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Product Manager, Safeguards (Cyber)

AnthropicSan Francisco, CAProduct Management, Support, & Operations
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Job type
Full-time
Posted
3 Feb 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

The Product Manager, Safeguards (Cyber) role at Anthropic in San Francisco involves leading the ideation, design, and deployment of safety systems for AI products, suiting professionals with strong technical product expertise in fast-moving environments. This position focuses on protecting users from AI risks while advancing frontier models safely across multiple platforms.

Role Overview

Anthropic is looking for a Product Manager to join the Safeguards team in San Francisco, California. This position focuses on building protections for new AI features, mitigating deployment risks, and ensuring generative AI technologies remain helpful, harmless, and honest. The professional in this role will own the complete lifecycle of Safeguards systems and product user experience, collaborating closely with research, policy, and engineering divisions.

Key Responsibilities

Build safety by design upstream and utilize downstream defenses for frontier models, AI products, and customers across surfaces like Claude.ai, the 1P API, and external cloud providers.
Write safety evaluations and communicate effectively about safety topics with external stakeholders.
Drive impact through prioritization by defining clear problems, mapping solution options, and analyzing technical and business trade-offs.
Collaborate and align with policy, enforcement, research, engineering, and cross-functional teams.
Understand the broader AI landscape and ecosystem to anticipate and mitigate deployment risks from determined adversaries.
Develop metrics to measure performance, monitor blind spots, and inform future project planning.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
5+ years of product management experience focusing on rapid problem understanding, roadmap building, and handling details on data, detections, interventions, infrastructure, and evaluations.
Ability to make technical trade-off decisions, including working across policy, AI/ML research, and software engineering teams.
Strong user understanding regarding product safety concerns and providing effective solutions.
Experience building strategy across multiple cross-functional teams in rapidly changing environments.
Background in zero-to-one product environments, navigating ambiguous situations, and explaining complex technical concepts clearly.

Skills and Tools

Product management and strategy
Zero-to-one product launches
Safety evaluations and metrics development
Technical trade-off analysis
Cross-functional team alignment
Risk mitigation and adversarial planning

Salary and Benefits

Annual salary range of $305,000 to $385,000 USD.
Competitive compensation and benefits package.
Optional equity donation matching.
Generous vacation and parental leave policies.
Flexible working hours.
Office space in San Francisco with a location-based hybrid policy requiring staff to be in the office at least 25% of the time.
Visa sponsorship provided for eligible candidates where possible.

About the Company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco with a mission to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. The organization operates as a single cohesive team focused on large-scale research efforts, viewing AI research as an empirical science akin to physics and biology. The workplace values collaboration, communication, and a commitment to making artificial intelligence safe and beneficial for society.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should visit the official Anthropic careers page to submit their application for the Product Manager, Safeguards (Cyber) position.

Questions candidates ask

What is the location of the Product Manager, Safeguards (Cyber) role?

The position is based in San Francisco, CA, with a location-based hybrid policy that requires staff to be in the office at least 25% of the time.

What is the annual salary range for this position?

The annual salary range is between $305,000 and $385,000 USD.

How many years of experience are required?

The role requires 5+ years of product management experience with a focus on fast problem understanding, roadmaps, and data or detection tools.

Does Anthropic offer visa sponsorship for this role?

Yes, Anthropic does sponsor visas and retains an immigration lawyer to assist candidates who receive an offer.

What are the primary responsibilities of the Safeguards Product Manager?

Responsibilities include designing and deploying safeguards systems, writing safety evaluations, defining technical trade-offs, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and developing metrics to measure and mitigate AI deployment risks.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Anthropic careers page.

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