Policy Manager, Chemical Weapons and High Yield Explosives

• Design and implement evaluation methodologies for assessing AI model capabilities relevant to chemical weapons, explosives synthesis, and energetic materials
• Develop and execute strategies to identify and mitigate potential C/E misuse in model outputs
• Create C/E threat models, including precursor identification, synthesis routes, and weaponization techniques
• Review and analyze traffic to identify potential policy violations related to C/E content

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape how AI systems handle sensitive chemical and explosives information, working with leading AI safety researchers to tackle critical problems in preventing catastrophic misuse and ensuring AI systems remain safe and beneficial.

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related field with focus on energetic materials, explosives, and/or chemical weapons
• 5-8+ years of experience in chemical weapons and/or explosives defense, with deep expertise in energetic materials, chemical weapon agents, or related areas
• Knowledge of high yield explosives application to radiological dispersal devices (dirty bombs) and related radiological weapons
• Track record of translating specialized technical knowledge into actionable safety policies or guidelines

Competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Annual salary range: $245,000—$285,000 USD.

Anthropic is a frontier AI research and product company, with teams working on alignment, policy, and security. We post specific opportunities at Anthropic that we think may be high impact. We do not necessarily recommend working at other positions at Anthropic. You can read concerns about doing harm by working at a frontier AI company in our career review on the topic.