Industry Principal, Insurance

As the Insurance Industry Advisor at Anthropic, you will serve as the technical and strategic face of Claude to the world's leading insurance carriers, brokers, reinsurers, and insurtech companies. You'll combine deep insurance domain expertise with technical credibility to help customers envision, architect, and realise transformational AI solutions. This role sits at the intersection of technical leadership, customer engagement, product strategy, and internal enablement.

Responsibilities:

• Technical Evangelism & Thought Leadership: Represent Anthropic's technical vision to the insurance industry through conference keynotes, executive briefings, whitepapers, and industry advisory boards. Establish Claude as the leading AI platform for P&C, Life, and Reinsurance markets.

• Strategic Customer Engagement: Serve as executive technical sponsor for strategic insurance accounts, engaging CIOs, CTOs, Chief Underwriting Officers, Chief Claims Officers, and Heads of AI/ML on enterprise AI strategy. Build peer-to-peer relationships that position Anthropic as a strategic transformation partner.

• Product Partnership & Roadmap Influence: Translate customer requirements and competitive dynamics into product priorities. Partner closely with Product and Research to develop insurance-specific capabilities including model governance, explainability, audit logging, and regulatory compliance features.

• Pricing & Commercial Strategy: Contribute to pricing and packaging decisions with insurance market insight. Understand value drivers for different insurance segments, competitive positioning, and deal structuring that aligns with how insurers buy technology.

• Internal Enablement & Advocacy: Train and uplift Anthropic's GTM teams on insurance domain expertise, use cases, and buyer personas. Create enablement content, conduct training sessions, and serve as the internal authority on all things insurance. Influence without authority across the organisation.

• Regulatory & Compliance Navigation: Partner internally and externally to develop thought leadership regarding AI governance frameworks aligned with state insurance regulations, NAIC guidelines, and international requirements. Help customers understand model risk management, explainability requirements, and responsible AI practices for insurance.

• Ecosystem Partnership: Build technical relationships with GSIs (Deloitte, Accenture, McKinsey), cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP), and insurance technology vendors (Guidewire, Duck Creek, Majesco).

You may be a good fit if you have:

• 20+ years of experience in technology and/or business roles with at least 8 years in senior leadership positions (CTO, VP Engineering, Chief Architect, Chief Underwriting Officer, Head of Claims Technology, Distinguished Engineer) in insurance

• Deep domain expertise across multiple insurance segments,P&C (personal and commercial lines), Life & Annuities, or Reinsurance,with hands-on experience building or operating mission-critical systems

• Strong understanding of AI/ML technologies including large language models, with the ability to engage credibly on technical architecture, model behaviour, and system design

• Established executive networks across insurance technology leadership (CIOs, CTOs, Chief Underwriting Officers) and credibility as a thought leader in the industry

• Deep knowledge of insurance regulatory requirements (state insurance regulations, NAIC model laws, Solvency II, Lloyd's requirements) and experience implementing compliant technology solutions

• Skilled at translating complex technical concepts into business value propositions that resonate with both technical and business stakeholders

• Experience influencing product roadmaps based on customer feedback and market requirements, working effectively with Product and Engineering teams

• Passionate about responsible AI development and Anthropic's mission, with a commitment to helping insurers adopt AI safely and beneficially