Protective Services Strategy & Operations Lead

Responsibilities

• Define, structure, and scale the executive protection program into a proactive corporate function that grows with Anthropic
• Translate threat intelligence assessments from the GSIS Intelligence team into concrete, data-backed operational capacity plans — staffing, physical assets, coverage windows
• Establish and track KPIs and operational metrics for program readiness, response times, and fiscal health
• Develop and maintain repeatable domestic and international travel operational frameworks, including secure-transport playbooks and post-mortems
• Partner with the Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) to design communication protocols and alert pipelines for protected individuals
• Facilitate selection, acquisition, and maintenance of specialized equipment, vehicles, travel-security applications, and communications technology
• Run sourcing, RFP processes, onboarding, and ongoing management of global third-party physical security, secure transport, and intelligence vendors
• Own the protective services budget, including in-house vs. contract cost-benefit analyses and quarterly/annual planning reviews
• Integrate protective operations into daily corporate workflows by partnering with ABPs, Corporate Travel, Legal, PR/Communications, and IT/InfoSec
• Partner with legal counsel on compliance with state licensing laws, corporate insurance policies, and privacy mandates

You may be a good fit if you have

• Experience blending management consulting, corporate strategy, or business operations with direct exposure to physical security operations, executive protection, or corporate risk intelligence
• Experience building an operations program from scratch in a fast-paced, highly fluid environment
• Advanced spreadsheet modeling (Excel / Google Sheets) for capacity, staffing, and budget planning
• Strong judgment under pressure; able to make critical operational decisions with incomplete information
• Clear written and verbal communication across audiences, including executive leadership
• Low ego and high discretion; demonstrated ability to handle highly sensitive personal, travel, and safety data with absolute confidentiality

Strong candidates may have

• 8+ years of relevant experience
• Experience at a high-growth technology company, frontier research organization, or similarly high-scrutiny environment
• Stood up protective services or risk management programs in new offices or new countries
• Background in corporate threat management, threat assessment teams (WPV), or military/government operations planning
• Familiarity with corporate governance and tax treatment of executive protection — SEC perquisite disclosure (Summary Compensation Table) and IRS business-oriented security regulations
• Interest in Anthropic's mission and the resilience and safety considerations that come with building frontier AI systems

Deadline to apply: None. Applications will be received on a rolling basis.

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. 

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.

Annual Salary:

$300,000 - $365,000 USD

Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Location-based hybrid policy: 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.

Visa sponsorship: 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.