Policy Planning & Operations, US Federal

Department: Public Policy

About the role

We are looking for a strong operator to build and run the operational backbone of Anthropic's federal government relations function—managing the systems, processes, and logistics that allow our federal affairs team to engage effectively on Capitol Hill and across the executive branch. This is a fast-paced role where you will manage multiple demands simultaneously and requires strong operational rigor, a knack for forming effective partnerships both within and outside of Anthropic, clear and concise communication, and a broad understanding of AI policy, research, and go-to-market ecosystems.

In this role, you will own the infrastructure that makes federal engagement work: tracking legislation and regulatory activity, managing lobbying compliance and LDA reporting, coordinating Hill meetings and fly-ins, maintaining stakeholder databases, and ensuring the federal affairs team has the intelligence, briefing materials, and logistical support it needs to operate at pace. You will work closely with our federal lobbyists, policy team, and outside consultants to keep the function running smoothly across a fast-moving legislative and regulatory environment.

Successful candidates will demonstrate experience running operations for a government relations team, congressional office, trade association, or lobbying firm—with specific examples of how you have built tracking systems, managed compliance in regulated environments, and kept a high-volume engagement function organized under pressure. Hill scheduling or operations experience is valued, as is experience managing LDA compliance or coordinating with outside lobbying firms.

Anthropic is equal parts research lab, policy think-tank, and technology startup. We care deeply about safe development of AI systems, and build partnership with governments through proactive, opinionated, substantive policy conversations. We recognize that our approach to AI policy is genuinely distinctive in the marketplace—grounded in honest assessment of technological trajectories and authentic concern for safe scaling—and we need a Federal Affairs Operations Manager who can build the operational foundation that lets our lobbyists and policy leads focus on substance rather than logistics. This role offers an opportunity to build the operating system for a federal affairs function at a critical moment for AI governance.

In this role, you will:

• Manage the day-to-day operations of Anthropic's federal affairs function, including legislative and regulatory tracking, meeting coordination, stakeholder database management, and internal reporting to government relations leadership

• Own lobbying compliance end to end—LDA registration and quarterly reporting, gift and ethics rule compliance, coordination with outside counsel, and internal processes that make compliance operationally reliable across the team

• Track legislation, hearings, markups, and regulatory proceedings relevant to AI policy; maintain internal dashboards and deliver timely intelligence to the federal affairs and policy teams

• Coordinate logistics for Hill engagement—scheduling meetings with congressional offices and committee staff, managing fly-ins and DC visits for executives and researchers, and preparing briefing books and leave-behinds

• Manage relationships and workflows with outside lobbying firms and consultants, including contract administration, deliverable tracking, and ensuring external work aligns with internal priorities

• Build and maintain the operational infrastructure that enables consistent, effective federal engagement—stakeholder CRM, meeting and activity tracking, document management, and internal approval workflows

• Coordinate cross-functionally with policy, communications, legal, and executive teams to ensure federal affairs activity is aligned with company-wide positioning and that the right internal voices are prepared for external engagement

You may be a good fit if you:

• Have a 5+ year track record managing and delivering on business-critical, cross-functional initiatives

• Have experience in government relations operations, trade association operations, or lobbying firm administration; direct Hill experience is valued but not required

• Have working knowledge of LDA registration and reporting requirements, congressional gift and ethics rules, and the compliance obligations that come with federal lobbying; you can translate those requirements into reliable internal processes

• Have a track record of building and managing operational systems in fast-moving environments—legislative tracking, stakeholder databases, meeting coordination, document workflows—and keeping them current under pressure

• Understand how Capitol Hill and the executive branch operate—committee process, scheduling norms, the rhythm of the legislative calendar—and can anticipate what the team will need before they ask

• Are passionate about the intersection of frontier AI development and policy frameworks

• Have ability to quickly gain state on technical domains and “know enough” to be effective, without being a subject matter expert

• Have clear and concise written and verbal communication.