External Affairs, US Federal

About the role

We are looking for a Federal Policy partner to lead and operationalize Anthropic's engagement with Senate Republicans and related stakeholders to drive AI policy that advances Anthropic's mission of ensuring that artificial intelligence systems are developed safely and benefit humanity.

In this role, you will work closely with the government affairs team and the broader organization to translate strategic objectives into executable federal policy campaigns that shape the policy infrastructure. You will advise internal stakeholders, shape policy positions, develop advocacy strategies, and build and manage policymaker relationships to advance our policy goals.

Anthropic is equal parts research lab, policy think-tank, and technology startup. We care deeply about the safe development of AI systems, and build partnerships with governments through proactive, opinionated, substantive policy conversations. Our approach to AI policy is genuinely distinctive — grounded in honest assessment of technological trajectories and authentic concern for safe scaling — and we need federal affairs professionals who understand how to operationalize that positioning creatively and strategically.

This role offers a rare opportunity to shape AI governance at a critical moment. Federal AI policy is being written right now, and this is the most consequential technology policy debate in a generation. The decisions made in the next 2-3 years will shape how AI develops globally. You will work alongside leadership who are deeply engaged on policy and serve as partners in this work.

Key responsibilities

• Advise internal stakeholders to help inform and develop public policy positions that advance Anthropic's mission
• Translate complex policy issues into effective advocacy strategies, executing campaigns across issue sets while managing diverse stakeholder groups and leveraging communications, third-party groups, political engagement, and internal and external resources
• Build and maintain key relationships with Members of the Senate Republican conference
• Identify targets, cement relationships, and align them to Anthropic's policy priorities through proactive, substantive engagement — leading with substance, not just relationships
• Work in tandem with Federal Affairs partners to share information, align on strategy, and execute; support the integration of the federal affairs team with key internal stakeholders across policy, communications, legal, and executive functions
• Maintain accountability in driving outcomes, working with leadership to align on key results and track execution against strategic objectives with measurable milestones
• Synthesize complex political dynamics into clear strategic recommendations for leadership, managing up effectively and building confidence through transparency on progress and risk

Minimum qualifications

• Experience working on policy within government or as a policy advocate, with demonstrated success winning legislative and regulatory outcomes in contested policy areas
• Established relationships with key policymakers and officials in the Senate, and a demonstrated track record of building substantive relationships with senior policymakers
• Policy drafting and analysis skills: legislative and regulatory analysis, policy memos and position papers, advocacy messaging, and briefing materials for senior leadership
• Experience executing multi-dimensional policy campaigns, including managing outside counsel, coalitions, third-party groups, and communications resources
• Ability to translate strategic objectives into executable plans with clear milestones and measurable outcomes
• Ability to manage across multiple substantive policy domains without deep expertise in each area, including validating others' work and asking incisive questions to inform strategy
• Based in or willing to relocate to Washington, DC

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in technology policy, emerging technology regulation, or policy areas affected by rapid innovation and technological change, with an understanding of how to navigate the policy gaps that disruptive change creates
• Experience thinking in terms of leading indicators and articulating progress toward policy wins to senior leadership
• Experience synthesizing complex policy dynamics into clear strategic counsel for leadership and internal stakeholders, and managing internal stakeholders to build trust, confidence, and partnership
• Experience translating complex technical topics into politically viable policy positions and messaging in environments with significant institutional resistance or uncertainty
• Alignment with our mission and enthusiasm for the imperative of policy impact and change
• Drawn to working with an organization that approaches AI policy with intensity and intellectual honesty, and able to operationalize and leverage that positioning as a competitive advantage