Commercial Counsel, SPARC

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're looking for a Commercial Counsel, SPARC (Safety, Policy, and Research Contracts) to join our legal team at the forefront of shaping how cutting-edge AI technology reaches users, researchers, and enterprises worldwide. You'll work alongside experienced colleagues who operate as true strategic partners—moving fast, thinking creatively, and working collaboratively on cutting-edge AI safety and research agreements, including threat-sharing frameworks with leading security organizations and collaborations that shape and advance responsible AI development standards.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated attorney to develop deep expertise in their commercial transactions career while contributing directly to responsible AI development

Key responsibilities

Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, focusing mainly on AI safety and research agreements, as well as product and strategic partnership agreements Partner closely with beneficial deployments, health, policy, and education partnerships teams to support deal velocity and provide practical legal guidance Draft program terms for the phased deployment of AI models with frontier capabilities in cybersecurity and health sciences.