
National Security Partnerships Lead, Intelligence and International Security
Washington, DC · HybridJob$295–345K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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The National Security Partnerships Lead will build Anthropic’s relationships with U.S. Intelligence Community elements and allied security services, helping partners develop governance for safe adoption of frontier AI. The role identifies national security deployments, briefs senior officials, advises leadership on partner interests, and collaborates across policy, sales, technical, and communications teams. It requires substantial national security and foreign-government partnership experience, an active or recently held TS/SCI clearance, and regular travel.
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Key responsibilities - Lead Anthropic's strategic engagement with U.S. Intelligence Community elements and allied intelligence and security services. - Help partner security organizations develop the policies and governance that enable rapid, high-impact adoption of frontier AI and safe deployments that avoid incidents. - Identify high-leverage national security deployments with partners, and support our public sector sales team in delivering them. - Brief senior government security officials in the U.S. and allied capitals on frontier AI capabilities, risks, and Anthropic's approach to safety. - Engage U.S. and foreign government officials on the national security implications of the international distribution and deployment of Anthropic's models, and advise company leadership on partner equities in those decisions. - Partner with federal affairs, international policy, communications, and marketing on national security matters, including engagement with the Executive Branch and Congress. - Travel regularly within the U.S. and to allied countries. ## 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. - An active TS/SCI clearance, or one held within the last two years, and the ability to obtain and maintain it. - Experience negotiating formal agreements or partnerships between governments, or between government and industry. - A working understanding of how intelligence organizations operate, including classification, liaison relationships, and how they adopt new technology, and the ability to get things done within those constraints. - The ability to brief senior policymakers and officials clearly, and to 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. - The ability to build structure where little exists and to 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, such as 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. The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. For sales roles, the range provided is the roles On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. Annual Salary: $295,000 - $345,000 USD ## Logistics Minimum education: Bachelors degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices. Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an o fer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.
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