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.&nbsp;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&nbsp;</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