Anthropic is seeking a Biotech Policy Lead to shape and lead the organization’s external policy posture on biology issues across the U.S. federal government, allied democracies, and the biotech and life sciences community. The role reports to the Head of National Security Policy and involves translating research on frontier AI’s biological capabilities into concrete policy proposals, fostering collaborations with biosecurity practitioners and biotech industry players, and coordinating with cross‑functional teams to ensure coherent execution of bio workstreams.
National Security Policy Lead, Biotech en Anthropic
Presencial - Washington, DC
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USD 295,000 - 345,000
Requirements
Skills
- Hold an active TS/SCI clearance or have held one in the last two years
- Working knowledge of biotech and biosecurity policy
- Deep familiarity with U.S. biotech policy institutions and authorities such as FDA, NIH, DoW, USDA, Commerce, DOE, NSC, and relevant Congressional committees
- Track record of effective, information-rich advocacy with biotech regulators, sector agencies, and Congressional committees
- Scientific fluency in the biological sciences sufficient to engage with technical researchers and translate AI and bio capabilities for policy audiences
- Experience designing and advocating for concrete bio policy and regulatory proposals
- Adept at working with diverse cross‑functional teams, including technical research, go‑to‑market, trust and safety, legal, product, communications, and marketing
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, particularly when briefing senior policymakers and government officials
- High agency, able to develop and execute strategy independently while accounting for dependencies across teams
- Demonstrated interest and experience in a complex technical subject (ideally AI, but also synthetic biology, genomics, or medical countermeasure development)
Responsibilities
- Develop strategies for AI to strengthen U.S. and allied bio‑innovation capacity and biotechnology competitiveness
- Develop and lead Anthropic's external biotech policy strategy across U.S. federal stakeholders, allied governments, and life sciences sector regulators
- Engage in thought leadership and planning for how increasingly capable AI reshapes the biotechnology landscape, including global competitiveness, supply chain resilience, equitable access to AI‑accelerated medicine, and biosecurity
- Support and promote collaborations with biosecurity practitioners and biotech industry players across public and private sectors, including on model testing, red teaming, synthesis‑screening partnerships, and defensive deployment of frontier AI in biosurveillance
- Collaborate with technical teams, including CBRNE Safeguards, the Frontier Red Team, and biology research efforts, to translate biological model research and evaluations into concrete policy proposals, stakeholder education, and public contributions
- Coordinate with national security policymakers on threat intelligence sharing and safeguard implementation, working closely with Anthropic's CBRNE Safeguards team
- Drive "race to the top" dynamics across the AI industry, including engagement with other frontier labs and the Frontier Model Forum on shared bio standards and safeguard adoption
- Build and deepen international biotech partnerships, including with Five Eyes counterparts and multilateral institutions, and contribute to thinking on areas of potential international alignment on biotech competitiveness and biological safety
- Partner closely with the Head of National Security Policy, the broader Public Policy team, Safeguards, the public sector go‑to‑market team, Legal, Communications, Product, and Research to ensure coherent execution across bio workstreams
Technologies
CBRNE SafeguardsFrontier Red TeamModel testingRed teamingSynthesis‑screening partnerships
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