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Anthropic is seeking a Regulatory Counsel to lead legal work on AI regulation in the United States and support the company's global AI regulatory posture. This is an in-house role focused on frontier AI compliance strategy, working at the intersection of novel legal questions, fast-moving product development, and a high-profile regulatory environment.
Key responsibilities include serving as a lead in-house regulatory counsel for US AI regulation, covering applicability analysis, readiness, day-to-day advice, and compliance-program design. You will own US regulatory compliance deliverables end-to-end, such as published safety and transparency frameworks, model documentation obligations, and incident-reporting requirements. The role requires tracking legislative, regulatory, and standards developments across US federal and state jurisdictions (and internationally where relevant), assessing applicability and impact on Anthropic's business and products, and designing compliance approaches well in advance of obligations taking effect.
You will counsel legal, compliance, safety, security, and business teams on day-to-day regulatory questions once laws are in force, translating complex and often ambiguous requirements into practical guidance and scalable compliance programs. You will support Anthropic's engagement with US AI regulators, enforcement agencies, and standards bodies—including notifications, information requests, reporting obligations, and voluntary framework and standards processes—in close partnership with the Policy team. Additionally, you will partner with Anthropic's Policy and Policy Legal teams on pre-legislative and rulemaking engagement, including comment letters and regulatory submissions, translating policy positions into legally-grounded regulatory positions.
Minimum qualifications include a JD from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one US state bar. You must have 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 is required, along with experience drafting regulatory compliance deliverables such as compliance policies, regulatory submissions, or published compliance frameworks. Strong communication skills for translating complex legal concepts to technical, policy, product, and business audiences are essential.
Preferred qualifications include 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, Colorado AI Act, EU AI Act) is highly valued. Experience at a frontier AI company, large technology platform, or other hyper-scaling technology business operating under novel regulatory regimes is preferred. Familiarity with adjacent laws intersecting with AI regulation (privacy, consumer protection, product safety, export controls) and understanding of model evaluation, capability testing, or AI safety concepts are beneficial.
