Research Operations, Reinforcement Learning

About the Position

We are looking for an experienced operator to join our Research Operations team, specifically to support our reinforcement learning (RL) organization. This role is pivotal in ensuring that our leadership can focus on the most impactful tasks, making decisions swiftly, and maintaining the momentum of our AI safety initiatives.

About the Role

At Anthropic, Research Operations is the backbone that ensures clarity, stability, and continuous learning. You will be embedded with the leadership of our RL team, responsible for enhancing the capabilities of our AI model, Claude. Your role will involve shaping priorities, ensuring effective decision-making, and identifying potential issues before they escalate.

Responsibilities

• Own leadership's time: Prioritize tasks, set agendas, and ensure meetings are productive.
• Triage and escalate: Resolve issues, route tasks appropriately, and escalate critical matters.
• Enable decision-making: Provide necessary information, communicate decisions, and track commitments.
• Surface issues early: Identify and address resourcing gaps, technical bottlenecks, and stalled action-items.
• Scale leadership voice: Draft materials for announcements, programming, and planning sessions.
• Improve processes: Identify and resolve recurring friction points.
• Be a thought partner: Offer honest counsel and strategic guidance.

Requirements

• Technical fluency: Ability to engage with researchers and understand model training processes.
• Clear writing: Ability to summarize complex material into actionable plans.
• Attention to detail: Strong follow-through and meticulousness.
• Strategic guidance: Ability to push back and influence without direct authority.
• Comfort with ambiguity: Steadiness in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.
• Experience: Background in operations, chief of staff, program management, or similar roles.
• Integrity: High ethical standards and commitment to Anthropic’s mission.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a chief of staff or similar role.
• Background in research institutions or labs.
• Ability to anticipate needs and act proactively.
• Experience with AI safety or existential risks.
• Skills in scripting and building tools.

We Offer

• Competitive salary: $210,000 - $260,000 USD annually.
• Hybrid work policy: In-office presence 25% of the time.
• Visa sponsorship: Available for eligible roles and candidates.
• Benefits: Competitive compensation, equity donation matching, generous leave, flexible hours, and a collaborative office environment.

About the Company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation dedicated to creating reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Our mission is to ensure AI is safe and beneficial for society. We are a collaborative team working on large-scale research efforts to advance our goals of trustworthy AI.

How We're Different

At Anthropic, we focus on high-impact AI research, working cohesively on significant projects. We value communication and collaboration, and we believe in the empirical nature of AI research. Our recent work includes GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, and AI Safety research.

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If you are passionate about AI safety and want to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply. Visit our careers page for more information and to submit your application.

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