Conventional Weapons Policy Lead & Safeguards

Anthropic Limited; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 245,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a Safeguards professional to own the conventional weapons policy and define the line between prohibited and legitimate research and engineering work. You will translate complex technical judgments into policy that engineers can implement and enforcement teams can act on.

The role spans threat modeling, evaluations, and detection systems across weapon classes, including autonomous systems.

Qualifications

• Deep, applied expertise in weapons systems.
• Experience translating technical evidence into policy judgments.
• Ability to explain complex topics to non-specialists.
• Knowledge of legal frameworks governing weapons and their transfer.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain Anthropic's conventional weapons policy, defining the boundary between the activities our models should and should not support
• Build the threat models and evaluations that measure how our models could contribute to weapons development, including the software and autonomy components that define modern weapons systems
• Partner with engineering to turn the policy into model guardrails, detection systems, and enforcement tooling
• Serve as the subject-matter expert for escalations involving conventional weapons content, including rapid response to emerging risks
• Build shared understanding of the policy across product, engineering, legal, and leadership, communicating its reasoning to technical and non-technical audiences
• Engage external experts as well as government and industry partners, and translate that engagement into stronger policy and enforcement

Skills

Weapons policy expertise

Policy writing

Threat modeling

Open-source analysis

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Anthropic is seeking a Safeguards professional to own the conventional weapons policy and define the line between prohibited and legitimate research and engineering work. You will translate complex technical judgments into policy that engineers can implement and enforcement teams can act on.

The role spans threat modeling, evaluations, and detection systems across weapon classes, including autonomous systems.