The opportunity
Anthropic is hiring a Political Programs Lead to build and run the programs through which Anthropic, its political action committees, and its employees take part in the political process, including our engagement with candidates and causes at all levels of government.
What you'll do
Build and run Anthropic's presidential engagement program for the 2028 cycle:: map the prospective fields in both parties, offer AI policy education to candidates and their advisors on equal terms, prepare Anthropic's executives for those conversations, and plan ahead for the platform, convention, and transition periods
Build a candidate outreach and education program for federal, state, and: local races: introduce Anthropic to candidates in both parties, and brief them and their advisors on AI and AI policy on equal terms
Build Anthropic's field programs: grassroots and grasstops organizing on AI policy in priority states and districts
Run the day-to-day of Anthropic's political giving as one portfolio: the employee-funded PAC at the federal level and in certain states, voluntary employee participation programs, and corporate contributions where the law permits
Develop, in partnership with the government relations teams, recommendations: for the PAC board and company leadership on which candidates and committees to support, applying our written criteria on AI safety and democratic governance
Build Anthropic's political intelligence: a current read of races, committees, states, and the presidential fields that informs leadership decisions and helps our government relations teams plan
What they're looking for
- + years in campaigns, party committees, political organizations, or corporate: or association political programs
- Senior-level experience in national politics: on a presidential campaign, at a major party committee, or at a national political organization with programs across the country, with knowledge of how candidate fields form, how campaign policy operations work, and how early-state and platform processes shape what candidates commit to
- A record of working credibly with both parties
- Experience building or running grassroots or grasstops organizing programs
- Federal and state experience, including familiarity with governors, attorneys: general, and state legislators as well as federal candidates
- Experience building a program, team, or approach that did not exist before,: and still enjoying doing the work yourself
- Sound judgment and discretion in reputationally sensitive work, treating: legal and ethical limits as part of program design
- Credibility at the leadership table
