Anthropic Fellows Program Lead, Alignment Science

Details

Anthropic is building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. The Anthropic Fellows Program accelerates AI safety research by funding and mentoring cohorts of Fellows working full-time on safety research. The Program Lead for the Anthropic Fellows Program will design, iterate on, and scale program operations to ensure Fellows have the infrastructure and support to produce high-impact research. This role combines strategic vision with day-to-day operational excellence and involves close collaboration with senior researchers and cross-functional operations teams.

Responsibilities

Program Operations & Management

• Own end-to-end program execution including timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Manage expense and compute tracking/approvals (approximately $15,000 per month per Fellow for compute and research spending).
• Set up and coordinate fellows programming, including Q&As, talks, socials, and research discussions.
• Design and iterate on program structure, including performance evaluation criteria for extensions.
• Track and report on program metrics and Fellow progress.

Recruiting & Talent Pipeline

• Lead Fellows recruiting efforts including coordinating contractors and liaising with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Develop and execute outreach strategies to attract top technical talent.
• Coordinate application review and selection processes.
• Work with the recruiting team to support placement of successful Fellows into full-time roles at Anthropic and other safety research organizations.

Research Coordination

• Collect and curate research project proposals from Anthropic researchers.
• Solicit feedback on proposals and coordinate selection of the best projects.
• Match Fellows with appropriate projects and mentors based on skills and interests.
• Facilitate collaboration between Fellows and with Anthropic mentors across research areas.

People Support

• Directly manage a subset of Fellows when needed.
• Coordinate with mentors to ensure Fellows receive appropriate technical and career guidance.
• Support Fellows through research challenges and help navigate open-ended projects.
• Coach Fellows through interpersonal or collaboration-related issues.

Strategic Initiatives

• Lead efforts to scale the program by documenting program impact and securing buy-in for additional growth.
• Support broader safety-related TPM initiatives, including spearheading safety-related collaborations with other organizations and spotting opportunities for internal projects that could be supported with external help (e.g., sourcing contractors for alignment evaluation building or generation).
• Recruit for contracting roles (e.g., paper writing support).
• Partner with external programs and organizations in the AI safety ecosystem for research and talent sourcing and development.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Strong project management skills including timeline management, resource allocation, and cross-functional coordination.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate logistics for events, programs, or initiatives.
• Experience in understanding AI safety research at a high level, or ability to learn to do so.
• Experience in managing complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives, or ability to do so.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Program management experience, preferably in research or engineering environments.
• Experience with recruiting, evaluating, and placing technical talent.
• Familiarity with the AI and/or AI safety research landscape and key research agendas.
• Prior experience contributing to or managing projects, especially engineering or research projects.
• Background in machine learning, computer science, or related technical fields.
• Familiarity with machine learning infrastructure and computational research workflows.

Personal Qualities

• High agency at identifying new opportunities for impact and strong ability to execute quickly.
• High reliability at execution and ability to handle and track a large volume of diverse tasks.
• Excitement for developing research talent and advancing AI safety and Anthropic’s mission.
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to be the public face of the program, build relationships across diverse stakeholders, and navigate interpersonal difficulties between researchers.

Logistics & Benefits

• Location: San Francisco or Berkeley, CA. Please note the listing states an expectation for this role to be in-person 5 days a week in San Francisco or Berkeley, CA. The site also notes a location-based hybrid policy currently expecting staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time.
• Education: At least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience is required.
• Visa sponsorship: Anthropic will make reasonable efforts to sponsor visas for candidates if an offer is made.
• Compensation: Competitive compensation. (See salary range below.)
• Additional benefits: Optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a collaborative office environment.

Salary

• Annual salary range: $210,000 - $425,000 USD

How to Apply / Additional Notes

• Anthropic encourages applicants even if they do not meet every qualification. The program is intended to support engineers and researchers transitioning into safety research, and Fellows typically have strong coding or technical backgrounds matched with mentorship.