Anthropic

Threat Intel Manager, Influence Operations & Surveillance

San Francisco, CA

No sponsorship$375k-$455kDetected 7 days ago

PythonSQLData AnalysisNLPLLMsCybersecurityDetection EngineeringSupply ChainLogisticsResearchLeadershipCommunication

About the role

This team detects, investigates, and disrupts the misuse of Anthropic's AI systems for influence operations, coordinated inauthentic behavior, and surveillance operations by authoritarian states and the commercial spyware ecosystem.
The mission area today produces some of our most consequential casework and external reporting almost entirely through manual investigation
you will stand up its purpose-built detection capabilities, set the strategy for how a frontier AI company finds and counters state-linked information manipulation and surveillance misuse, and you'll personally be involved with the most complex investigations.

Own strategy, priorities, and outcomes for the Influence Operations & Surveillance threat intel mission area
Hire, manage, and develop a small team of technical threat investigators with IO and surveillance expertise
Own external engagement: government partners, platform integrity teams, academic and civil-society researchers, and threat intelligence sharing communities
Drive public and partner-facing reporting on AI-enabled IO and surveillance, and inform safety-by-design strategies as multimodal and agentic capabilities reshape the landscape

Have deep subject matter expertise in influence operations, coordinated inauthentic behavior, or state surveillance / commercial spyware ecosystems
Have demonstrated proficiency in SQL and Python for data analysis and threat detection
Have hands-on experience with large language models and how they can be weaponized for IO and surveillance
Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
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

Experience at a major technology platform on influence operations, platform integrity, or content authenticity
Background in intelligence analysis, information operations, or counter-disinformation in government or military contexts
Experience investigating commercial spyware or surveillance-as-a-service vendors (e.g., civil-society or vendor-research backgrounds)
Experience investigating operations linked to Chinese, Russian, Iranian, or other state-sponsored campaigns
Fluency in Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Farsi, and/or Arabic with nuanced regional and geopolitical context
Familiarity with social network analysis for mapping coordinated behavior
Active Top Secret security clearance

Minimum education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Personally lead investigations into state-linked surveillance misuse including commercial spyware vendors and surveillance products whose end customers are authoritarian governments and AI-enabled influence campaigns

However, we aren't 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 do sponsor visas!

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