Safety & Security Counsel, EMEA

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation focused on creating reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. As Safety & Security Counsel, EMEA, you will serve as the first-line legal advisor on the full arc of keeping Claude and Anthropic safe and secure, including usage policy design, enforcement frameworks, safeguards R&D, misuse detection, sensitive escalations, threat intelligence, security incident response, and regulatory engagement.

• Partner with Safeguards policy teams on usage policy design and iteration across harm areas.
• Advise on policy enforcement frameworks, sensitive escalations, and strategic response.
• Support safety and security engineering, ML, and data science teams on tooling and detection mechanisms.
• Serve as first-line legal contact for safety and security incidents, and build crisis management playbooks.

• Qualification to practice law in England & Wales or another relevant jurisdiction.
• Experience advising on fast-moving, high-stakes matters.
• Working knowledge of trust & safety, cybersecurity, privacy, or platform regulation.
• Technical fluency to understand system architecture, data flows, and AI model behavior.

• 8+ years of relevant legal experience.
• In-house product counsel experience at a technology company or law firm experience with tech clients.
• Experience with content moderation, platform safety, and crisis management.
• Familiarity with AI systems and machine learning concepts.

Annual salary: £165,000—£205,000 GBP. Anthropic offers competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space.

Application deadline: 6pm PT on Friday September 11, 2026. We encourage all interested and qualified applicants to submit their materials before this date.