Public Policy, Strategic Advisory

Anthropic is seeking a strategic advisor to join the Strategic Advisory team within Policy Advocacy, part of Anthropic's Public Policy team.

This is an individual contributor role at the strategic heart of Anthropic's policy function, designed for an operator with 8–10+ years of experience who wants to drive clarity on Anthropic's most consequential policy positions, partner with cross-functional peers, and be deployed as a strategic resource across fast-moving policy work.

The ideal candidate is effective across multiple stakeholders even through substantive disagreement, prioritizes closure over deliberation, and is organised and process-focused but able to operate in ambiguity.

Key responsibilities:

• Own a portfolio of Anthropic's highest-priority policy positions, including position papers, FAQs, talking points, and fact sheets.
• Drive organisational consensus on contested technical policy positions, working with subject matter experts across federal affairs, state affairs, international affairs, national security, legal, comms, and research.
• Develop and test message framings with internal and external audiences, iterating quickly and bringing rigor to what lands and why.
• Translate technical research, model capability, and scientific content into policy-ready language for federal, state, and international policymakers, their staff, and legislators.
• Serve federal, state, and international affairs teams as an internal senior advisor, improving their processes, standing up shared material libraries, and building the collateral and strategies they need to be effective in their markets.
• Drive complex, cross-functional policy projects to resolution when no single team is set up to own them end to end.
• Stand up rapid-response playbooks when time-sensitive events require Anthropic to move in days rather than weeks, coordinating across legal, research, and external affairs.
• Partner with policy communications to ensure message and voice consistency across Anthropic's policy surface area.
• Anticipate emerging issues, proactively work with internal experts to develop Anthropic's perspective, and make sure we have the materials we need before external pressure emerges.

Minimum qualifications:

• Direct experience with message development and testing for policy, advocacy, or communications audiences.
• Experience translating technical material for non-expert decision-makers.
• Comfortable operating at breadth across multiple policy issue areas simultaneously, and can develop fluency in new ones quickly.
• Experience building or running rapid-response processes, crisis playbooks, or signature programs in fast-moving environments.
• Can serve internal clients without needing to own external relationships.

Preferred qualifications:

• 8–10+ years of professional experience in corporate public affairs, management consulting, government relations, policy or political campaigns, think tanks, or similar fast-paced, cross-functional environments.
• Experience in technology, financial services, energy, pharma, or other heavily regulated industries.
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate emerging issues and develop organisational perspectives proactively.
• Experience designing and running a signature program or flagship campaign end-to-end.
• Experience translating topics to policy-relevant audiences through communications, visual storytelling, marketing, or advocacy.

The annual compensation range for this role is $265,000-$295,000 USD.