Privacy Governance Lead

About the role

Anthropic's 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.

Within Integrity & Compliance, the Privacy Programs pillar owns how we operationalize privacy across the company — from how we handle personal data in our products and research, to how we meet our obligations under the GDPR, CCPA, and the growing patchwork of global privacy law. We work closely with our Privacy Legal team on all privacy related matters.

We're hiring a Privacy Governance Lead to own the governance backbone of that work. You'll set the strategy for how privacy governance operates at Anthropic, define the policies and controls that translate privacy principles into operating practice, and help manage the relationship with internal and external stakeholders who depend on that framework holding up under scrutiny.

This is a foundational role with significant scope. You'll be shaping a privacy governance function from a relatively early stage, with the autonomy to set the standard and the mandate to drive cross-functional change. You'll partner closely with Privacy Legal, Security, Product, Research, and the wider I&C team, and you'll contribute directly to reporting that reaches the Audit Committee and boards. You'll report to the Head of Integrity & Compliance.

Key responsibilities

• Set the strategy and roadmap for Anthropic's privacy governance framework, including the policies, standards, and internal controls that map to GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and other applicable global privacy regimes

• Own the privacy documentation lifecycle end-to-end — Data Protection Impact Assessments, Records of Processing, Transfer Impact Assessments, and other accountability artifacts — including the methodology, the tooling, and the quality bar

• Establish governance forums and approval workflows for privacy-significant product, research, and vendor decisions, and chair the forums where novel or high-risk questions are resolved

• Own the privacy controls testing program: define what "good" looks like, set the testing cadence, and present results to the Head of Integrity & Compliance and other leadership forums

• Partner with Privacy Legal to anticipate emerging privacy law and translate new obligations into concrete control changes ahead of enforcement

• In partnership with Legal, co-lead privacy regulator engagement on governance matters, including responses to inquiries, audits, and complaints

• Oversee the management of inputs for regulatory responses with the Privacy Program pillar

• Drive privacy training and awareness strategy for engineering, product, research, and go-to-market teams, calibrated to the actual decisions those teams make

• Represent the privacy governance function in Internal Audit reporting, and in cross-functional risk and compliance forums

• Build and develop the privacy governance team over time

Minimum qualifications

• Deep working knowledge of GDPR and at least one major US state privacy regime (CCPA/CPRA, or equivalent), including how their requirements translate into operational controls at scale

• Demonstrated track record building, scaling, or transforming a privacy governance program end-to-end — policies, DPIAs, ROPAs, controls libraries, governance forums, and the operating model that supports them

• Strong written communication, with the ability to produce clear policies, board-ready reporting, and practical guidance that engineering and product teams will actually use

• Comfort owning hard cross-functional decisions and operating across legal, technical, and operational boundaries

• A privacy certification such as CIPP/E, CIPP/US, or CIPM, or equivalent demonstrated expertise

Preferred qualifications

• Senior privacy governance leadership experience at a technology company operating under multiple privacy regimes simultaneously, ideally including one with novel data processing (AI/ML, large-scale platforms, or similar)

• Direct experience engaging privacy regulators, particularly EU data protection authorities or the Irish DPC, on governance matters such as inquiries, audits, or complaints

• Familiarity with AI-specific privacy considerations: training data governance, model memorization, output filtering, and the intersection with emerging AI regulation

• Experience standing up governance functions in a high-growth environment, including building from a blank page

• Demonstrated experience presenting to Audit Committees, boards, or equivalent senior governance bodies on privacy matters

• Background that bridges privacy and broader compliance disciplines (security, regulatory, ABAC, enterprise risk management)

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.