Threat Intel Manager, CBRN-E & Advanced Weapons

Anthropic; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 375,000 - 455,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a threat intel manager to build and run the CBRN-E & Advanced Weapons team within Threat Intelligence. You will mature this from a promising start into a rigorous program, hiring investigators with domain expertise and guiding detection toward CBRN‑specific signals.

You will lead investigations into attempts to misuse Anthropic's systems for CBRN‑E threats, engage government and scientific stakeholders, and communicate findings to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Minimum: intelligence analyst or policy expert with deep domain expertise in biosecurity, chemical defense, weapons non-proliferation, or related CBRN‑E threat domains.
• Experience leading investigative teams and building programs.
• Experience with threat actor profiling, threat intel frameworks, and collection frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with large language models and how AI could be misused for CBRN‑E threats.
• Excellent stakeholder management across researchers, policy experts, legal, government, and partners.
• Ability to present analytical work to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy, priorities, and outcomes for the CBRN‑E & Advanced Weapons mission area; mature it into a rigorous program.
• Hire, manage, and develop investigators with deep domain expertise across biological, chemical, and weapons‑development threat areas.
• Lead investigations into attempts to use our systems to develop or disseminate CBRN‑E weapons or advanced capabilities.
• Evolve detection toward CBRN‑specific signals in partnership with collections engineers.
• Set analytic quality standards grounded in real threat actor behavior and open‑source research.
• Lead external engagement with government agencies and biosecurity communities.

Skills

Biosecurity expertise

CBRN-E threats

Threat intel leadership

Policy/analyst experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in a relevant field

Job description

About the role

We are looking for a threat intel manager to build and run our CBRN-E & Advanced Weapons team within Threat Intelligence. This team detects, investigates, and disrupts attempts to misuse Anthropic's AI systems for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives threats and for the development of advanced or novel weapons.

You will mature this from a promising start into a rigorous program, hiring investigators with real CBRN-E, weaponization, and counterproliferation expertise, sharpening detection beyond broad harm screens into threat-specific capabilities, and personally leading the cases where scientific judgment determines whether we're seeing curiosity, legitimate research, or a genuine weapons-development attempt. The area carries significant engagement with government, biosecurity, and scientific stakeholders.

Important context: In this position you may be exposed to explicit content spanning a range of topics, including those of a sexual, violent, or psychologically disturbing nature. This role may require responding to escalations during weekends and holidays.

Key responsibilities

• Own strategy, priorities, and outcomes for the CBRN-E & Advanced Weapons mission area; mature it from an emerging function into a rigorous investigative program
• Hire, manage, and develop a team of investigators with deep domain expertise across biological, chemical, and weapons‑development threat areas
• Personally lead investigations into attempts to use our systems to develop, enhance, or disseminate CBRN-E weapons, or advanced weapons capabilities
• Evolve detection from broad harm screens toward CBRN‑specific signals and methodologies tailored to dual‑use research concerns, in partnership with our collections engineers
• Set the analytic quality bar: cross‑platform threat analysis grounded in real threat actor behavior, open‑source research, and publicly reported weapons programs
• Own escalation and enforcement decisions with policy and enforcement teams for the highest‑severity misuse category we handle
• Lead external engagement with government agencies, biosecurity and chemical‑security research communities, and scientific organizations
• Inform safety‑by‑design and capability‑evaluation strategies by forecasting how threat actors will leverage frontier AI for CBRN‑E purposes
• Serve as a liaison to government partners, educating stakeholders on AI‑enabled threats through regular reporting and briefings.

Minimum qualifications

• Are an intelligence analyst, policy expert, or researcher with deep domain expertise in biosecurity, chemical defense, weapons non‑proliferation, dual‑use research of concern (DURC), or related CBRN‑E threat domains
• Have led investigative or analytic teams and are a senior domain expert with demonstrated mentorship and program‑building experience ready to lead
• Have experience with threat actor profiling, threat intelligence analysis frameworks, and collection frameworks
• Have hands‑on experience with large language models and how AI could be misused for CBRN‑E threats
• Have excellent stakeholder management skills across researchers, policy experts, legal teams, government, and external partners
• Can present analytical work to technical and non‑technical audiences, including government stakeholders and senior leadership.

Preferred qualifications

• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in biological sciences, chemistry, biodefense, biosecurity, or a related field
• Real‑world experience countering weapons of mass destruction or other high‑risk asymmetric threats in the intelligence community or defense organizations
• Experience working with government agencies, defense/national security organizations, or in regulated environments handling sensitive CBRN‑E programs, counterproliferation and threat analysis.
• Background in AI safety, machine learning security, or technology abuse investigation
• Experience building and scaling threat detection systems or abuse monitoring programs
• Active Top Secret security clearance

Compensation

Annual Salary: $375,000 — $455,000 USD

Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Location‑based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.