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National Security Partnerships Lead, Intelligence and International Security

Anthropic· Public Policy
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Washington, DC$295k - $345kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Lead and manage Anthropic's relationships with the U.S. Intelligence Community and allied intelligence/security services; advise leadership on intelligence and partner matters; develop policies and governance to enable rapid, high-impact adoption of frontier AI while ensuring safe deployments and responsible international distribution.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Anthropic's strategic engagement with U.S. Intelligence Community elements and allied intelligence and security services.
  • Help partner security organizations develop the policies and governance that enable rapid, high-impact adoption of frontier AI and safe deployments that avoid incidents.
  • Identify high-leverage national security deployments with partners, and support our public sector sales team in delivering them.
  • Brief senior government security officials in the U.S. and allied capitals on frontier AI capabilities, risks, and Anthropic's approach to safety.
  • Engage U.S. and foreign government officials on the national security implications of the international distribution and deployment of Anthropic's models, and advise company leadership on partner equities in those decisions.
  • Partner with federal affairs, international policy, communications, and marketing on national security matters, including engagement with the Executive Branch and Congress.
  • Travel regularly within the U.S. and to allied countries.

Qualifications

  • Substantial experience in national security, including work in or with the Intelligence Community.
  • Direct experience managing relationships with foreign partner governments or services.
  • An active TS/SCI clearance, or one held within the last two years, and the ability to obtain and maintain it.
  • Experience negotiating formal agreements or partnerships between governments, or between government and industry.
  • A working understanding of how intelligence organizations operate, including classification, liaison relationships, and how they adopt new technology, and the ability to get things done within those constraints.
  • The ability to brief senior policymakers and officials clearly, and to explain technical subjects without overstating them.
  • Experience working effectively with cross-functional teams, including technical, sales, policy, trust and safety, legal, security, product, research, and communications.
  • Demonstrated interest and experience in a complex technical subject, ideally AI, though defense technology, cybersecurity, or similar fields also count.
  • The ability to build structure where little exists and to manage competing priorities without waiting for perfect clarity.

Skills

Required:National security liaison and relationship managementPolicy and governance developmentExecutive briefings

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, office space for collaboration.
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Anthropic

building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

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