eDiscovery Lead

Anthropic’s legal team operates at the frontier of some of the most consequential legal and regulatory questions of our time—from landmark copyright to first-of-their-kind AI regulatory frameworks emerging across dozens of jurisdictions simultaneously. As we scale, the volume and complexity of our eDiscovery and Information Governance obligations are growing rapidly.

We are looking for an eDiscovery Lead to join our Litigation and Regulatory team and build out Anthropic’s eDiscovery program from the ground up, support active matters, and help drive Information Governance maturation. This is a unique opportunity to be the foundational hire in a critical function at one of the most closely watched companies in the world. You will work hand-in-hand with our litigation and regulatory counsel, outside counsel, eDiscovery vendors, and cross-functional partners such as Security and IT to manage preservation, collection, and production of electronically stored information (ESI) across active matters. Beyond matter-level and programmatic development of eDiscovery systems and processes, you will also help shape the development of Anthropic's broader information governance program — including helping establish retention policies, data classification standards, and defensible disposal practices that keep pace with a rapidly scaling AI company's evolving data landscape.

The right person for this role will be equal parts technical operator and strategic thinker—you will help write the playbook for a first in class eDiscovery and Information Governance program.

Responsibilities:

• Design and manage Anthropic’s end-to-end eDiscovery program across the full EDRM (electronic discovery reference model) lifecycle for novel and complex data types
• Serve as the primary liaison between in-house counsel, outside counsel, eDiscovery vendors, and internal technical teams to coordinate discovery workflows on active and anticipated matters
• Manage the legal hold process, including custodian identification, hold notice issuance and tracking, and release procedures
• Support active litigation matters, government investigations, and regulatory inquiries—serving as the day-to-day coordinator between our internal teams, outside counsel, and eDiscovery vendor
• Develop and maintain eDiscovery playbooks, standard operating procedures, and best practices documentation to ensure defensibility and consistency across matters while minimizing internal friction, particularly where discovery overlaps across matters 
• Stay current on developments in eDiscovery law, legal technology, and AI advances in eDiscovery and data governance, and proactively recommend program improvements
• With partner teams, help design and implement company-wide information governance frameworks establishing retention schedules, classification standards, and disposal protocols
• Consult on requests for production and other discovery mechanisms to lawfully limit discovery scope, including ESI and Protective Orders, to support case strategy and limit production costs
• Partner with internal teams to map Anthropic’s data landscape and maintain a current data inventory, identifying where ESI resides across platforms (Slack, Google Workspace, internal tooling) and ensuring each source is governed by appropriate retention policies, hold-capable workflows, and disposition frameworks

You may be a good fit if you have:

• At least 10-12 years of hands-on eDiscovery experience in a law firm, in-house legal department, eDiscovery vendor, or government agency, with demonstrated ownership of matters across the EDRM lifecycle
• Working knowledge of at least one major eDiscovery platform (Anthropic currently uses RelativityOne), including platform administration, search and analytics, and TAR/predictive coding workflows
• Strong understanding of the Federal Rules on discovery and evidence, as well as the legal standards governing ESI preservation and proportionality
• Interest in or experience with leveraging AI and automation tools to improve eDiscovery efficiency, including generative AI for review, advanced analytics, and workflow automation
• Experience driving program development spanning legal and technical domains, such as building and implementing Information Governance frameworks
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical eDiscovery concepts clearly to attorneys, executives, and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience coordinating with outside counsel and eDiscovery service providers across multiple concurrent matters
• Excellent project management skills and a track record of managing competing priorities, tight deadlines, and evolving requirements with composure and precision
• An interest in flexing into adjacent litigation and regulatory work at the intersection of technology and the law, from managing legal holds and preservation processes to supporting regulatory inquiries and litigation discovery

Strong candidates may have:

• Experience with eDiscovery at a young and scaling company and/or in the context of new kinds of ESI
• Experience building eDiscovery programs or functions from scratch—selecting platforms, developing workflows, drafting policies, and establishing vendor relationships
• Technical curiosity and comfort working with engineering teams; familiarity with concepts like APIs, cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP), version control systems, and data pipelines is valued
• Experience developing or managing information governance programs, designing retention schedules, conducting data mapping exercises, and/or implementing defensible disposition practices
• Low-ego, high-empathy orientation; integrity, curiosity, and a willingness to roll up your sleeves in a fast-moving startup environment
• An understanding of the unique legal landscape facing AI companies, including the opportunities of AI to benefit society as well as the risks and limitations that must be addressed

Role-specific policy: For this role, we expect staff to be able to work from our San Francisco office at least 3 days a week, though we encourage you to apply even if you might need some flexibility for an interim period of time.