Contract Recruiter, Legal

About Anthropic

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.

Anthropic is seeking an experienced contract Legal Recruiter to join our G&A recruiting team on a contract basis. In this role, you’ll partner closely with leaders across our Legal organization that shapes how Anthropic operates and delivers on its mission. This role requires someone who can assess not just legal domain expertise, but also alignment with our values and the adaptability required to thrive in a fast‑paced, high‑growth environment.

You’ll need to hit the ground running – we’re looking for a contractor who can own a pipeline from day one with minimal ramp.

• Lead end-to-end recruiting for Legal roles across the organization, including commercial counsel, product counsel, regulatory/privacy counsel, litigation, paralegals, and legal operations.
• Develop and execute strategic recruiting plans, including law firm and in‑house competitive mapping, targeted sourcing, and building long‑term talent pipelines for hard‑to‑fill legal specialties.
• Build trusted partnerships with Legal leadership to understand business priorities, team structures, ideal candidate profiles, and required competencies across different legal practice areas.
• Create exceptional candidate experiences that showcase Anthropic’s mission, growth trajectory, and the unique opportunity for legal professionals to work at the frontier of AI.
• Design and implement scalable recruiting processes that effectively assess legal domain expertise, business judgment, and cultural alignment.
• Track recruiting metrics and use data to identify bottlenecks, optimize processes, and maintain a high‑quality hiring bar.
• Coach hiring managers on recruiting best practices, structured interview techniques, and strategies for building diverse, high‑performing legal teams.

• Have 5+ years of full‑cycle recruiting experience with meaningful exposure to legal hiring and an understanding of the legal talent market.
• Comfortable working as a contractor in ambiguous, high‑growth environments – you self‑direct, ramp quickly, and help hiring teams build structure rather than waiting for it.
• Strong stakeholder management skills – you can share examples of frameworks you’ve built that drive hiring while coaching legal hiring managers to improve their recruiting.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail – you stay on top of data integrity and maintain regular touch points with candidates and hiring managers.
• Comfortable analyzing recruiting data and able to connect key metrics to monitor recruiting health and maintain a great hiring experience.
• Passionate about AI’s potential to positively impact the world while understanding its risks and limitations.

• Base rate: $110 – $145 USD/hour.
• Location:
  
  Fully remote position.
• Duration: 12‑month contract with potential for extension or opportunity to convert based on business need.
• Employment through talent partner with a dedicated benefits package.
• The annual compensation range for this role is $228,800 – $301,600 USD.
• Education requirements:
  
  At least a Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Visa sponsorship:
  We sponsor visas when possible and retain an immigration lawyer to assist.

As set forth in Anthropic’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.