Sanctions Compliance Lead

Anthropics 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.

Anthropics Integrity & Compliance (I&C) function is building the systems that let us scale responsibly as our products reach more people more enterprises and more regulated industries. Our global compliance program is bespoke reflecting our unique mission and position as one of the leading AI labs operating on the frontier.

Our Regulatory Programs pillar is a key pillar of our overall Integrity & Compliance function and covers a range of compliance domain areas including economic sanctions US export controls and regulatory compliance programs stemming from global content and AI regulation.

As Sanctions Compliance Lead you will take day-to-day leadership of Anthropics sanctions compliance program and support oversight of our export controls program supporting the Regulatory Programs lead as a senior leader within the function. This is a leadership seat in a domain where the rules governing AI models and compute are still being written and where sanctions exposure runs through globally accessible APIs downstream and embedded-partner channels and rapid geographic expansion.

You will own the sanctions program end to end: setting strategy and risk appetite with leadership continuously assessing risk and driving remediation and program enhancements governing our screening and enforcement controls directing regulator-facing matters and reporting on program health to I&C leadership and the Audit Committee. You will partner closely with our in-house Trade Compliance Counsel on interpretation of applicable law represent the function with senior stakeholders and lead and develop trade compliance professionals as the team grows. This is a builders role at a company that takes integrity seriously and moves fast. You will exercise independent judgment on issues without clear precedent and build durable programs that let Anthropic move quickly while honoring its obligations to regulators customers and the public.

• Lead Anthropics sanctions compliance program including strategy risk appetite policy frameworks and the program roadmap and keep them current as regulations and the business evolve

• Represent the sanctions and export controls function with senior leadership and cross-functional partners and step in for the Regulatory Programs lead across the function as needed

• Continuously assess sanctions risk across products channels and markets and own the remediation of identified issues and the delivery of program enhancements in partnership with Legal Internal Audit Finance and first-line teams

• Direct regulator-facing matters including voluntary self-disclosures blocking and reject reports licensing questions and responses to regulator or third-party inquiries in partnership with Trade Compliance Counsel and National Security Legal

• Govern Anthropics restricted-party screening and enforcement controls including list configuration thresholds escalation criteria vendor management and exception review in partnership with Regulatory Operations and Safeguards

• Serve as the senior escalation point for complex sanctions matters surfaced by Safeguards Threat Intelligence Go-to-Market and Finance and set the standards by which first-line teams disposition and escalate cases

• Advise business and product teams on sanctions and trade controls implications of commercial and geographic expansion new products and channels partnerships and acquisitions and translate findings into clear control requirements

• Support oversight of the export controls program partnering with the Sanctions & Export Controls Compliance Officer and Trade Compliance Counsel on program priorities controls and reporting

• Prepare and deliver program reporting on health key risks and emerging issues for I&C and Legal leadership the Audit Committee and other governance forums

• Monitor sanctions regulatory developments and enforcement actions assess impact on Anthropic and drive required program changes

• Lead mentor and develop compliance team members and help shape the structure of the function as it grows

• Of course this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks too and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Anthropics discretion or otherwise applicable with local law

• Substantive hands-on experience leading an economic sanctions compliance program (OFAC EU UK and other applicable regimes) in a commercial environment including program design policy ownership and risk governance

• Experience managing voluntary self-disclosures blocking or reject reports and other regulator filings end to end including coordinating counsel internal stakeholders and remediation

• Experience assessing sanctions risk on an ongoing basis and owning the remediation of identified issues and delivery of program enhancements through to closure

• Experience governing a restricted-party screening program including list scope match thresholds escalation criteria and screening vendor management

• A track record of reporting on program health and risk to senior leadership an audit committee or a board and of driving decisions on risk appetite with executives

• Working knowledge of US export controls (EAR and BIS rules) sufficient to oversee an export controls program and partner effectively with technical subject-matter experts

• Experience partnering with in-house and outside counsel to interpret trade controls requirements and translating them into practical guidance for product engineering operations and commercial teams

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including drafting policy and preparing materials for senior leadership

• 10 years of relevant experience in economic sanctions compliance including several years leading a program or team

• Experience managing and developing compliance professionals

• Experience conducting sanctions diligence for acquisitions vendors and third parties including state-ownership and 50 percent rule analysis

• Experience partnering with trust and safety enforcement or threat intelligence teams on account actions and sanctions escalations

• Exposure to sanctions compliance in software cloud fintech or AI contexts including globally accessible platforms and downstream access risk

• Prior experience in a Big 4 or other compliance consulting or advisory professional services firm or at OFAC or another trade regulator

• Experience in a hyper-scaling tech company or other fast-paced environment

• Sound judgment and the ability to make risk-based decisions and move work forward with imperfect information

• A leadership style characterized by integrity humility strategic thinking and solution-orientation

Role-specific policy: For this role we expect staff to be able to work from either our Washington DC San Francisco or New York City office at least 3 days a week though we encourage you to apply even if you might need some flexibility for an interim period of time.

Minimum education: Bachelors 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

Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Location-based hybrid policy: Currently we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship:We do sponsor visas! However we arent able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if youre interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones were building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.

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