# Regulatory Counsel, AI Regulation

**Company:** [Anthropic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/anthropic)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $335k – $385k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Ai Regulation, Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Counseling, Compliance Programs, Legal Research, Regulatory Submissions, Ai Safety, Model Evaluation, Privacy Law, Data Protection, Consumer Protection, Export Controls, Eu Ai Act, California Sb 53, Colorado Ai Act
**Posted:** 2026-08-28

> Leads US AI regulatory counseling, compliance-program design, regulatory deliverables, and non-contentious engagement with regulators while supporting global frontier-AI compliance. Requires a JD, US bar membership, technology-regulation experience, and preferably 8–12 years of regulatory legal experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead in-house regulatory counsel work for US AI regulation, including applicability analysis, regulatory readiness, day-to-day advice, and compliance-program design.
- Own US regulatory compliance deliverables, including safety and transparency frameworks, model documentation, and incident-reporting requirements.
- Track legislative, regulatory, and standards developments across US federal and state jurisdictions and relevant international regimes; assess impact and design compliance approaches.
- Advise legal, compliance, safety, security, business, product, and technical teams by translating complex requirements into practical guidance and scalable programs.
- Support engagement with US AI regulators, enforcement agencies, and standards bodies, including notifications, information requests, reports, and voluntary standards processes.
- Partner with Policy and Policy Legal on pre-legislative and rulemaking engagement, comment letters, and regulatory submissions.
- Partner with Litigation and Regulatory Investigations teams on AI-regulation litigation and enforcement matters.
- Contribute to global frontier AI regulatory work where it intersects with US obligations.

## Requirements
- JD from an accredited law school.
- Active membership in at least one US state bar.
- Hands-on experience advising technology businesses on emerging regulatory regimes, from statutory analysis through documented compliance positions and shipped artifacts.
- Experience engaging regulators, enforcement agencies, or standards bodies in a non-contentious supervisory capacity.
- Experience drafting compliance policies, regulatory submissions, or published compliance frameworks.
- Ability to explain complex legal concepts clearly to technical, policy, product, and business audiences.

## Nice to have
- 8–12 years of regulatory legal experience with depth in technology regulation and exposure to AI-specific frameworks.
- Experience with California SB 53, the Colorado AI Act, the EU AI Act, the GPAI Code of Practice, or comparable regimes.
- Experience at a frontier AI company, large technology platform, or hyper-scaling technology business.
- Familiarity with privacy and data protection, consumer protection, product safety, and export controls.
- Familiarity with model evaluation, capability testing, or AI safety concepts.
- Combination of private-practice and in-house experience.
- Ability to develop compliance approaches amid ambiguity and limited precedent.
- Strong organizational and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Understanding of constructive long-term relationships with regulators and standards bodies.

## Compensation
- Annual salary: **$335,000–$385,000 USD**.

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