About the role
We are looking for an External Affairs and Policy Lead to guide our strategic engagements primarily in France, but also supporting the work of the wider EMEA team, including Southern Europe and Africa. Working closely with the International policy team, based in the US, and the EMEA policy team, this role will help to shape Anthropic's approach to policy and regulatory developments in France and southern Europe during a critical period in AI development and governance. You will be the day to day point of contact for the French government and its partners, ensuring that Anthropic’s leadership understands their priorities, and translating technology and policy developments within Anthropic for government and public sector policy partners. You will also work closely with our EMEA public sector sales team to support public sector deployment of Claude in high-leverage use cases that strengthen our mission, enhance government efficiency, and improve situational awareness of AI and emergent capabilities. This role is based in Paris.
In this role, you will:
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Lead policy engagement with the French and other regional governments and public sector partners on issues related to government policy and regulatory implications for frontier labs
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Engage key policy stakeholders (e.g., via briefings, consultations, demos, roundtables), in coordination with the wider EMEA policy team
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Partner with the EMEA GTM team to support commercial efforts
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Support and promote public-private research collaborations
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Build a coalition of government agencies, nonprofits, safety institutes, and academics to in Europe to share knowledge around AI policy and regulation
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Collaborate with technical teams to translate Anthropic research into concrete policy proposals, stakeholder education, and thought leadership opportunities
You may be a good fit if you:
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Have 10+ years of experience working in public policy, corporate affairs, or a combination of government and related private sector experience
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Are high-agency, able to develop and execute strategy independently, taking account of dependencies with other cross-functional teams within Anthropic (including but not limited to policy, go-to-market, trust and safety, legal, product, research, comms, and marketing).
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Possess strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly when briefing policymakers and government officials
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Have demonstrated interest and experience in a complicated technical subject and the associated policy and regulatory questions that it poses (ideally, AI, but other examples could be quantum computing, cryptography, fusion power, etc.)
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Have had experience of, or led, campaign efforts to shape or create policy change in France
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Are willing/able to engage with national governments across Southern Europe as Anthropic grows its presence in EMEA.
This role is based in Paris. This job will also require travel in EMEA (once or twice per quarter) and occasionally to the United States.
