Policy Advocacy - Political Research

# Policy Advocacy - Political Research Anthropic San  Francisco, CAFull-time $230,000 – $265,000 / year Upload your resume once and Scout applies for you Apply with Scout Share this job:

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This researcher will establish Anthropic’s in-house polling function and assess how policymakers, partner groups, and the public respond to its policy positions and campaigns. The findings will inform policy and communications strategy, with the role managing research vendors and translating results into recommendations.
* Permanent* Hybrid
* 8+ years
* Bachelor’s Degree### Skills and expertise

Public opinion research

Survey and questionnaire design

Sampling approaches

Message testing

Quantitative data analysis

Qualitative data analysis

Polling vendor management

Research recommendations### Key responsibilities
* Build the strategy and operating processes for Anthropic’s in-house political research function.
* Commission and conduct polling to test policy messages, proposals, campaigns, and brand perception.
* Translate research findings into clear recommendations for policy and communications teams.## How this job compares

Compared with 65 open senior research jobs on October 10, 2026.Pay:
This job pays $230K to $265K a year. The 27 open senior research jobs that publish US pay start at $170K on average, so this job starts about 35% higher.

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AI in this role:
Low. The company works with AI, but AI is a small part of this role's daily work. The role researches audience views of Anthropic’s policy positions and messages, including on AI, but does not work directly with AI models, tools, or products.## Full description

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.

About the role

We are seeking an experienced public opinion researcher to build and expand Anthropic's in-house polling and research function. This role will be fundamental to understanding how key audiences — from policymakers and third-party groups to the general public — perceive and respond to Anthropic's policy positions, messages, and campaigns. This is a foundational role: you'll establish the research function from the ground up, with high autonomy and limited precedent.

The Central Policy team sits at the operational heart of Anthropic's policy function — distinct from government relations and communications, but essential to enabling both. You'll work cross-functionally to ensure our policy and communications strategy is grounded in a rigorous understanding of stakeholder sentiment. The polling insights you generate will directly feed into high-visibility campaigns and will be a key asset in our policy efforts in Washington and beyond.

Anthropic is equal parts research lab, policy think-tank, and technology startup. We care deeply about the safe development of AI systems and build partnerships with governments through proactive, opinionated, substantive policy conversations.

This role offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of AI policy, bringing rigorous research discipline to policy strategy.

Success in this role means establishing trusted relationships with leading polling firms around the world, delivering high-quality research on a regular cadence, and becoming the internal expert on how key audiences perceive AI, Anthropic, and Anthropic's positions and messages. You'll…