Anthropic

Safeguards Enforcement Lead, Frontier Abuse Enforcement

Anthropic
hybrid senior full-time $230,000-$270,000 USD San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC
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First indexed 18 Apr 2026

Description

About the role

In this position, you may be exposed to and engage with explicit content spanning a range of topics, including those of a sexual, violent, or psychologically disturbing nature. There is also an on-call responsibility across the Policy and Enforcement teams.

Responsibilities:

Own the end-to-end enforcement strategy against unauthorized frontier model abuse , from detection signal development through enforcement action and post-enforcement measurement

Operationalize detection and review pipelines , translating leads from case investigations and detection outputs into structured review workflows that scale across surfaces

Drive enforcement actions for high-priority actors , synthesizing signals from across intelligence, detection, and review into enforcement packages suitable for formal escalation

Partner with Legal and Policy to assess case strength, characterize ToS and IP violations, and support enforcement escalations through formal channels

Close the loop between enforcement outcomes and upstream improvements , channeling review results and enforcement findings back to policy updates and detection refinements

Develop and maintain a dynamic enforcement framework that accounts for the complexity of cross-surface enforcement , including varied escalation paths, partner coordination, and enforcement consistency across surfaces

Collaborate with Threat Intelligence, Research, Engineering, and Policy partners to ensure detection coverage keeps pace with evolving frontier abuse tactics

Maintain rigorous documentation of enforcement decisions, pipeline logic, and precedents to build institutional knowledge

Qualifications:

Required

5+ years of experience in trust & safety, abuse enforcement, fraud investigation, policy, or a related field , with demonstrated ownership of complex, high-stakes enforcement programs

Track record of building detection and enforcement approaches for novel or emerging abuse vectors where established playbooks don't exist

Experience supporting or directly contributing to formal enforcement actions , including case documentation, evidence packaging, and escalation coordination

Strong data analysis skills , comfortable navigating complex, multi-table datasets to surface behavioral patterns and support investigations

Experience conducting structured investigations, including open-source intelligence techniques and cross-referencing external data sources to attribute activity

Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous policy questions into defensible enforcement decisions and clear written findings

Strong written and verbal communication skills , able to present complex enforcement cases clearly to stakeholders across Legal, Policy, and Engineering

Preferred

Familiarity with the AI/ML ecosystem , including how model distillation, fine-tuning, and synthetic data generation work in practice, and how actors attempt to obscure this activity

Experience conducting threat actor profiling or open-source investigations in a trust & safety, intelligence, or legal context

Experience working with generative AI products, including using AI tools to accelerate investigative and analytical workflows

Background or interest in AI policy, IP enforcement, competitive intelligence, or AI governance

Experience coordinating with external enforcement partners or platform partners on escalated enforcement actions

Education: At least a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience.

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings (“OTE”) range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary: $230,000-$270,000 USD

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