National Security Policy Lead, Cyber

Details

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. The National Security Policy Lead, Cyber will lead Anthropic's work on the cybersecurity dimensions of frontier AI policy, shape external policy posture across U.S. federal government, allied democracies, and critical infrastructure communities, and help shape how Anthropic supports defenders during a critical period in AI development and governance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead Anthropic's external cyber policy strategy across U.S. federal stakeholders, allied governments, and critical infrastructure sector regulators.
• Serve as Anthropic's day-to-day point of contact for senior cyber policymakers, sector risk management agencies, and allied counterparts on issues at the intersection of frontier AI and cybersecurity.
• Shape Anthropic's own policies and approaches to mitigating cyber risks involving its products, including offensive cyber misuse, vulnerability discovery and disclosure, and commitments under the Responsible Scaling Policy.
• Develop strategies for AI to strengthen the cyber resilience of the United States, allied democracies, and operators of critical infrastructure.
• Support and promote collaborations with cyber defenders across the public and private sectors, including on model testing, red teaming, threat intelligence sharing, and defensive deployment of frontier AI.
• Collaborate with technical teams (including the Frontier Red Team and Safeguards) to translate cyber threat model research into concrete policy proposals, stakeholder education, and public contributions.
• Engage in thought leadership and planning for changes that increasingly capable AI may bring to the global cyber landscape (implications for offense-defense balance, attribution, and norms).
• Partner closely with the Head of National Security Policy, the Public Policy team, go-to-market, Legal, Communications, Trust and Safety, Product, and Research to ensure coherent execution across cyber workstreams.

Requirements

• Hold an active TS/SCI clearance or have held one in the last two years, with ability to obtain and maintain one.
• Track record of effective, information-rich advocacy with cyber regulators, sector risk management agencies, and Congressional committees of jurisdiction.
• Deep familiarity with institutions and authorities shaping U.S. cyber policy (including CISA, ONCD, NSC, DOD, the IC, and relevant Congressional committees) and allied cyber agencies (Five Eyes and beyond).
• Adept at working with diverse cross-functional teams including technical research, go-to-market, trust and safety, legal, product, communications, and marketing.
• Experience designing and advocating for concrete cyber policy and regulatory proposals.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, particularly when briefing senior policymakers and government officials.
• High agency and ability to develop and execute strategy independently while accounting for dependencies across teams.
• Demonstrated interest and experience in a complicated technical subject (ideally AI, but other examples include cryptography, vulnerability research, quantum computing, or fusion power).

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity policy roles across government, the private sector, or both, with senior-level exposure to U.S. federal cyber policymaking and international counterparts.
• Direct prior experience at CISA, ONCD, NSC, the National Cyber Director's office, NSA, U.S. Cyber Command, DOD CIO, or comparable allied cyber institutions.
• Experience leading or supporting public-private cyber partnerships at scale.
• Experience contributing to national and/or Departmental cyber policy frameworks (e.g., national cyber strategies, secure-by-design initiatives, software liability frameworks, or international cyber norms processes).
• Operational government cybersecurity and/or offensive cyber experience.
• Familiarity with critical infrastructure sector dynamics across multiple sectors.

Logistics

• Location: Washington, DC (Anthropic headquarters / Washington office).
• Location-based hybrid policy: currently expects all staff to be in one of Anthropic's offices at least 25% of the time.
• Minimum education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
• Visa sponsorship: Anthropic states they do sponsor visas and retain an immigration lawyer to assist, though not every role/candidate can be successfully sponsored.

Compensation

• Annual salary range: $295,000 - $345,000 USD.