Technical Program Manager, Life Sciences Research (Genetic Medicine)

Anthropic's mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems that are safe and beneficial for users and society.

We're hiring a Technical Program Manager to coordinate programs that support the development of individualized genetic medicines, advance research into new therapeutic approaches, and help patient organizations, non-profits, and researchers use Claude in their own rare disease work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and own an integrated program plan, including milestones, dependencies, risks, budgets, and key decisions
• Coordinate with clinical, manufacturing, and research partners on programs that span preclinical development, manufacturing, regulatory review, and clinical care
• Run the operating cadence with external partners, tracking progress and raising risks early
• Work with Legal, Finance, and Partnerships to turn agreements into clear operating plans and track commitments
• Coordinate research across internal scientists, academic collaborators, companies, and contract research organizations, helping to scope projects, sequence work, and support timely decisions
• Lead programs that support non-profits, patient organizations, and academic and independent researchers, from onboarding through ongoing support and feedback
• Help connect genetic diagnosis efforts with therapeutic research and development
• Share insights from partners and programs with Anthropic's research and product teams to help improve Claude for scientific and medical research
• Write clear status updates, risk assessments, and decision memos, and build processes that scale with the team

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience as a technical program manager or program lead on complex drug development, clinical research, or translational science programs involving multiple external organizations
• Working knowledge of how a therapy moves from preclinical development into the clinic, including manufacturing, regulatory filings, and clinical operations
• Scientific fluency in molecular biology or genetics
• Strong program management skills, including project planning, milestones, risk registers, budget tracking, and dependency management
• A track record of driving work to completion across organizations without formal authority
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Comfort working with ambiguity and building process where none exists

Preferred Qualifications:

• An advanced degree in a life science, engineering, or related field
• Experience with gene therapy, gene editing, or oligonucleotide programs
• Clinical operations experience
• Experience managing sponsored research agreements, grants, or philanthropic funding with academic institutions
• Experience working with patient advocacy groups, rare disease foundations, or other non-profits
• Familiarity with clinical genomics and genetic diagnosis
• Experience in a role that bridges software or AI and the life sciences
• Hands-on experience using LLM tools like Claude

Logistics:

• Annual Salary: $290,000-$365,000 USD
• Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time.
• Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas.