External Affairs, US Federal at Anthropic

Washington, DC, USA

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Anthropic is seeking a Federal Policy partner based in Washington, DC, to lead and operationalize the company’s engagement with Senate Republicans and related stakeholders. The role involves translating strategic objectives into executable federal policy campaigns, advising internal stakeholders, shaping policy positions, developing advocacy strategies, and building and managing relationships with policymakers to advance Anthropic’s mission of ensuring safe and beneficial AI systems.

Requirements

Skills

  • Experience working on policy within government or as a policy advocate, with demonstrated success winning legislative and regulatory outcomes in contested policy areas
  • Established relationships with key policymakers and officials in the Senate, and a demonstrated track record of building substantive relationships with senior policymakers
  • Policy drafting and analysis skills: legislative and regulatory analysis, policy memos and position papers, advocacy messaging, and briefing materials for senior leadership
  • Experience executing multi-dimensional policy campaigns, including managing outside counsel, coalitions, third-party groups, and communications resources
  • Ability to translate strategic objectives into executable plans with clear milestones and measurable outcomes
  • Ability to manage across multiple substantive policy domains without deep expertise in each area, including validating others' work and asking incisive questions

Responsibilities

  • Advise internal stakeholders to help inform and develop public policy positions that advance Anthropic's mission
  • Translate complex policy issues into effective advocacy strategies, executing campaigns across issue sets while managing diverse stakeholder groups and leveraging communications, third-party groups, political engagement, and internal and external resources
  • Build and maintain key relationships with Members of the Senate Republican conference
  • Identify targets, cement relationships, and align them to Anthropic's policy priorities through proactive, substantive engagement — leading with substance, not just relationships
  • Work in tandem with Federal Affairs partners to share information, align on strategy, and execute; support the integration of the federal affairs team with key internal stakeholders across policy, communications, legal, and executive functions
  • Maintain accountability in driving outcomes, working with leadership to align on key results and track execution against strategic objectives with measurable milestones
  • Synthesize complex political dynamics into clear strategic recommendations for leadership, managing up effectively and building confidence through transparency on progress and risk

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