National Security Policy Lead, Cyber

About Anthropic

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.

About the role

Anthropic is looking for a Cyber Policy Lead to lead our work on the cybersecurity dimensions of frontier AI policy. Reporting to the Head of National Security Policy, you will shape and lead Anthropic's external policy posture on cyber issues across the U.S. federal government, allied democracies, and critical infrastructure communities, and will help shape how Anthropic supports defenders during a critical period in AI development and governance.

You will be a senior member of the National Security Policy team reporting to the Head of National Security Policy. You will serve as Anthropic's principal cyber policy voice with the federal government and Congress, sector risk management agencies, and allied government counterparts. You will translate Anthropic's research on frontier model cyber capabilities into concrete policy proposals, partnership opportunities, and meaningful contributions to public debates, and ensure that Anthropic's voice helps tilt the cyber balance toward defense.

Key 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 our 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 the changes that increasingly capable AI may bring to the global cyber landscape, including implications for offense-defense balance, attribution, and norms

Partner closely with the Head of National Security Policy, the broader Public Policy team, the public sector go-to-market team, Legal, Communications, Tru