About the role:
Anthropic’s Security team is looking for a Technical Program Manager to own and drive programs that span both within the Security team and across the broader company. In this role, you’ll be responsible for the cross-functional strategy, planning, and execution of technical programs that both enable our Security team to protect our most valuable assets and be worthy of our users’ trust.
We are a small team of generalists who are adaptable and add value fast. We excel at maintaining a broad view of our work but diving deep into the details when necessary. We understand business goals, translate and organize them into technical programs and projects, and drive execution. We are comfortable engaging with both non-technical and technical stakeholders. You’ll have opportunities to drive a wide variety of Security-related initiatives while helping to scale our Technical Program Management function.
Responsibilities:
- Drive execution of multiple simultaneous, cross-functional projects and/or programs.
- Lead and manage strategic planning sessions and cross-functional prioritization.
- Lead program status reviews and prepare regular stakeholder and executive communications.
- Effectively set timelines and manage cross-functional project teams to deadlines through the proactive management of blockers, scope, shifting priorities, and risks.
- Interface with a variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders across Anthropic.
- Partner with Engineering Managers and other Technical Program Managers to improve the operational efficiency needs within teams.
- Effectively manage change, shift gears comfortably, decide and act without having the total picture, and handle risk and uncertainty.
You may be a good fit if you:
- Have experience driving cross-functional projects, building longer-running programs, and interfacing with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Have experience executing technical programs that require systems and engineering-level knowledge.
- Have a deep interest in and/or a willingness to learn about cybersecurity or regulatory compliance.
- Have experience reporting on complex programs through data-driven benchmarks, including writing SQL queries.
- Have strong interpersonal skills that enable you to influence without authority, build cross-organizational support, cooperation and action around security initiatives, policies and procedures.
- Have a track record for being able to successfully organize, implement and manage complex programs and projects.
- Are used to working through trade-offs, balancing competing priorities, and having your mind changed.
Strong candidates may also have some of the following:
- Past experience as an engineer or similar technical role.
- 5+ years of experience in Technical Program Management or similar technical role.
- Past experience building a centralized Technical Program Management function.
Representative Projects:
- Contributing to initiatives related to the Security Commitments listed in Anthropic’s Responsible Scaling Policy.
- Partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to build a Third Party Risk Management program.
- Working across Security and other cross-functional stakeholders to build an Identity program
- Helping to establish our Security Operations Center (SOC).
- Driving efforts around risk management, product security, and other areas that improve the security of Anthropic.