National Security Lead, APAC

AI safety and research company building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems, including the Claude product family and developer platform.

Series F+Recently funded51 current maintainers45 active leads15 new active leads30 lead step-downs10 early lead departures
San Francisco, United States
About Anthropic

Anthropic PBC develops frontier AI systems and deploys them through Claude products and the Claude Platform, with a stated focus on safety, interpretability, and steerability.

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About the Role

You will lead policy engagement with APAC national security partners on government use of frontier models. You will brief stakeholders, partner with the public sector sales team, support public-private research collaborations, build coalitions across government and academia, and turn threat model research into policy proposals. The role is based in Australia with travel across APAC and to the US.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in national security agencies or combined government and private sector
  • High-agency, able to develop and execute strategy independently
  • Strong written and verbal communication when briefing policymakers
  • Interest and experience in a complicated technical subject
  • Legal training in or exposure to contract negotiation
  • Willing and able to obtain a security clearance in Australia
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Responsibilities

  • Lead policy engagement with APAC national security partners
  • Engage national security policy stakeholders through briefings, consultations, demos and roundtables
  • Partner with the APAC public sector sales team on government deployments
  • Support and promote public-private research collaborations
  • Build a coalition of government agencies, nonprofits, safety institutes, think tanks and academics
  • Translate threat model research into policy proposals, stakeholder education and thought leadership

Benefits

  • Optional equity donation matching
  • Generous vacation and parental leave
  • Flexible working hours
  • Visa sponsorship