# Policy Program Manager, Safeguards Regulatory at Anthropic

> Onsite · United States · Unspecified · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Aanthropic%3A5453564008 (read 2026-11-07).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Anthropic](https://alderhq.app/companies/anthropic)
- Location text: San Francisco, CA \| New York City, NY \| Washington, DC; San Francisco, CA
- Where it can be done from (inferred): Onsite · United States (evidence: "Location: San Francisco, CA \| New York City, NY \| Washington, DC; San Francisco, CA")
- Posted: 2026-10-19 (19 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-03 · last verified: 2026-11-04
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5453564008

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: $245k–$285k per year (from the listing's pay field)
- Market band for similar posted roles (SF Bay Area, n 2435): p25 $100k, median $157k, p75 $210k
- H-1B filings at this company for similar roles, FY26: 26, median offered wage $156k ([US DOL OFLC LCA disclosure data](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/performance))
- Licensed UK sponsor: registered as "Anthropic Limited" (checked 2026-11-03, [register](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers))

## Description (the employer's text)

### 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 a Program Manager on Anthropic's Safeguards team, you'll help make sure we meet our obligations under AI safety laws and regulations around the world. Working closely with Legal, you'll turn new and emerging requirements into programs, controls, and deliverables. This requires a detailed understanding of how our models and products are built, evaluated and safeguarded. Your work will support Anthropic's commitment to developing AI safely and beneficially as the regulatory landscape evolves.

The responsibilities listed below are some examples of areas that someone in this role could own, depending on their experience and the team's needs.

### Key responsibilities

Manage and drive complex safety initiatives that identify, assess and mitigate risks from frontier models, from initial risk assessment through to the deployment of safeguards

Partner with the Safeguards incident management team to strengthen incident response and reporting processes, including the policies that determine how incidents are escalated and when they must be reported externally

Conduct post-incident reviews, and work with the subject matter experts for each harm area to incorporate the findings into model and product safeguards

Own the safety strategy and deliverables for AI systems used in high-risk settings, including risk assessments, technical documentation, and the information that deploying customers need to use those systems safely

Define the safety and risk controls that our models and products require, ensure that each control has an owner and a documented procedure, and confirm that it operates as intended

Partner closely with the owners of each risk area to develop a deep understanding of AI risks, safety evaluations and mitigation strategies, and use that understanding to prepare safety documentation, transparency reports and regulatory submissions

### Minimum qualifications

Experience in trust and safety, AI safety or a related field, including designing and implementing safeguards against misuse or harm

Understanding of AI safety, including the principal risk areas and the evaluations and safeguards used to address them, well enough to engage substantively with the technical experts responsible for them

Experience running risk assessment or harm mitigation programs from identification through to resolution

Experience translating policy or regulatory requirements into practical operational processes

Ability to drive complex, cross-functional programs to completion in a fast-moving environment, including with technical teams outside your own discipline

Clear written communication, including documentation for technical, legal and external audiences

Strong attention to detail, and the judgment to recognize when work is at risk and raise it early

Commitment to the safe development and deployment of AI

### Preferred qualifications

Experience with AI-specific regulation, such as the EU AI Act

Experience leading incident response programs, including escalation paths and external reporting obligations

Experience preparing safety documentation, transparency reports or regulatory submissions

Experience working with technical and research teams on safety evaluations

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s 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:

$245,000—$285,000 USD

### Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor’s 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

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