Frontier AI Policy & Governance Architect

Anthropic Limited; Washington, Baltimore (District of Columbia, MD); Hybrid; USD 265,000 - 295,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a Policy Development professional to translate technical safety insights into policy proposals guiding frontier AI governance. You will drive safety practices, evaluate legislation, and partner with researchers, alignment, safety, and legal teams to shape policy proposals.

You will work across labs and with external affairs to advance regulatory frameworks, develop novel policy ideas, and communicate complex topics clearly to leadership and policymakers.

Qualifications

• Fluent in frontier AI safety and technical governance.
• Able to read legislative text and comment usefully.
• Expertise in loss-of-control, alignment, compute governance, independent evaluation, model weight security, or risk reporting.
• Write clearly for researchers, leadership, and policymakers.
• Translate technical topics to the broader policy landscape quickly.
• Comfort with ambiguity and able to own a project end to end.

Responsibilities

• Develop technical safety best practices and standards for frontier development.
• Represent Anthropic in standards initiatives and groups.
• Review and input on frontier AI safety bills, risk reporting, independent evaluation, and incident reporting.
• Support external affairs policy teams to strengthen the legislative framework.
• Contribute research and novel policy proposals addressing AI R&D acceleration.
• Engage with the external safety and governance community to track new thinking and feed it into our own.
• Write clear memos and briefings to help leadership align on decisions.

Skills

Frontier AI safety

Policy writing

Legislation analysis

Translate tech to policy

Project ownership

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Anthropic is seeking a Policy Development professional to translate technical safety insights into policy proposals guiding frontier AI governance. You will drive safety practices, evaluate legislation, and partner with researchers, alignment, safety, and legal teams to shape policy proposals.

You will work across labs and with external affairs to advance regulatory frameworks, develop novel policy ideas, and communicate complex topics clearly to leadership and policymakers.