Product Policy Manager
Anthropic
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About Anthropic
Anthropic's mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.
About The Role
As the Product Policy Manager, you will play a crucial role in setting and executing the Safeguards team’s approach to assessing product launches for safety risks and working with cross functional stakeholders to drive appropriate safety mitigations. You'll work closely with a suite of cross-functional teams, within and outside of Safeguards, including product, legal, public policy, and engineering teams to understand upcoming features, anticipate potential misuses or unintended consequences, and craft policies that balance innovation with responsibility. Your work will be essential in maintaining Anthropic's commitment to safe and beneficial AI as we continue to expand our product capabilities.
IMPORTANT CONTEXT ON THIS ROLE: In this position you may be exposed to and engage with explicit content spanning a range of topics, including those of a sexual, violent, or psychologically disturbing nature.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain risk assessment frameworks to identify and evaluate potential safety risks associated with new product features and functionality
- Conduct comprehensive product safety reviews, covering technical and non technical harms, to inform product launch and safety mitigation strategies
- Collaborate closely with a variety of stakeholders including product and engineering teams and the broader Safeguards team to leverage deep policy, enforcement, and engineering expertise
- Analyze the potential for misuse, unintended consequences, and harmful outputs of new model and product capabilities
- Leverage SME risk assessments to inform overall product safety recommendations
- Design and run bespoke evaluations for products that require tailored assessment
- Craft policy recommendations that strike a balance between enabling innovation and ensuring responsible AI deployment
- Work with the Safeguards enforcement team to develop clear guidelines for implementing new policies related to product features
- Lead agentic product policy development, incorporating internal and external feedback
- Stay current on industry trends and emerging risks in AI development to proactively address potential issues
- Contribute to regular reports on product policy risks and mitigations for senior leadership
You Might Thrive In This Role If You
- Have a strong technical background while also feeling equally comfortable explaining highly technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Understand safety policies and safety considerations associated with a wide range of product surfaces
- Are adept at prioritizing where, and how, to focus resources for safety mitigations in a high volume launch process
- Have conducted risk evaluations of novel products in fast moving organizations
- Demonstrated expertise collaborating with product and engineering teams to integrate safety considerations into product development
- Have familiarity with AI ethics, responsible AI principles, and current debates surrounding AI safety and governance
- Have the ability to think creatively about potential misuses of technology and develop innovative solutions to mitigate risks
- Have shown strong project management skills with the ability to drive policy development processes from ideation to implementation
Compensation & Logistics
The annual compensation range for this role is $245,000—$285,000 USD. We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience. Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. Visa sponsorship is available. We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification, as we value diverse perspectives and strive to include a range of backgrounds on our team.
How We're Different
Anthropic believes that the highest-impact AI research will be big science, with a focus on a few large-scale research efforts. We value impact—advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI—rather than smaller, specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, highly collaborative, with frequent research discussions. Our research directions include GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences. Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space. Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process on our careers page.
Key skills/competency
- AI Safety
- Product Policy
- Risk Assessment
- AI Ethics
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Policy Development
- Product Management
- Emerging Technologies
- Governance
- Mitigation Strategies
How to Get Hired at Anthropic
- Research Anthropic's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor, focusing on their commitment to reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
- Customize your resume: Highlight experience in AI ethics, product policy, risk assessment, and cross-functional collaboration, quantifying impact wherever possible.
- Showcase policy expertise: Be prepared to discuss specific examples of developing and implementing product safety policies, particularly in fast-moving technology environments.
- Demonstrate AI safety acumen: Articulate your understanding of responsible AI principles, current debates in AI safety and governance, and your ability to think creatively about misuse.
- Prepare for a values-aligned interview: Emphasize your commitment to building beneficial AI and your ability to balance technological innovation with ethical responsibility.
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