Threat Intel Manager, CBRN-E & Advanced Weapons

Summary

About the roleWe are looking for a threat intel manager to build and run our CBRN-E & Advanced Weapons team within Threat Intelligence. This team detects, investigates, and disrupts attempts to misuse Anthropic's AI systems for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives threats and for the development of advanced or novel weapons.You will mature this from a promising start into a rigorous program, hiring investigators with real CBRN-E, weaponization, and counterproliferation expertise, sharpening detection beyond broad harm screens into threat-specific capabilities, and personally leading the cases where scientific judgment determines whether we're seeing curiosity, legitimate research, or a genuine weapons-development attempt. The area carries significant engagement with government, biosecurity, and scientific stakeholders.Important context: In this position you may be exposed to explicit content spanning a range of topics, including those of a sexual, violent, or psychologically disturbing nature. This role may require responding to escalations during weekends and holidays.Key responsibilitiesOwn strategy, priorities, and outcomes for the CBRN-E & Advanced Weapons mission area; mature it from an emerging function into a rigorous investigative programHire, manage, and develop a team of investigators with deep domain expertise across biological, chemical, and weapons‑development threat areasPersonally lead investigations into attempts to use our systems to develop, enhance, or disseminate CBRN-E weapons, or advanced weapons capabilitiesEvolve detection from broad harm screens toward CBRN‑specific signals and methodologies tailored to dual‑use research concerns, in partnership with our collections engineersSet the analytic quality bar: cross‑platform threat analysis grounded in real threat actor behavior, open‑source research, and publicly reported weapons programsOwn escalation and enforcement decisions with policy and enforcement teams for the highest‑severity misuse category we handleLead external engagement with government agencies, biosecurity and chemical‑security research communities, and scientific organizationsInform safety‑by‑design and capability‑evaluation strategies by forecasting how threat actors will leverage frontier AI for CBRN‑E purposesServe as a liaison to government partners, educating stakeholders on AI‑enabled threats through regular reporting and briefings.Minimum qualificationsAre an intelligence analyst, policy expert, or researcher with deep domain expertise in biosecurity, chemical defense, weapons non‑proliferation, dual‑use research of concern (DURC), or related CBRN‑E threat domainsHave led investigative or analytic teams and are a senior domain expert with demonstrated mentorship and program‑building experience ready to leadHave experience with threat actor profiling, threat intelligence analysis frameworks, and collection frameworksHave hands‑on experience with large language models and how AI could be misused for CBRN‑E threatsHave excellent stakeholder management skills across researchers, policy experts, legal teams, government, and external partnersCan present analytical work to technical and non‑technical audiences, including government stakeholders and senior leadership.Preferred qualificationsAdvanced degree (MS or PhD) in biological sciences, chemistry, biodefense, biosecurity, or a related fieldReal‑world experience countering weapons of mass destruction or other high‑risk asymmetric threats in the intelligence community or defense organizationsExperience working with government agencies, defense/national security organizations, or in regulated environments handling sensitive CBRN‑E programs, counterproliferation and threat analysis.Background in AI safety, machine learning security, or technology abuse investigationExperience building and scaling threat detection systems or abuse monitoring programsActive Top Secret security clearanceCompensationAnnual Salary: $375,000 — $455,000 USDLogisticsMinimum education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experienceRequired field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experienceMinimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the positionLocation‑based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! 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.#J-18808-Ljbffr

Job Description

About the roleWe are looking for a threat intel manager to build and run our CBRN-E & Advanced Weapons team within Threat Intelligence. This team detects, investigates, and disrupts attempts to misuse Anthropic's AI systems for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives threats and for the development of advanced or novel weapons.You will mature this from a promising start into a rigorous program, hiring investigators with real CBRN-E, weaponization, and counterproliferation expertise, sharpening detection beyond broad harm screens into threat-specific capabilities, and personally leading the cases where scientific judgment determines whether we're seeing curiosity, legitimate research, or a genuine weapons-development attempt. The area carries significant engagement with government, biosecurity, and scientific stakeholders.Important context: In this position you may be exposed to explicit content spanning a range of topics, including those of a sexual, violent, or psychologically disturbing nature. This role may require responding to escalations during weekends and holidays.Key responsibilitiesOwn strategy, priorities, and outcomes for the CBRN-E & Advanced Weapons mission area; mature it from an emerging function into a rigorous investigative programHire, manage, and develop a team of investigators with deep domain expertise across biological, chemical, and weapons‑development threat areasPersonally lead investigations into attempts to use our systems to develop, enhance, or disseminate CBRN-E weapons, or advanced weapons capabilitiesEvolve detection from broad harm screens toward CBRN‑specific signals and methodologies tailored to dual‑use research concerns, in partnership with our collections engineersSet the analytic quality bar: cross‑platform threat analysis grounded in real threat actor behavior, open‑source research, and publicly reported weapons programsOwn escalation and enforcement decisions with policy and enforcement teams for the highest‑severity misuse category we handleLead external engagement with government agencies, biosecurity and chemical‑security research communities, and scientific organizationsInform safety‑by‑design and capability‑evaluation strategies by forecasting how threat actors will leverage frontier AI for CBRN‑E purposesServe as a liaison to government partners, educating stakeholders on AI‑enabled threats through regular reporting and briefings.Minimum qualificationsAre an intelligence analyst, policy expert, or researcher with deep domain expertise in biosecurity, chemical defense, weapons non‑proliferation, dual‑use research of concern (DURC), or related CBRN‑E threat domainsHave led investigative or analytic teams and are a senior domain expert with demonstrated mentorship and program‑building experience ready to leadHave experience with threat actor profiling, threat intelligence analysis frameworks, and collection frameworksHave hands‑on experience with large language models and how AI could be misused for CBRN‑E threatsHave excellent stakeholder management skills across researchers, policy experts, legal teams, government, and external partnersCan present analytical work to technical and non‑technical audiences, including government stakeholders and senior leadership.Preferred qualificationsAdvanced degree (MS or PhD) in biological sciences, chemistry, biodefense, biosecurity, or a related fieldReal‑world experience countering weapons of mass destruction or other high‑risk asymmetric threats in the intelligence community or defense organizationsExperience working with government agencies, defense/national security organizations, or in regulated environments handling sensitive CBRN‑E programs, counterproliferation and threat analysis.Background in AI safety, machine learning security, or technology abuse investigationExperience building and scaling threat detection systems or abuse monitoring programsActive Top Secret security clearanceCompensationAnnual Salary: $375,000 — $455,000 USDLogisticsMinimum education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experienceRequired field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experienceMinimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the positionLocation‑based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! 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.#J-18808-Ljbffr