Policy Communications

About the role

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.

What you’ll do

• 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

What they’re looking for

Select a requirement to inspect fit, evidence or application context.

• 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
• A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Helpful, not always essential

• 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
• The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.
• For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.
• Annual Salary:
• $265,000—$295,000 USD