Event Security Specialist

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 part of Anthropic's Global Safety, Intelligence, and Security (GSIS) team, the Event Security Specialist will establish and manage comprehensive security operations for our rapidly expanding global events program. This role offers the unique opportunity to build event security capabilities from the ground up for a leading AI company, developing standardized protocols for external conferences, internal company gatherings, executive briefings, and international events across multiple countries.

You'll serve as the dedicated expert coordinating all aspects of event security, from pre-event threat assessments and venue coordination to emergency response planning and event travel risk management. This position directly enables Anthropic's critical revenue-generating and culture-building functions while protecting our employees, guests, and intellectual property during public gatherings that face the unique security challenges of a high-profile AI research company.

Responsibilities: 

• Develop comprehensive security plans for all Anthropic events across international locations, including threat assessments, venue coordination, and emergency response protocols
• Establish standardized security protocols adaptable to different jurisdictions, event types, and cultural contexts while integrating with existing GSIS infrastructure
• Coordinate with venue security teams, local law enforcement, and regional security providers globally to establish communication protocols and response procedures
• Conduct pre-event threat assessments considering attendee risk profiles, competitor intelligence, industrial espionage threats, and regional security considerations
• Manage travel risk for event attendees, leading pre-event security briefings and coordinating with travel partners to ensure travelers have access to appropriate resources and emergency support
• Develop location-specific emergency response protocols and coordinate with cross functional teams for event-related incident management across multiple jurisdictions
• Design security awareness training for event teams, create resilience exercises for crisis scenarios, and establish security briefing protocols
• Coordinate with GSOC for real-time threat monitoring during events and ensure seamless integration between event operations and broader security infrastructure
• Identify and coordinate to address travel safety and security considerations associated with events

You may be a good fit if you have:

• Have 8+ years of progressive experience in event security operations, with demonstrated expertise in planning and executing security for large-scale corporate events or conferences
• Experience conducting threat assessments and developing comprehensive security plans for events across multiple locations or international venues
• Strong background in coordinating with venue security teams, law enforcement, and emergency services to establish response protocols and communication procedures
• Proven track record building effective partnerships with diverse stakeholders including Marketing teams, executive leadership, and external security partners
• Excellent project management skills with ability to manage multiple concurrent events while maintaining focus on long-term program development
• Understanding of event security technology systems, emergency response procedures, and industry best practices for protecting high-profile gatherings
• Comfortable working flexible hours to support international events across multiple time zones
• Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco

Strong candidates may also have:

• Previous experience in technology company event security or managing security programs for high-profile corporate environments
• Professional security certifications such as CPP, PSP, or relevant event security credentials
• Experience with international event coordination and travel risk management
• Background in crisis management and emergency response training program development
• Understanding of unique security considerations for AI companies, including industrial espionage mitigation and intellectual property protection at public events

Deadline to apply: None applications will be received on a rolling basis

Logistics

Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed.  Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.

How we're different

We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.

The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.

Come work with us!

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process