Senior Cyber Policy Lead
Leads policy governing access to sensitive cyber-relevant AI capabilities, aligning safeguards with regulatory standards and representing Anthropic before government stakeholders. Requires extensive cybersecurity policy experience, government engagement, and the ability to interpret technical security material.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own Anthropic's access-requirements policy and consolidate the controlled-access framework across existing and emerging access programs.
- Keep cyber-related policy commitments current with changing industry and regulatory standards, mapping them to technical safeguards.
- Serve as the primary policy interface with government and regulatory stakeholders.
- Build relationships across coordinated vulnerability disclosure, cybersecurity policy, and national security communities.
- Author and maintain reporting for partners and regulators.
- Translate technical evaluation and safeguard work into policy positions and external-facing standards engagement.
- Engage technical teams on probes and classifiers relevant to access policy.
Requirements
- Direct engagement with the US government and regulatory parties on cybersecurity matters.
- Experience authoring policy positions, formal reporting, or regulatory responses for government audiences.
- Extensive cybersecurity policy experience, including coordinated vulnerability disclosure.
Nice-to-haves
- Coordinating sensitive pre-release or pre-publication engagement with government partners.
- Familiarity with government information-sharing and incident-notification frameworks.
- Engagement with government agencies, regulators, or standards bodies on cybersecurity, including AI.
- Ability to interpret technical security material such as capability evaluations, vulnerability reports, or threat assessments.
- Established cybersecurity relationships across government and regulatory bodies.
- Legal, technical, and policy background related to vulnerabilities and disclosure.
- Active Secret security clearance or higher, or eligibility to obtain one.
Compensation and Benefits
- Annual salary: $285,000–$330,000 USD.
- Competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and office collaboration space.
- Minimum education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Required field of study: A relevant field demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
Skills
Cybersecurity Policy, Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure, Access Control, Regulatory Compliance, Policy Writing, Incident Notification, Information Sharing, Threat Assessments, Vulnerability Reports, Security Standards, Government Relations, Artificial Intelligence
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