Communications Manager, Policy

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$265K/yr – $295K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 3 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and orchestrate Anthropic's external and reactive communications around AI security, governance, and responsible scaling, while building media relationships and preparing leaders for public engagement.

  • Develop and deliver strategic external communications on AI security, governance, and responsible scaling
  • Prepare executives for media interviews and public appearances to showcase leadership on AI safety and policy
  • Foster and manage relationships with journalists and influencers in security, governance, and tech policy

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute communications strategies for Anthropic's approach to AI security, governance, and responsible scaling
  • Drive external communications about Anthropic's corporate governance, including the Long-Term Benefit Trust and our public benefit corporation status, explaining how these structures provide independent oversight and accountability to our mission
  • Serve as a trusted communications partner to security, product, legal, governance, and RSP leaders on sensitive, fast-moving matters
  • Develop proactive communications around emerging regulatory frameworks and transparency obligations, including public reporting commitments, disclosure requirements, and Anthropic's engagement with oversight bodies
  • Manage reactive inbound media requests on complex security and governance topics
  • Build and maintain relationships with journalists and influencers covering security, corporate governance, and technology policy
  • Prepare executives for media interviews, speaking engagements, and public appearances, developing thought leadership opportunities that position Anthropic's leaders as credible voices on AI security, governance, and responsible development
  • Write blog posts, statements, talking points, and other communications materials that explain our security, governance, and responsible scaling work clearly and accessibly, maintaining accuracy
  • Support reactive communications efforts with speed, accuracy, and sound judgment

Requirements

  • Experience in policy communications, including managing communications around complex security or governance topics
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex technical topics accurately for broad audiences
  • Experience in issues management and developing reactive communications under pressure and tight timelines
  • Strong executive management skills and a proven ability to work seamlessly across technical and non-technical teams
  • A track record of building media relationships
  • A results-oriented, high-agency working style, with a bias toward flexibility and impact
  • Comfort operating in new terrain, where the technology is evolving quickly and the right communications approach may not yet exist
  • A deep commitment to ensuring that transformative AI systems are developed safely

Preferred

  • 8+ years of experience in policy communications, ideally at a high-growth technology company
  • Experience communicating about corporate governance, regulatory affairs, or oversight structures, and comfort explaining novel institutional arrangements to broad audiences
  • Existing relationships with security, governance, and tech policy reporters and influencers

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.
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Anthropic

4.3 Glassdoor

We're an AI research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Our first product is Claude, an AI assistant for tasks at any scale.Our research interests span multiple areas including natural language, human feedback, scaling laws, reinforcement learning, code generation, and interpretability.

Founded in 2021
3K employees (168 in marketing)
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Salaries

Posted range

$265K/yr – $295K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$63.7B
Last Raise
$30B
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Funding History

  • Feb 2026
    Series G • $30B
  • Sep 2025
    Series F • $13B
  • May 2025
    Debt Financing • $2.5B

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Communications Manager, Policy

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