex commercial law matters

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, focusing mainly on AI safety and research agreements, as well as product and strategic partnership agreements
• Partner closely with beneficial deployments, health, policy, and education partnerships teams to support deal velocity and provide practical legal guidance
• Draft program terms for the phased deployment of AI models with frontier capabilities in cybersecurity and health sciences.
• Help build and maintain commercial legal infrastructure, including contract templates, playbooks, and process improvements
• Partner with Policy, Safeguards, and Research teams on novel AI governance initiatives
• Identify and elevate legal risks appropriately while supporting business momentum
• Stay current on legal developments affecting AI technologies

Skills

Drafting commercial agreements

Legal advice to non-lawyers

In-house counsel experience

Education

JD or equivalent

Job description

Anthropic Limited, based in San Francisco, is seeking a Commercial Counsel for SPARC to drive negotiations on AI safety and research agreements, and strategic partnerships. You will partner with policy, research, and deployments teams to enable fast, responsible AI deployment while maintaining strong legal guardrails.

The role offers exposure to cutting-edge AI governance topics, threat-sharing frameworks, and a chance to shape commercial terms across enterprise, government, and research