Technical Program Manager, Science Strategy & Communications

About the Position

We are looking for a Technical Program Manager, Science Strategy & Communications to join our team in San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY. This role is pivotal in bridging the gap between researchers advancing AI capabilities and the broader scientific community.

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We aim to ensure AI is safe and beneficial for our users and society. Our team comprises committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Act as the interface between research and the outside world. Stay close to the researchers working on AI capabilities and translate rapid advancements into use by external researchers.
• Help set Anthropic’s external science strategy. Recommend which scientific areas and communities we focus on, and how our programs, collaborations, and communications fit together.
• Guide the scientific direction of the Anthropic Science Blog. Work with researchers and the Editorial team to identify and source stories, draft and edit posts, and maintain a steady cadence of high-quality science writing.
• Drive forward external science programs. Design, launch, and run grants and access programs such as AI for Science grants and Team plan offerings for research groups, as well as partnerships with scientific foundations and grantmaking organizations. Work with Beneficial Deployments on programs aimed at the highest-impact scientific areas.
• Gather feedback from scientific communities. Identify usage patterns and gather feedback on how researchers use AI and what capability gaps exist, and turn it into concrete recommendations for research and product teams.

Requirements

• A PhD in a scientific or mathematical field, with a track record of original research.
• Demonstrated writing ability for both scientific domain and general-interest audiences, with enough understanding of how modern AI models are trained to write about them accurately.
• Experience with the grants process, such as applying for and managing competitive funding, and ideally designing, reviewing, or administering funding programs.
• Deep engagement with frontier AI: you use these tools in your own work, understand where they're strong and where they fail, and take seriously the possibility that AI will transform every facet of the scientific process within the next few years.
• Track record of driving multi-stakeholder projects to completion, and of coordinating people who are juggling other high-priority work. You’re resourceful, high-agency, and able to navigate ambiguity and shifting priorities.
• Credibility with researchers: you can talk to scientists as a peer and understand how academic communities work, including their incentives, norms, and sensitivities.
• Fast learner who builds deep contextual understanding in unfamiliar scientific domains and can contribute meaningfully to discussions with researchers outside your own field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a program officer, program director, or fellowship lead at a science funder, research agency, or philanthropy.
• Published science writing in outlets such as Quanta, Scientific American, or Physics Today, or a substantial public writing presence such as a blog or newsletter.
• Research experience that uses AI or ML methods, or that involves building scientific software, tools, or datasets.
• Experience building partnerships with scientific societies, journals, or research institutions.
• Familiarity with AI safety and responsible deployment, including dual-use considerations in fields like biology.
• Experience organizing conferences, workshops, or large coordinated launches.

We Offer

• Annual Salary: $365,000 - $435,000 USD
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation and parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Lovely office space in San Francisco

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.

How We're Different

We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact - advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI - rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.

Come Work with Us!

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. Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process.

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