Commercial Counsel, SPARC

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>About Anthropic</strong></h2> <p>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.</p></div><h2 class="heading"><strong>About the role</strong></h2> <p>We're looking for a Commercial Counsel, SPARC (Safety, Policy, and Research Contracts) to join our legal team at the forefront of shaping how cutting-edge AI technology reaches users, researchers, and enterprises worldwide. You'll work alongside experienced colleagues who operate as true strategic partners—moving fast, thinking creatively, and working collaboratively on cutting-edge AI safety and research agreements, including threat-sharing frameworks with leading security organizations and collaborations that shape and advance responsible AI development standards. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated attorney to develop deep expertise in their commercial transactions career while contributing directly to responsible AI development.</p> <h2><strong>Key responsibilities</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, focusing mainly on AI safety and research agreements, as well as product and strategic partnership agreements </li> <li>Partner closely with beneficial deployments, health, policy, and education partnerships teams to support deal velocity and provide practical legal guidance</li> <li>Draft program terms for the phased deployment of AI models with frontier capabilities in cybersecurity and health sciences.</li> <li>Help build and maintain commercial legal infrastructure, including contract templates, playbooks, and process improvements</li> <li>Partner with Policy, Safeguards, and Research teams on novel AI governance initiatives</li> <li>Identify and escalate legal risks appropriately while supporting business momentum</li> <li>Stay current on legal developments affecting AI technologies</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Minimum qualifications</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Hold a law degree (JD, LLB, or equivalent) and meet the local licensing requirements to work as in house counsel where you’ll be based</li> <li>Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements </li> <li>Demonstrated ability to provide clear, practical legal guidance to non-lawyers on complex commercial law matters</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Preferred qualifications</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Commercial experience supporting research collaborations and sponsored research and grant giving programs</li> <li>Curiosity about AI technology and AI policy, and a commitment to responsible AI development<br>Experience with biotech, clinical research, or other life sciences transactions</li> <li>Familiarity with grant-making or grant-funded arrangements, including funding terms and compliance considerations</li> <li>Experience advising on partnerships with non-profit foundations, academic institutions, or industry trade groups</li> <li>Comfort advising research teams whose work doesn't follow a standard commercial playbook</li> <li>Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate legal concepts for non-legal audiences</li> <li>A collaborative approach to working with colleagues and external partners</li> <li>Experience navigating multi-stakeholder agreements involving technical and policy considerations</li> <li>Ability to adapt to shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment</li> <li>Experience with SaaS agreements or other technology transactions</li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. </p> <p>For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.</p></div><div class="title">Annual Salary:</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$265,000</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$335,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><h2><strong>Logistics</strong></h2> <p><strong>Minimum education: </strong>Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience</p> <p><strong>Required field of study: </strong>A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience</p> <p><strong>Minimum years of experience: </strong>Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position</p> <p><strong>Location-based hybrid policy:</strong> 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.</p> <p><strong data-stringify-type="bold">Visa sponsorship:</strong> 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.</p> <p>&lt