Research Product Manager, Model Behaviors

Anthropic$385K — $460K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in product management with scaled conversational AI products
  • Deep passion and curiosity for AI and LLMs
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity with first-principles thinking
  • Proven track record of delivering impactful products for end-users
  • Strong user empathy and synthesis of feedback into priorities
  • Solid grasp of ML concepts and technical solutions
  • Creative problem-solving mindset with a 'hacker' spirit

Responsibilities

  • Define behavioral defaults and constraints for Claude's AI character
  • Develop taxonomies of model behaviors and their capabilities
  • Prioritize behavior issues, gathering input from multiple teams
  • Translate alignment research into actionable product improvements
  • Understand user interactions to enhance Claude's helpfulness and safety
  • Contribute to evaluations measuring alignment progress
  • Scale initiatives to expedite alignment improvement shipping

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship opportunities available
  • Hybrid work policy with minimum in-office requirements
  • Commitment to diversity and inclusion in hiring
  • Focus on social and ethical implications of AI development
Full Job Description
About the role

As a Product Manager for Model Behaviors, you will partner with the Alignment Finetuning team to define and shape Claude's character, behaviors, and reinforcement signals-work that directly influences how millions of people experience AI. You will systematically identify high-priority behavioral improvements, coordinate across Research, Product, and Safeguards teams, and accelerate our ability to ship well-aligned models. The ideal candidate combines deep user empathy with the judgment to navigate nuanced behavior questions where there are no clear right answers.
Responsibilities
  • Define behavioral defaults and steerability constraints
  • Develop and maintain taxonomies of model behaviors across capabilities
  • Identify, triage, and prioritize behavior issues and opportunities, coordinating input from Users, Research, Product, and Safeguards teams
  • Amplify alignment research breakthroughs, translating them into product, process, and model improvements
  • Deeply understand user interaction patterns to identify behavior improvements that make Claude more helpful and safe
  • Contribute to evals that measure alignment progress
  • Identify and scale initiatives and tools that help researchers ship alignment improvements faster
Minimum Qualifications
  • Have a deep passion and curiosity for AI and LLMs. Use AI regularly.
  • Have 5+ years in product management leading scaled conversational AI products.
  • Are a first-principles thinker with the ability to navigate and execute amidst ambiguity, flexing into different domains based on the business problem at hand and finding simple, easy-to-understand solutions
  • Have a track record of delivering products and features to end-users (consumer or end-user b2b focus)
  • Have strong user empathy and the ability to synthesize vague or contradictory feedback into actionable priorities
  • Have strong judgment and model taste, with the ability to make tradeoffs when there is no clear right answer
  • Have a strong grasp of ML concepts and are willing to go deep on technical solutions
  • Have intellectual curiosity without ego-comfortable asking questions and learning independently
  • Think creatively about the risks and benefits of new technologies, moving beyond past checklists and playbooks
  • Have a creative, hacker spirit and love solving puzzles


The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

For sales roles, the range provided is the role's On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary:

$385,000-$460,000 USD

Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

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.

Your safety matters to us. To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from [redacted].com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic. Be cautious of emails from other domains. Legitimate Anthropic recruiters will never ask for money, fees, or banking information before your first day. If you're ever unsure about a communication, don't click any links-visit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings.

About Anthropic

Anthropic is an artificial intelligence research lab that focuses on developing AI systems that are safe, reliable, and trustworthy. The company was founded in 2019 by Dr. Yoshua Bengio, a leading AI researcher and winner of the Turing Award. Anthropic's research is focused on developing AI systems that can learn from small amounts of data, reason about complex systems, and interact with humans in a natural way. The company is based in New York City and has a team of experienced AI researchers and engineers.
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