Regulatory Counsel (AI Regulation)

Join Anthropic, a leading AI safety and research company, as a Regulatory Counsel focused on AI regulation in the United States. In this role, you will provide regulatory-readiness counseling, day-to-day advice, and legal support for Anthropic's engagement with US regulators and standards bodies. You will work cross-functionally with various teams and contribute to Anthropic's global frontier AI compliance strategy.

- Lead legal work on AI regulation in the United States and support global AI regulatory posture. - Provide regulatory-readiness counseling, day-to-day advice, and legal support for non-contentious engagement with US regulators. - Track legislative, regulatory, and standards developments across US federal and state jurisdictions, assess applicability and impact on Anthropic's business.

- Ability to communicate complex legal concepts clearly to technical, policy, product, and business audiences - Hands-on experience advising a technology business (in-house or at a leading law firm) on emerging regulatory regimes, including taking questions from first read of a statute through to a documented compliance position and a shipped artifact - Experience engaging with regulators, enforcement agencies, or standards bodies in a non-contentious supervisory capacity - JD from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one US state bar - Experience drafting regulatory compliance deliverables, such as compliance policies, regulatory submissions, or published compliance frameworks - Though we encourage you to apply even if you might need some flexibility for an interim period of time - We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification - 8–12 years of regulatory legal experience, with substantive depth in technology regulation and hands-on exposure to AI-specific frameworks - Direct experience with frontier AI regulatory regimes — California SB 53, the Colorado AI Act, or comparable state laws; or the EU AI Act and GPAI Code of Practice - Familiarity with adjacent laws that intersect with AI regulation — e.g., privacy and data protection, consumer protection, product safety, and export controls - Experience at a frontier AI company, large technology platform, or other hyper-scaling technology business operating under novel regulatory regimes - Familiarity with model evaluation, capability testing, or AI safety concepts - A background that combines private practice and in-house experience - Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to develop novel compliance approaches in areas without established precedent - Strong organizational skills to run several workstreams in parallel and keep compliance artifacts current without prompting - Excellence at cross-functional collaboration - Passion for responsible AI development and getting the balance right between innovation and appropriate safeguards - Understanding of how to build constructive long-term relationships with regulators and standards bodies