Research Operations, Economic Research

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

6d•$280,000 - $300,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. We are looking for a strong operator to serve as the operational backbone of Anthropic's Economic Research team. Your overarching mandate is twofold: 1) “clear the brush” so our researchers can efficiently execute on key research priorities, and 2) ensure research aspirations and findings translate into concrete policy and commercial outcomes. In practice this means you will be the person who keeps the team's operating rhythm tight, synthesizes information so leadership can make good decisions quickly, and represents the team in cross-functional settings when researchers are heads-down. Delivering on these mandates will require strong operational rigor, a broad understanding of Policy, Research, and Communications ecosystems, and a knack for forming effective partnerships both within and outside of Anthropic.

Requirements

Have a 5+ year track record managing and delivering on business-critical, cross-functional initiatives
Have ability to quickly gain state on technical domains and “know enough” to be effective, without being a subject matter expert
Are skilled at navigating organizational complexity, building relationships, and influencing without authority
Can “see around corners” and anticipate needs when supporting leaders in executing their vision, and ensuring they have the necessary resources and information to succeed
Are highly organized with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks while maintaining a high attention to detail
Are passionate about the intersection of frontier AI development, economic research, and policy frameworks

Responsibilities

Drive execution on the team’s research initiatives, e.g., economic index releases, economic briefs and working papers, agents research, Clio observability analyses, Anthropic interviewer deployments. This will involve a lot of information gathering and reporting while researchers are “out in the wilderness”
Work backward from business deadlines to set research deadlines/milestones and plan out team capacity
Ensure smooth operating cadence and relationship touchpoints with our research ecosystem (e.g., academic collaborators, commissioned research vendors, research grantees, advisory councils)
Partner with colleagues on Research, Public Policy, Communications, and GTM to organize briefings and campaigns that amplify key research findings
Support the team lead in setting quarterly research priorities and resource allocation; draft monthly updates to the Policy org and broader company
Help the team effectively grow and onboard by supporting with recruitment, onboarding, and team integration, as needed (e.g., filtering resumes, revamping onboarding materials, planning team offsites)
Create and manage Economic Research engagement calendars to ensure strategic alignment with our policy objectives and optimal use of leadership time. Support researcher engagements at high-touch events and summits
Maintain key information repositories that compile and organize our research results