# State and Local Affairs Lead, West

**Company**: Anthropic
**Location**: Remote-Friendly, United States
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $230,000-$265,000 USD
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116758847

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## Description

Anthropic is seeking a State and Local Affairs Lead to engage with state and local governments in the Western United States, advancing AI policy, legislation, and regulation that supports Anthropic's mission.

In this role, you will report to Anthropic's Head of Western State and Local Affairs and coordinate with our Policy leadership, Communications, and Legal teams.

Key responsibilities:

- Serve as Anthropic's lead for state and local government affairs across many Western states

- Build and maintain relationships with state legislators, legislative staff, governors' offices, attorneys general, and state agency leaders

- Engage directly with local officials

- Track state and local legislation and regulatory proceedings affecting AI and the technology sector

- Build durable partnerships with local and regional organizations

- Represent Anthropic at legislative hearings, regional events, and public forums

- Work with the Communications team to develop clear, accurate messaging for regional policy campaigns

- Translate Anthropic's technical research and policy positions into engagement strategies

- Manage outside advisors and registered lobbyists

- Coordinate with Anthropic's policy, communications, legal, and executive teams

Minimum qualifications:

- Align with Anthropic's mission

- Experience in state and local government affairs, political strategy, or legislative roles

- Existing relationships with state and local leaders

- Understand how state legislatures and executive branches work

- Track record of executing on strategic objectives

- Prepared to travel regularly

Preferred qualifications:

- 8+ years of experience in state and local government affairs

- Experience building partnerships with external organizations

- Exposure to technology policy or emerging technology regulation

- Understanding of how to build coalitions

- Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholder relationships

- Experience working with communications teams

- Comfortable being honest about tradeoffs

The annual compensation range for this role is $230,000-$265,000 USD.

## Skills

### Required
- state and local government affairs
- political strategy
- legislative roles
- relationship building
- policy analysis

### Nice to have
- technology policy
- emerging technology regulation
- coalition building
- communications
- public speaking

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