Anthropic
Technology
ProgramManager,Communications
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“Program Manager, Communications at Anthropic. Run operating rhythm for major campaigns. Translate ambiguous projects into clear workstreams”
Industry & Context.
Resolve bottlenecks; Drive decisions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10+ years of experience in program management, 10+ years of experience in communications operations, Significant time working in or alongside communications teams, Deeply understand how communications functions work, Led complex, high-visibility programs under pressure, Experience with high-growth teams whose processes need to scale, Influence and align senior stakeholders, Impeccable organizational skills, Think strategically in real time, Genuinely flexible, Relentless about follow-through, Communicate with exceptional clarity
Nice to Have
In-house communications experience, Agency experience at a high-growth technology company, Direct experience supporting crisis communications, Direct experience supporting rapid-response efforts, Experience standing up program management functions, Experience standing up operations functions, Familiarity with the AI landscape, Familiarity with issues shaping public conversation around AI
What You'll Do.
Run operating rhythm for major campaigns
Translate ambiguous projects into clear workstreams
Serve as strategic thought partner
Build alignment and drive accountability
Anticipate operational bottlenecks
Resolve operational bottlenecks
Design team's operating framework
Improve team's operating framework
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional partners; Executive teams; Cross-team coordination
Communication Scope
Synthesizing messy situations; Executive audiences
Process & Methodology
Program management, Operating rhythm, Planning, Prioritization, Status reporting, Retrospectives, Workstreams, Timelines, Decision points, Operating framework, Playbooks, Crisis response protocols, Escalation paths
Full Job 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 As Program Manager on Anthropic's Communications team, you'll be the person the Communications team relies on when stakes are highest: product launches, major announcements, and fast-moving reactive situations. You'll turn complexity into clarity — structuring the work, orchestrating the people, and surfacing the right decisions to leadership at the right moments. This is a senior role for someone who deeply understands how communications teams operate — how campaigns come together, how crisis response actually unfolds, where things break down — and pairs that fluency with exceptional program management craft. You'll work across external, internal, and editorial communications and partner closely with comms leadership, serving as connective tissue across the organization. Communications is fluid: news breaks, plans change, launches move. The right person brings structure without rigidity, creating clarity under pressure and flexing to absorb a last-minute pivot. Responsibilities: Run the operating rhythm for major campaigns: planning, prioritization, status reporting that keeps leadership informed without slowing the team down, and retrospectives that produce real improvements Translate fast-changing, ambiguous projects into clear workstreams, owners, timelines, and decision points, so the comms team always knows what's happening, who owns what, and which decisions are needed when Serve as a strategic thought partner: bring recommendations, surface risks and tradeoffs early, and drive decisions under pressure Build alignment and drive accountability across a wide range of cross-functional partners (Product, Marketing, P
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