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Salary: USD 295,000 - 345,000 / annual
Anthropic is seeking a National Security Partnerships Lead to grow and manage relationships with the U.S. Intelligence Community and allied intelligence and security services. You will report to the Head of National Security Policy and advise company leadership on intelligence and allied-partner matters.
In this role, you will help partner security organizations build policies that enable them to adopt frontier AI quickly for high-impact missions while deploying it safely and avoiding incidents. You will engage U.S. and foreign government officials on the policy frameworks that guide the international distribution and deployment of Anthropic's models.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading Anthropic's strategic engagement with U.S. Intelligence Community elements and allied intelligence and security services
- Helping partner security organizations develop policies and governance for rapid, high-impact adoption of frontier AI with safe deployments
- Identifying high-leverage national security deployments with partners and supporting the public sector sales team in delivering them
- Briefing senior government security officials in the U.S. and allied capitals on frontier AI capabilities, risks, and Anthropic's safety approach
- Engaging U.S. and foreign government officials on national security implications of international distribution and deployment of Anthropic's models, advising company leadership on partner equities
- Partnering with federal affairs, international policy, communications, and marketing on national security matters, including Executive Branch and Congressional engagement
- Regular travel within the U.S. and to allied countries
You will own a portfolio of government partnerships end-to-end: setting agendas with senior counterparts, structuring agreements and channels governing each relationship, and bringing partner requirements and concerns into Anthropic's policy, product, research, and safeguards decisions. You will work closely with public sector sales, legal, security, and threat intelligence teams.
Minimum qualifications:
- Substantial experience in national security, including work in or with the Intelligence Community
- Direct experience managing relationships with foreign partner governments or services
- Active TS/SCI clearance, or one held within the last two years, with ability to obtain and maintain it
- Experience negotiating formal agreements or partnerships between governments, or between government and industry
- Working understanding of how intelligence organizations operate, including classification, liaison relationships, and technology adoption within those constraints
- Ability to brief senior policymakers and officials clearly and 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
- Ability to build structure where little exists and manage competing priorities without waiting for perfect clarity
Preferred qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in national security, including substantial work in or with the Intelligence Community
- Experience in a liaison, foreign partnership, or foreign disclosure role
- Experience in related private-sector roles at technology, cybersecurity, or defense companies
- Regional expertise or language skills relevant to allied partners
- Hands-on familiarity with large language models and how they can be misused
Minimum education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience in a field relevant to the role.
