External Affairs, US Federal
$265,000–$295,000 year
HybridWashington, United States
Job Summary
Advise internal stakeholders to develop public policy positions and translate complex issues into effective advocacy strategies for Senate Republicans. Build and maintain key relationships with Members of the Senate Republican conference through proactive, substantive engagement to align them with Anthropic's policy priorities. Execute multi-dimensional policy campaigns while managing diverse stakeholder groups, outside counsel, and third-party resources to drive legislative outcomes. Synthesize political dynamics into clear strategic recommendations for leadership, tracking execution against measurable milestones. Based in Washington, DC, this role offers a rare opportunity to shape AI governance at a critical moment within a team of researchers, engineers, and policy experts.
Required 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
- Minimum education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
- Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
Desired 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
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