Strategic Program Manager – AI Safeguards & Policy

Anthropic Limited; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 285,000 - 330,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Generous vacation and parental leave

Equity donation matching

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a seasoned Program Manager to orchestrate Safeguards initiatives across Policy Design, Enforcement, and Threat Intelligence. You will coordinate planning rhythms, align stakeholders, and drive readiness for model launches and external publications.

The role requires handling sensitive topics with discretion, and collaboration with leadership to clear blockers and keep the org moving forward.

Qualifications

• Experience running cross-functional programs in fast-moving technical environments.
• Ability to bring structure to ambiguous work: breaking goals into plans, owners, milestones, and keeping them current.
• Strong written communication, including clear status updates and executive summaries.
• Experience managing review and approval processes with multiple stakeholders (publications, launches, policy releases).
• Judgment about when a process helps and when it's overhead; bias toward lean processes.
• Comfort working on sensitive topics with high confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Own cross-functional program management for Policy Design, Enforcement, and Threat Intel teams; keep workstreams on track and visible to leadership.
• Run the team's operating rhythm: quarterly planning, priority setting, status tracking, decisions record keeping.
• Coordinate policy work with research, product, engineering, legal, and communications to surface dependencies and avoid surprises.
• Drive readiness for policy, enforcement, and threat intelligence tied to model launches and product releases; manage timelines and sign-offs.
• Own the process for external publications from ideation through drafting, review, approvals, and publication.
• Identify risks, blockers, and resourcing gaps; propose paths forward to expedite.
• Build lightweight processes and tools to accelerate the team and retire unnecessary ones.

Skills

Program management in tech env

Cross-functional coordination

Executive communication

Review & approvals processes

Process optimization judgement

Handling sensitive topics

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Anthropic is seeking a seasoned Program Manager to orchestrate Safeguards initiatives across Policy Design, Enforcement, and Threat Intelligence. You will coordinate planning rhythms, align stakeholders, and drive readiness for model launches and external publications.

The role requires handling sensitive topics with discretion, and collaboration with leadership to clear blockers and keep the org moving forward.