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From the employer's careers site First seen 26 Oct 2026

Incident Manager, Safeguards

Anthropic San Francisco, CA Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$245,000-$285,000 USD per year

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Description

Anthropic's Safeguards team plays a critical role in ensuring AI systems are deployed safely and responsibly.

As an Incident Manager, you will manage Safeguards incidents involving AI systems from declaration through closure.

Key responsibilities:

  • Serve as incident commander for Safeguards incidents
  • Assess incident severity and coordinate responders across teams
  • Track input from each team and send regular updates
  • Ensure consultation with Legal, Communications, and Public Policy
  • Run post-incident reviews and track action items
  • Oversee the on-call queue and participate in after-hours incident coverage
  • Scope and deliver projects to improve the incident response program
  • Draft and maintain runbooks and standard operating procedures
  • Work with Safeguards engineers to automate requests
  • Maintain incident records and metrics

Minimum qualifications:

  • Experience running incidents or urgent escalations in trust and safety, security, or a comparable field
  • Hands-on experience with incidents involving product abuse or misuse
  • Ability to make clear decisions under time pressure
  • Experience coordinating across multiple functions
  • Willingness to participate in after-hours incident coverage

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience with incident response functions and AI systems
  • Experience with enforcement steps following an incident
  • Working knowledge of SQL or similar tools
  • Genuine interest in AI safety and responsible technology development

The annual compensation range for this role is $245,000-$285,000 USD.

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