Job Description
About the position
The CISO in Residence is a senior executive advisor and thought leader who brings deep, real-world CISO experience to help guide enterprise customers, partners, and regulators through the secure adoption of AI systems.
This is not an operational, internal CISO position. Instead, it is a highly strategic, externally-facing executive role designed to:
Serve as a trusted peer advisor to enterprise CISOs, security leaders, and executive teams navigating AI adoption
Provide executive-level guidance on AI security strategy, risk management, and governance
Represent Anthropic in industry forums, regulatory discussions, and executive engagements
Act as a bridge between customer and industry security priorities and Anthropic’s product, policy, and go-to-market teams
Help shape the emerging discipline of AI security by drawing on deep enterprise security expertise
The ideal candidate is a former CISO or senior security executive with a proven ability to translate technical security strategy into measurable business outcomes, and who is passionate about the safe and responsible deployment of AI.
- Responsibilities
- Executive Advisory & Customer Engagement
- Serve as a trusted advisor to enterprise CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, and Boards on AI security strategy, risk governance, and safe AI deployment
- Participate in executive briefings, customer advisory boards, and strategic account engagements
- Guide customers in aligning AI adoption with their security frameworks, compliance requirements, and risk tolerance
- Provide mentorship and insight to security leaders navigating the organizational implications of AI integration
- Help enterprise customers develop AI security policies, acceptable use frameworks, and incident response plans
- Thought Leadership & Industry Engagement
- Represent Anthropic at industry conferences, executive roundtables, regulatory forums, and webinars
- Contribute to whitepapers, blog posts, and thought leadership initiatives on AI security and governance
- Provide expert commentary on emerging cybersecurity trends as they intersect with AI capabilities and risks
- Engage with policymakers and standards bodies to help shape responsible AI security frameworks
- Support media and analyst engagements as appropriate
- Strategic Alignment & Internal Collaboration
- Partner with Sales, Product, Engineering, Policy, and Trust & Safety teams to align customer security needs with product strategy
- Provide real-world practitioner insight into product roadmap discussions, safety features, and enterprise security priorities
- Support strategic deals by articulating executive-level value, security assurances, and business outcomes of Anthropic’s platform
- Inform go-to-market strategy based on direct CISO engagement, industry insights, and evolving regulatory requirements
- Contribute to Anthropic’s AI safety mission by bridging the gap between traditional enterprise security and frontier AI security challenges
- Requirements
- 10+ years of cybersecurity experience
- Prior experience as a CISO, Deputy CISO, or equivalent senior security executive in a complex enterprise environment
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale security transformation initiatives
- Strong executive presence with experience presenting to Boards, C-suites, and senior government officials
- Deep understanding of enterprise security architecture, cloud security, risk management, and governance frameworks
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate technical risk into business impact
- Intellectual curiosity about AI and a willingness to deeply engage with the unique security challenges posed by frontier AI systems
- We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
- Benefits
- competitive compensation and benefits
- optional equity donation matching
- generous vacation and parental leave
- flexible working hours
- a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues
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