Regional State and Local Affairs Lead, Southern States

Align with our mission and embrace the imperative of policy impact and change

Understand how state legislatures and executive branches work—committee processes, legislative and regulatory procedures, and how to move policy forward—and understand where local authority begins and ends

Have experience building partnerships with external organizations including chambers of commerce, economic development groups, labor organizations, and universities

Demonstrate understanding of how to build coalitions and identify aligned constituencies to advance shared objectives

Have experience working with communications teams to develop effective messaging for policy campaigns

Exposure to technology policy or emerging technology regulation, and an understanding of the unique challenges of navigating policy for rapidly evolving technologies

We are looking for a State and Local Affairs Lead to lead Anthropic's engagement with state and local governments across the Southern United States, advancing AI policy, legislation, and regulation that supports Anthropic's mission of ensuring that the world safely makes the transition through transformative AI.

Successful candidates will demonstrate a track record of political strategy and execution—with specific examples of how you have contributed to complex policy campaigns, built durable relationships with elected officials and community leaders, supported legislative and regulatory outcomes, and executed with accountability and focus in fast-paced environments.

Anthropic is equal parts research lab, policy think-tank, and technology startup.

We care deeply about safe development of AI systems, and build partnership with governments through proactive, opinionated, substantive policy conversations.

We recognize that our approach to AI policy is genuinely distinctive in the marketplace—grounded in honest assessment of technological trajectories and authentic concern for safe scaling—and we need a regional lead who can bring that positioning to life at the state and local level.

This role offers an opportunity to be part of building a high-impact state affairs operation at a critical moment for AI policy.