Policy Research, Strategic Advisory

San Francisco · USD 230,000-265,000 / year · 5+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Sep 23, 2026

At a glance

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

We're hiring a policy generalist to join the Strategic Advisory team within Anthropic's Public Policy team.
You'll develop and maintain our policy research strategy and lead the research behind it, to strengthen Anthropic's policy influence in Washington and around the world.

Run policy development processes from open question to agreed position: frame the question, bring in the right experts from research, legal, communications and regional policy teams, work through disagreements, and get to a decision
Develop research plans for priority issue areas: what evidence would strengthen or test a position, what Anthropic's own data and research can show, and where an outside partner is the right source
Work with Anthropic's research teams, including economics research, Societal Impacts and the Frontier Red Team, to turn their findings into material policymakers can use
Manage commissioned research from scoping through publication, and build partnerships with outside academics, think tanks, economists and consultancies
Own economic impact reports and the narratives that go with them for markets around the world
Anticipate emerging policy issues and work with internal experts to develop Anthropic's perspective and supporting materials before external pressure builds
Scale the team's support for international markets: adapt strategy and materials for different governments, and build templates and processes so each new market is faster than the last
Draft briefings, talking points and other materials on short timelines, coordinating with policy communications so messaging stays consistent

A track record of driving cross-functional projects to a decision or finished product, including getting people with competing interests to agreement when you don't manage them
Experience as a policy generalist across several issue areas, including designing and carrying out policy research and turning it into policy proposals or positions
Ability to scope a research question, work with economists, academics and other experts to answer it, and judge the quality of their evidence and methods
Excellent writing: you can turn complex technical or economic material into clear, concise memos, briefings and talking points for different audiences
An understanding of how a company's commercial interests and its policy positions fit together
Strong organization and project management, including running several projects and outside partners at once
A record of working independently, taking ownership of problems, and driving next steps and deliverables without being prompted
A collaborative, low-ego approach: you pitch in wherever the work needs you and share credit readily
Interest in AI policy and alignment with Anthropic's mission to develop AI that is safe and beneficial
Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience in a field relevant to the role

5+ years of professional experience in technology policy, public affairs, consulting or a related field
Experience on an in-house technology policy team, in corporate public affairs, or in management or economic consulting, especially public sector or policy practices
Experience managing outside vendors, research partners or commissioned studies, including economic impact studies
A background in AI or technology policy
Relationships with academics, think tanks or research organizations working on AI or technology policy
Experience with international policy or supporting teams in multiple countries
Training in economics or quantitative methods

Location-based hybrid policy: currently expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time, though some roles may require more time in our offices