Sanctions Compliance Lead

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

You will own the sanctions program end to end: setting strategy and risk appetite with leadership, continuously assessing risk and driving remediation and program enhancements, governing our screening and enforcement controls, directing regulator-facing matters, and reporting on program health to I&C leadership and the Audit Committee. You will partner closely with our in-house Trade Compliance Counsel on interpretation of applicable law, represent the function with senior stakeholders, and lead and develop trade compliance professionals as the team grows. This is a builder's role at a company that takes integrity seriously and moves fast. You will exercise independent judgment on issues without clear precedent and build durable programs that let Anthropic move quickly while honoring its obligations to regulators, customers, and the public.

What it asks for · 6

• Substantive, hands-on experience leading an economic sanctions compliance program (OFAC, EU, UK, and other applicable regimes) in a commercial environment, including program design, policy ownership, and risk governance
• Experience managing voluntary self-disclosures, blocking or reject reports, and other regulator filings end to end, including coordinating counsel, internal stakeholders, and remediation
• Experience assessing sanctions risk on an ongoing basis and owning the remediation of identified issues and delivery of program enhancements through to closure
• Experience governing a restricted-party screening program, including list scope, match thresholds, escalation criteria, and screening vendor management
• A track record of reporting on program health and risk to senior leadership, an audit committee, or a board, and of driving decisions on risk appetite with executives
• Working knowledge of US export controls (EAR and BIS rules) sufficient to oversee an export controls program and partner effectively with technical subject-matter experts

Also a plus

• 10+ years of relevant experience in economic sanctions compliance, including several years leading a program or team
• Experience managing and developing compliance professionals
• Experience conducting sanctions diligence for acquisitions, vendors, and third parties, including state-ownership and 50 percent rule analysis
• Experience partnering with trust and safety, enforcement, or threat intelligence teams on account actions and sanctions escalations
• Exposure to sanctions compliance in software, cloud, fintech, or AI contexts, including globally accessible platforms and downstream access risk
• Prior experience in a Big 4 or other compliance consulting or advisory professional services firm, or at OFAC or another trade regulator
• Experience in a hyper-scaling tech company or other fast-paced environment
• Sound judgment and the ability to make risk-based decisions and move work forward with imperfect information

What the job covers

• Lead Anthropic's sanctions compliance program, including strategy, risk appetite, policy frameworks, and the program roadmap, and keep them current as regulations and the business evolve
• Represent the sanctions and export controls function with senior leadership and cross-functional partners, and step in for the Regulatory Programs lead across the function as needed

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

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• program19×
• sanctions15×
• compliance14×
• risk12×
• sanctions compliance8×
• compliance program5×
• leading5×
• policy5×
• decisions4×
• economic sanctions4×
• end4×
• escalation4×
• experience managing4×
• ofac4×
• professional4×

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