Product Policy Manager, Product Risk

About the Position

Product Policy Manager, Product Risk

Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY

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.

About the Team

As the Product Policy Manager for Product Risk, you will play a crucial role in setting and executing the Safeguards team’s approach to assessing product launches for safety risks and working with XFN stakeholders to drive appropriate safety mitigations. You'll work closely with a suite of cross-functional teams, within and outside of Safeguards, including, product, legal, public policy, and engineering teams to understand upcoming features, anticipate potential misuses or unintended consequences, and craft policies that balance innovation with responsibility. Your work will be essential in maintaining Anthropic's commitment to safe and beneficial AI as we continue to expand our product capabilities.

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Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain risk assessment frameworks to identify and evaluate potential safety risks associated with new product features and functionality
• Conduct and drive comprehensive product safety reviews, covering technical and non-technical harms, to inform product launch and safety mitigation strategies
• Collaborate closely with a variety of stakeholders including product and engineering teams and the broader Safeguards team to leverage deep policy, enforcement, and engineering expertise
• Analyze the potential for misuse, unintended consequences, and harmful outputs of new model and product capabilities and translate this analysis into mitigations delivery
• Leverage SME risk assessments to inform overall product safety recommendations
• Design and run bespoke evaluations for products that require tailored assessment and contribute to our product safety evaluations strategy
• Craft policy recommendations that strike a balance between enabling innovation and ensuring responsible AI deployment
• Stay current on industry trends and emerging risks in AI development to proactively address potential issues
• Contribute to regular reports on product policy risks and mitigations for senior leadership

Requirements

• Strong technical background while also feeling equally comfortable explaining highly technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Understanding of safety policies and safety considerations associated with a wide range of product surfaces
• Adept at prioritizing where, and how, to focus resources for safety mitigations in a high volume launch process
• Conducted risk evaluations of novel products in fast-moving organizations
• Demonstrated expertise collaborating with product and engineering teams to integrate safety considerations into product development
• Thorough understanding of AI ethics, responsible AI principles, and current debates surrounding AI safety and governance
• Ability to think creatively about potential misuses of technology and develop innovative solutions to mitigate risks
• Strong program management skills with the ability to drive policy development processes from ideation to implementation

We Offer

• Competitive compensation range: $245,000-$285,000 USD
• 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.

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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