The opportunity
Anthropic is seeking a Regulatory Counsel to lead our legal work on AI regulation in the United States and to support our global AI regulatory posture.
What you'll do
Serve as one of Anthropic's lead in-house regulatory counsel for US AI: regulation, covering applicability analysis, readiness, day-to-day advice, and compliance-program design
Own US regulatory compliance deliverables end to end, such as published: safety and transparency frameworks, model documentation obligations, and incident-reporting requirements
Track legislative, regulatory, and standards developments across US federal: and state jurisdictions (and internationally where relevant), assess applicability and impact on Anthropic's business and products, and design compliance approaches well in advance of obligations taking effect
Counsel legal, compliance, safety, security, and business teams on day-to-day: regulatory questions once laws are in force, translating complex and often ambiguous requirements into practical guidance and scalable compliance programs
Support Anthropic's engagement with US AI regulators, enforcement agencies,: and standards bodies — including notifications, information requests, reporting obligations, and voluntary framework and standards processes — in close partnership with Policy
Partner with Anthropic's Policy and Policy Legal teams on pre-legislative and: rulemaking engagement, including comment letters and regulatory submissions, translating policy positions into legally-grounded regulatory positions
What they're looking for
- –12 years of regulatory legal experience, with substantive depth in: technology regulation and hands-on exposure to AI-specific frameworks
- Direct experience with frontier AI regulatory regimes: California SB 53, the Colorado AI Act, or comparable state laws; or the EU AI Act and GPAI Code of Practice
- Experience at a frontier AI company, large technology platform, or other: hyper-scaling technology business operating under novel regulatory regimes
- Familiarity with adjacent laws that intersect with AI regulation: e.g., privacy and data protection, consumer protection, product safety, and export controls
- Familiarity with model evaluation, capability testing, or AI safety concepts
- A background that combines private practice and in-house experience
- Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to develop novel compliance approaches: in areas without established precedent
- Strong organizational skills to run several workstreams in parallel and keep: compliance artifacts current without prompting
