What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safeguards Emerging Products, Policy and Enforcement Lead position at Anthropic?
About the role
As The Policy and Enforcement Lead for the Safeguards Emerging Products PA, you will drive our cross-functional efforts to identify, assess, and mitigate potential harms across our product portfolio, with particular focus on new product launches and model deployments. This role combines strategic leadership in policy development with hands-on safety evaluation management, working closely with Safeguards’ Product, Research and Engineering, and cross functional stakeholders.
Important Context: 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 approximately once a quarter.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and develop a team of policy and enforcement analysts focused on identifying emerging AI risks, and partnering with product and engineering to build mitigations
- Lead comprehensive safety evaluations and assessments for new product launches and model deployments
- Lead product policy risk assessments for all product launches, working closely with product teams to track launch timelines and provide comprehensive risk analysis
- Serve as the subject matter expert for AI safety and policy considerations, providing guidance across teams
- Design and implement systematic approaches to identifying potential harms, including cyber threats, misuse patterns, and emerging risks
- Partner with Safeguards’ Product and Engineering teams to develop and enhance safety testing frameworks
- Contribute to and improve on our policy frameworks that address both current and anticipated AI challenges
- Lead cross-functional initiatives to implement safety measures and monitoring systems
- Work with Safeguards’ Product and Engineering to define and track key metrics to measure the effectiveness of safety initiatives
- Develop and maintain documentation of safety protocols and assessment methodologies
You may be a good fit if you have:
- Proven ability to thrive in dynamic environments where priorities evolve rapidly and success requires adaptable planning and strong cross-team coordination
- Comfortable balancing hands-on technical work with management responsibilities, demonstrating both strong individual contribution and team leadership capabilities
- Combined 10 years of experience in Policy, Product Safety, or related fields
- Excellent people management skills with experience leading technical teams
- Deep understanding of AI technology, its applications, and emerging trends
- Strong background in identifying and analyzing potential AI harms, including cyber security implications
- Experience with safety evaluations and risk assessments for technology products
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for various audiences
- Experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders including product, engineering, legal, comms and public policy teams
- Excellent project management skills with ability to drive multiple concurrent initiatives
- Strong communication and presentation skills
