Full-Time

Account Executive

Federal Civilian Sales, Commerce & Interior

Anthropic

Anthropic

5,001-10,000 employees

Develops reliable, interpretable AI systems

Compensation Overview

$380k - $450k/yr

+ Target sales commissions/bonuses

H1B Sponsorship Available

Washington, DC, USA

Hybrid

At least 25% of work time is expected in an office; some roles may require more.

Bachelor's

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
CRM
AWS
Google Cloud Platform

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Requirements
  • At least 7 years of enterprise sales experience in the federal civilian space, preferably involving the Department of Commerce and Department of the Interior, with a track record of driving adoption of emerging technologies.
  • Deep understanding of federal civilian agency missions, challenges, and technology needs.
  • Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on sales execution.
  • Experience navigating complex federal procurement processes and compliance requirements.
  • Strong track record of exceeding revenue targets in the federal civilian space.
  • Extensive experience with federal civilian contracting vehicles and procurement mechanisms.
  • Ability to build relationships across technical teams and senior agency leadership.
  • Ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholders, including cloud providers and system integrators.
  • Strategic thinking and attention to detail in execution.
  • Ability to articulate the importance of safe and ethical artificial intelligence development in government contexts.
  • Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
Responsibilities
  • Drive new business and revenue growth within federal civilian agencies, owning the full sales cycle from initial outreach through deployment.
  • Navigate federal civilian procurement requirements, including Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation compliance, security standards, and agency-specific regulations.
  • Build and maintain relationships with key decision-makers across federal civilian agencies and advise customers on artificial intelligence capabilities and implementation.
  • Develop and execute strategic account plans aligned with agency missions and modernization initiatives.
  • Coordinate with cloud service providers, including Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform, and system integrators to ensure successful deployment and integration.
  • Provide market intelligence and customer feedback to product teams to support federal civilian requirements.
  • Create and maintain sales playbooks for federal civilian use cases and procurement processes.
  • Grow the federal civilian presence while maintaining hands-on engagement with key accounts.
  • Collaborate across teams to coordinate delivery commitments and maintain documentation of customer engagements.
Desired Qualifications
  • Enterprise sales experience in the federal civilian space involving the Department of Commerce and Department of the Interior.
  • Experience driving adoption of emerging technologies.

Anthropic focuses on AI research to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Its main product, Claude, is an AI assistant designed to handle tasks at any scale for clients across industries, delivered through deployment and licensing along with specialized AI R&D services. Claude works by combining natural language processing, human feedback, reinforcement learning, and interpretability techniques to produce a capable, controllable AI assistant that can assist with a wide range of tasks. The company differentiates itself from competitors by prioritizing safety, transparency, and controllability—emphasizing reliability, interpretability of model behavior, and user-controlled steerability in its AI systems. Anthropic’s goal is to make AI systems that people can trust and efficiently use to improve operations and decision-making across sectors.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$182.8B

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2021

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What believers are saying

  • Anthropic’s May 2026 valuation hit $965 billion after the $65 billion financing.
  • Reported Q2 2026 revenue reached $11.6 billion, with a 2026 IPO filing pending.
  • Claude for Financial Advisors reached Schwab’s 16,000-plus RIAs and 900,000 SMB installs.

What critics are saying

  • September 2026 misuse reports show Claude aiding bioweapons, drones, surveillance, and cyberattacks.
  • A confidential IPO after May 2026’s $65 billion round invites brutal public-market scrutiny.
  • OpenAI, Google, and Amazon can commoditize Claude, eroding pricing and developer loyalty.

What makes Anthropic unique

  • Claude dominates regulated enterprise workflows via Schwab and Singapore government demand.
  • Anthropic pairs frontier models with published safety research and aggressive misuse monitoring.
  • Project Glasswing embeds Claude into critical-infrastructure cyber defense across 15-plus countries.

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Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Vacation

Parental Leave

Hybrid Work Options

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Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

4%

2 year growth

2%
Tech in Asia
Sep 16th, 2026
Anthropic opens Singapore office, its fifth in Asia-Pacific

Anthropic will open its fifth Asia-Pacific office in Singapore this October. The AI company appointed Dale Finlay as general manager for ASEAN, based in Singapore, to work with regional customers and partners. The firm already operates offices in Tokyo, Bengaluru, Seoul, and Sydney. Anthropic noted particularly strong demand in Singapore's regulated sectors, including financial services and government. According to Anthropic's latest Economic Index, Singapore ranks second among 121 countries for Claude.ai usage relative to population. Usage in Singapore is 5.81 times higher than expected based on population size alone. The expansion reflects Anthropic's growing focus on the Asia-Pacific region as it scales its operations internationally.

Business Insider
Sep 15th, 2026
Anthropic launches AI 'starter pack' for small businesses with 900K installations

Anthropic is launching a major push to attract small businesses to its AI assistant Claude. Since May, the company's Claude for Small Business plugin has garnered 900,000 installations. The AI company is expanding beyond corporate clients by hosting workshops and training "Approved Claude SMB Trainers" who must commit to running five sessions for small businesses by year-end. This week, Anthropic added new integrations with Shopify, Stripe, and Zoom. Small businesses represent a significant opportunity, employing over 45% of US private sector workers. However, adoption faces challenges. Some business owners report receiving backlash from customers for using AI-generated content, including one-star reviews. Lina Ochman, Anthropic's head of US small and medium businesses, said most owners are still experimenting with AI rather than automating large portions of their operations. She noted concerns about accuracy and security remain common. Rival OpenAI has also introduced a small business programme this year.

Associated Press
Sep 15th, 2026
Rubrik Code Guardian harnesses Claude Mythos 5 to red-team code and prioritise cyber risks

Rubrik has launched Rubrik Code Guardian, a service that uses Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 AI model to detect vulnerabilities in customers' code. The platform analyses code from air-gapped repository copies, identifying multi-step vulnerability chains that attackers could exploit. The service validates potential exploits and prioritises them based on business criticality before pushing confirmed issues into developer workflows through tools like Jira or GitHub. Rubrik developed the technology after testing it on its own code. "Frontier models are advancing at a fast pace. In the wrong hands, these models can be used to discover, chain, and exploit vulnerabilities at machine speed," said Arvind Nithrakashyap, co-founder and chief technology officer at Rubrik. The product is currently accepting select design partners for private preview.

Yahoo Finance
Sep 15th, 2026
Claude for Financial Advisors launch met with cautious optimism from industry analysts

Anthropic's launch of Claude for Financial Advisors has drawn mixed reactions from wealth management technology analysts and providers. Industry veteran Alois Pirker of Pirker Partners expressed skepticism about whether the AI tool can achieve the specificity financial advisors require, comparing it to Salesforce's initial Financial Services rollout a decade ago. Will Trout from Datos Insights questioned whether Claude will actually improve the statistic that advisors spend only one-sixth of their time in client meetings. He noted that whilst promised workflow efficiencies are welcome, integration with platforms like Schwab, Addepar, and Orion will be crucial proof points. Technology providers were more enthusiastic. Orion's Reed Colley emphasised that Claude's value lies in connecting large language models with advisors' existing permissioned data. Wealth.com CEO Rafael Loureiro called it "the most important thing to happen to our industry in a decade," whilst cautioning that domain expertise remains essential for complex planning tasks requiring deterministic calculations rather than probabilistic AI outputs.

Yahoo Finance
Sep 15th, 2026
Amazon gains 1.6% as $53B Anthropic windfall faces weapons misuse test

Amazon shares rose 1.6% to $255.77 on Friday after Anthropic, the AI developer, disclosed it had disrupted suspected misuse of its Claude system linked to biological research, weapons development and cyber operations. Anthropic detailed five cases involving research that could assist biological-weapons development, plus suspected state-linked cyber campaigns. The security challenge comes as Amazon's stake in Anthropic generated $53.4 billion in non-operating pretax income during the second quarter, roughly 3.2 times AWS's quarterly operating income of $16.62 billion. Anthropic has committed to purchasing over $100 billion of AWS computing capacity over ten years, making the relationship both a major investment and substantial cloud contract. Amazon currently trades 3.22% above its fair value estimate of $247.80.