Why this role
This search is for a policy generalist who can take an open question to an agreed, evidence-backed position; decide what research a position actually needs; work Anthropic’s own research into material policymakers can use; and manage outside academics, think tanks, economists, and commissioned studies — including economic-impact work as Anthropic’s international footprint grows.
That is the work I have been doing for New York State and for the UK government in the United States: framing the question, bringing researchers and operators into the same room, commissioning independent analysis, writing the brief, and staying with the product until a decision ships.
Why Anthropic (Greenhouse essay, ~320 words)
I want to work at Anthropic because the company’s public-policy problem is the same shape as the work I already do: turn technical and economic evidence into positions that survive a skeptical reader, then get those positions into the hands of people who have to decide.
Most AI policy shops still split “research” from “influence.” Researchers publish; advocates talk. The Strategic Advisory role sits in the seam between them. Someone has to ask what would change a skeptic’s mind, tell a weak study from a strong one, decide when Anthropic’s own data is the right source and when an outside economist or think tank is, and then write the memo the federal, state, and international teams can actually use. I have run that loop inside government, not as a commentator on it.
In the New York Governor’s office I built the state’s first quantum strategy from an open question into a $360 million commercialization-hub program. That required a research plan, $150,000 in commissioned landscape analysis with 2-, 5-, and 10-year recommendations, lab visits that put policymakers in front of the scientists, and a written product that survived budget season. In parallel I helped stand up statewide AI governance — an acceptable-use policy, a 1,200-person adoption pilot, and support for the RAISE Act’s frontier-model transparency rules. At the British Consulate I ran the UK’s science and innovation strategy across the Southwest United States, convened US–UK AI Safety exchanges after Bletchley, and turned a NASA / UK Space Agency gap analysis into a funded scientific exchange and $1.5 million in follow-on awards.
Anthropic’s mission — useful, reliable, and steerable AI — only holds if the public case for it is as rigorous as the models. I want to build that case: own the research strategy, keep the commissioned work honest, adapt the same evidence base for governments outside the US, and leave the policy teams with writing they can take into the room. I would rather do that work where the models are built than describe it from the outside.
How the record maps to the posting
Run policy from open question to agreed position
New York quantum program: ecosystem mapping → strategy → budget product → $360m hubs. Cross-government work with deputy and assistant commissioners, universities, and industry when I did not manage them.
Research plans, commissioned studies, outside partners
Scoped and contracted $150k in independent quantum-landscape analysis with multi-year recommendations. Built academic and lab partnerships across NASA JPL, University of Arizona, UCLA, UCSD, Utah, and UK quantum hubs.
Turn technical work into material policymakers can use
Briefings and talking points for UK ministers and US state leaders. In-person lab demonstrations so officials heard scientists directly. AI acceptable-use policy and adoption materials for a 1,200-person state pilot.
International markets and templates that scale
UK Science and Innovation Network lead for CA, NV, AZ, UT, and HI. US–UK AI Safety MoU convening in Southern California. NASA / UK Space Agency bilateral that produced a repeatable exchange model and $1.5m in awards.
Anticipate the issue before pressure builds
Brought AI Safety into New York’s technology policy after the UK AI Safety Summit and the twin institutes. Supported work that led to the LOADinG Act inventory rules and the RAISE Act’s frontier-developer disclosure regime.
Writing and judgment under deadline
Policy briefs and talking points in the NY Senate Health Committee fellowship; ministerial and high-level visitor packs at the Consulate; budget language and appropriations amendments.
Cover note for the hiring team
I started in the lab — Alzheimer’s microglia work at Columbia and autoantibody screening at Astellas — and moved into the rooms where science becomes a public position. The generalist shape of this role is familiar: several workstreams, outside vendors, people I do not line-manage, and a finished written product.
I do not treat policy research as a literature review. I treat it as an operation: what evidence would move the decision, who can produce it, what quality bar it has to clear, and what the regional teams need in their hands next week. That is the job described in this posting.
Thank you for reading this package. The CV is on this site and as a PDF. For anything not in the fact sheet, email pardeensinghb@gmail.com.
Pardeep N Singh