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State and Local Affairs Lead, West

Anthropic· Public Policy
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Hybrid (Western United States)$230k - $265kunknownPosted 3w ago

About the role

Lead for state and local government affairs across Western states, engaging with government stakeholders to advance AI policy, legislation, and regulation in alignment with Anthropic’s mission and positioning.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as Anthropic's lead for state and local government affairs across many Western states, working in close coordination with the Head of Western States and other Regional State and Local Affairs Leads
  • Build and maintain relationships with state legislators, legislative staff, governors' offices, attorneys general, and state agency leaders across your region
  • Engage directly with local officials whose decisions affect Anthropic's work—mayors, city councils, county commissions, and economic development boards
  • Track state and local legislation and regulatory proceedings affecting AI and the technology sector, provide analysis and intelligence to inform company strategy, and represent Anthropic's positions
  • Build durable partnerships with local and regional organizations, including chambers of commerce, economic development groups, labor organizations, universities, and school districts
  • Represent Anthropic at legislative hearings, regional events, and public forums, including with audiences who are skeptical of AI
  • Work with the Communications team to develop clear, accurate messaging for regional policy campaigns
  • Translate Anthropic's technical research and policy positions into engagement strategies tailored to Western state political environments
  • Manage the outside advisors and registered lobbyists who support Anthropic's work in your region
  • Coordinate with Anthropic's policy, communications, legal, and executive teams to ensure that regional activity aligns with company-wide positioning

Qualifications

  • Align with our mission and embrace the imperative of policy impact and change
  • Have experience in state and local government affairs, political strategy, or legislative roles, with demonstrated success contributing to legislative and regulatory outcomes
  • Have existing relationships with state and local leaders in the West, including legislators, governors' offices, attorneys general, or county and municipal officials
  • Understand how state legislatures and executive branches work—committee processes, legislative and regulatory procedures, and how to move policy forward—and understand where local authority begins and ends
  • Have a track record of executing on strategic objectives and delivering measurable outcomes in government affairs roles
  • Are prepared to travel regularly across the region

Skills

Required:State and local government affairsPolitical strategy and campaign executionRelationship building with government and community leadersPolicy translation to engagement strategies
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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