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Safeguards Enforcement Lead, User Well-Being

AnthropicSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DCSafeguards (Trust & Safety)
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Job type
Full-time
Posted
2 Sept 2026
Status
Open · checked 8d ago

About this role

The Safeguards Enforcement Lead role at Anthropic is a management position focused on overseeing user well-being enforcement workflows across San Francisco, New York City, and Washington, DC. This opportunity is well-suited for an experienced trust and safety professional ready to lead teams in scaling AI safety systems and mitigating harm.

Role Overview

In this management role on the User Well-Being team, the selected individual manages child safety, mental health, abuse, exploitation, and age assurance enforcement workflows. The professional serves as the primary contact for content review partners, directing daily operations, quality assurance, and escalation channels. Collaboration with internal engineering, policy, and legal groups ensures detection models scale properly as the threat landscape changes. Candidates must note that this position involves regular exposure to explicit sexual content involving minors, alongside potentially violent or psychologically disturbing material. Wellness resources and support are provided to team members in this area.

Key Responsibilities

Direct a team of individual contributors across multiple user well-being policy areas.
Act as the primary contact for content review partners, managing onboarding, training, quality assurance, and ongoing relationship maintenance.
Design and refine enforcement workflows to scale efficiently with growing volume while preserving high accuracy.
Partner with engineering and data science units to optimize automated detection models and policy enforcement systems.
Produce and update internal documentation, decision trees, and review guidelines for consistent enforcement at scale.
Monitor emerging AI policy enforcement practices, legal frameworks, and technology updates to inform daily operations.
Identify and report misuse trends to leadership across trust and safety, policy, and legal departments.
Coordinate external reporting obligations, such as submissions to NCMEC, in alignment with applicable laws and company policy.

Requirements

Experience managing teams within the user well-being space.
Background in trust and safety, content moderation operations, or policy enforcement covering child safety, mental health, abuse, exploitation, or age assurance.
Experience coordinating content review operations, quality assurance, and workflow management.
Track record of establishing and scaling policy enforcement or content review workflows.
Proficiency in SQL or alternative data analysis tools for monitoring workflow health and review queue metrics.
Experience recognizing emerging risks and communicating insights to cross-functional stakeholders like product, policy, engineering, and legal teams.
Understanding of the challenges involved in executing product policies at scale within content moderation.
A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and professional experience.

Nice to Have

Deep subject matter expertise in child safety, child sexual exploitation and abuse, online child protection, mental wellness, and age assurance.
Experience coordinating with reporting bodies such as NCMEC or IWF.
Familiarity with legal frameworks including KOSA, COPPA, and CSAM reporting obligations.
Experience working with generative AI products and understanding potential misuse for generating abusive content.
Experience designing or evaluating trauma-informed support structures and wellness protocols for reviewers.
Proficiency in Python for workflow automation or data analysis.
Familiarity with hash-matching technologies like PhotoDNA or CSAI Match, along with age assurance tools.

Skills and Tools

Python
SQL
Content moderation operations and workflow design
Trust and safety policy enforcement
Quality assurance management
Data analysis tools

Salary and Benefits

Annual Salary Range: $285,000 to $330,000 USD
Competitive compensation and benefits package
Optional equity donation matching
Generous vacation and parental leave policies
Flexible working hours
Collaborative office environment with a location-based hybrid policy requiring at least 25% in-office time
Visa sponsorship available for eligible candidates

About the Company

Anthropic operates as a public benefit corporation dedicated to building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems designed to remain safe and beneficial for users and society. The organization approaches AI research as an empirical science, valuing large-scale scientific collaboration and long-term goals over smaller puzzles. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company brings together researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders to pursue high-impact AI safety research.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please visit the official Anthropic careers page to submit your application and review potential updates.

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Questions candidates ask

What is the annual salary range for the Safeguards Enforcement Lead position?

The annual salary range for this role is $285,000 to $330,000 USD.

Where is this job located?

This position is based in San Francisco, CA, New York City, NY, or Washington, DC, operating under a location-based hybrid policy requiring staff to be in the office at least 25% of the time.

Does Anthropic offer visa sponsorship for this role?

Yes, Anthropic sponsors visas for eligible candidates and retains an immigration lawyer to assist with the process.

What technical skills are required for this role?

Proficiency in SQL and/or other data analysis tools is required, while Python proficiency is listed as a preferred qualification.

What kind of content will I be exposed to in this role?

In this position, team members are regularly exposed to explicit content of a sexual nature involving minors, as well as content that may be violent or psychologically disturbing. Anthropic provides wellness resources and support to address this.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Anthropic careers page.

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