Technical Program Manager, Security

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<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>About Anthropic</strong></h2> <p>Anthropic’s 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.</p></div><div> <h2>About the Role</h2> <p>As a Technical Program Manager for Security, you'll drive execution of high-stakes programs that span security engineering, infrastructure, and cross-functional teams across Anthropic. You'll be responsible for the strategy, planning, and execution of technical security programs that enable Anthropic to meet its <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/anthropics-responsible-scaling-policy">Responsible Scaling Policy</a> (RSP) commitments while building towards a security posture that scales with our rapid growth.</p> <p>This role sits at the intersection of Security Engineering, Security Compliance, Infrastructure, Product, Research, Policy, and more. This role demands someone who thrives in ambiguity, makes well-reasoned decisions under pressure, and can translate complex security requirements into executable programs with compressed timelines.</p> <h2><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></h2> </div> <div> <ul> <li><strong>Own end-to-end security program execution for RSP security readiness</strong>– Drive security workstreams from requirements interpretation through implementation, coordinating across Security Engineering, Infrastructure, Research, and Compliance teams to ensure we meet RSP commitments on aggressive timelines</li> <li><strong>Lead infrastructure security programs </strong>– Manage programs like cluster hardening, service boundary enforcement, and security observability that protect our most sensitive assets including model weights and training infrastructure</li> <li><strong>Coordinate complex multi-team deployments </strong>– Manage security control rollouts and migrations, like endpoint hardening and egress reduction that require careful change management across engineering organizations</li> <li><strong>Make real-time technical trade-off decisions </strong>– Balance competing constraints between security controls, research velocity, and operational feasibility during fast-moving program cycles</li> <li><strong>Build program structure for emerging security domains </strong>– Create program charters, establish roles and timelines, develop communication strategies, and define success metrics for nascent security initiatives</li> <li><strong>Partner with third-party partners </strong>– Manage security aspects of infrastructure partnerships, including contract requirements, relationship management, and security assurance processes</li> <li><strong>Lead stakeholder communication and executive reporting </strong>– Prepare regular status updates, deliver company-wide communications, lead program reviews, and ensure leadership has visibility into critical security milestones, blockers, and risks</li> </ul> <h2> <strong>You may be a good fit if you: </strong></h2> <ul> <li>Have experience driving cross-functional projects, building longer-running programs, and interfacing with technical and non-technical stakeholders.</li> <li>Have experience executing technical programs that require systems and engineering-level knowledge.</li> <li>Have a deep interest in and/or a willingness to learn about cybersecurity or regulatory compliance.</li> <li>Have experience leveraging LLMs to automate workflows, improve operational efficiency, and develop novel solutions for complex technical and organizational challenges. </li> <li>Have experience reporting on complex programs through data-driven benchmarks, including writing SQL queries.</li> <li>Have strong interpersonal skills that enable you to influence without authority, build cross-organizational support, cooperation and action around security initiatives, policies and procedures.</li> <li>Have a track record for being able to successfully organize, implement and manage complex programs and projects.</li> <li>Are used to working through trade-offs, balancing competing priorities, and having your mind changed.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Deadline to apply:</strong> None, applications will be received on a rolling basis.</p> </div><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. </p> <p>For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.</p></div><div class="title">Annual Salary:</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$290,000</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$365,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><h2><strong>Logistics</strong></h2> <p><strong>Minimum education: </strong>Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience</p> <p><strong>Required field of study: </strong>A field…