Policy Communications Manager, Responsible Scaling, Security, and Governance

About the Position

Policy Communications Manager, Responsible Scaling, Security, and Governance

San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

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About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

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About the Role

We're seeking an experienced Policy Communications Manager to help drive external communications for our security, governance, and responsible scaling programs, and associated work. This role offers the opportunity to help shape how Anthropic communicates about our approach to developing secure AI systems and products, our work to uphold and iterate on our Responsible Scaling Policy framework, and the unique corporate structure that keeps the company accountable to its mission, including our Long-Term Benefit Trust (LTBT) and our status as a public benefit corporation.

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Responsibilities

• Develop and execute communications strategies for Anthropic's approach to AI security, governance, and responsible scaling
• Drive external communications about Anthropic's corporate governance, including the Long-Term Benefit Trust and our public benefit corporation status, explaining how these structures provide independent oversight and accountability to our mission
• Serve as a trusted communications partner to security, product, legal, governance, and RSP leaders on sensitive, fast-moving matters
• Develop proactive communications around emerging regulatory frameworks and transparency obligations, including public reporting commitments, disclosure requirements, and Anthropic's engagement with oversight bodies
• Manage reactive inbound media requests on complex security and governance topics
• Build and maintain relationships with journalists and influencers covering security, corporate governance, and technology policy
• Prepare executives for media interviews, speaking engagements, and public appearances, developing thought leadership opportunities that position Anthropic's leaders as credible voices on AI security, governance, and responsible development
• Write blog posts, statements, talking points, and other communications materials that explain our security, governance, and responsible scaling work clearly and accessibly, maintaining accuracy
• Support reactive communications efforts with speed, accuracy, and sound judgment

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Requirements

• Experience in policy communications, including managing communications around complex security or governance topics
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex technical topics accurately for broad audiences
• Experience in issues management and developing reactive communications under pressure and tight timelines
• Strong executive management skills and a proven ability to work seamlessly across technical and non-technical teams
• A track record of building media relationships
• A results-oriented, high-agency working style, with a bias toward flexibility and impact
• Comfort operating in new terrain, where the technology is evolving quickly and the right communications approach may not yet exist
• A deep commitment to ensuring that transformative AI systems are developed safely

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Nice to Have

• 8+ years of experience in policy communications, ideally at a high-growth technology company
• Experience communicating about corporate governance, regulatory affairs, or oversight structures, and comfort explaining novel institutional arrangements to broad audiences
• Existing relationships with security, governance, and tech policy reporters and influencers

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We Offer

• Annual Salary: $265,000-$295,000 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.

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About the Company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.

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