G&A Compensation Partner

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 We are seeking an experienced Compensation Partner to join our Total Rewards team. In this role, you will serve as a strategic partner to Anthropic's G&A organizations — including Finance, Communications, People, Policy, and more — supporting the design, strategy, and day-to-day execution of compensation programs that help us attract and retain exceptional talent. This is a great fit for someone who has seen compensation excellence at scale and is equally comfortable operating in high-ambiguity, rapidly evolving environments. You'll bring structure and rigor to complex problems while building trusted relationships with executives, People Partners, and recruiting teams across the organization. Key responsibilities - Operate as a strategic compensation business partner for your client groups, building relationships and context with executives, People Partners, and recruiting to navigate ambiguous problems and recommend solutions tailored to Anthropic's unique needs - Own comp cycle execution end-to-end for your client groups, including market benchmarking review, budget modeling, manager enablement, edge-case resolution, and exec-ready rollups — in partnership with the broader Total Rewards team - Support Anthropic's overall compensation framework, including cash and equity-based programs designed to attract and retain highly sought-after talent - Provide subject matter expertise on pay decisions, policy and guideline interpretation, and job evaluations; counsel and educate HR Business Partners, managers, and leadership accordingly - Create compelling data narratives and presentations for leadership, translating complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations - Partner cross-functionally to develop scalable processes that enable consistent, high-quality compensation decision-making across the organization - Develop and deliver enablement on our compensation philosophy and programs across all of Anthropic Minimum qualifications - Demonstrated expertise in compensation program design and execution, including experience with market benchmarking tools (e.g., Radford/Mercer/Levels.fyi), salary survey participation, and job architecture or leveling frameworks - Proficiency in financial modeling and data analysis, with the ability to build and QA compensation models in Excel or Google Sheets - Track record of managing compensation programs or cycles end-to-end, including budget modeling and stakeholder rollups - Strong written communication skills, with the ability to translate complex compensation concepts into clear guidance for non-specialist audiences Preferred qualifications - Experience in a high-growth or rapidly scaling technology company, where the scope of work evolved quickly and ambiguity was the norm - 5+ years of compensation-focused experience, ideally spanning both program design and business partner work - Experience partnering with G&A functions (Finance, Legal, People, Policy, or similar) - Familiarity with equity compensation structures, including RSUs and option grants, and how they factor into total compensation conversations - Experience building or improving compensation enablement materials for managers and HR partners - Comfort presenting analysis and recommendations to senior leadership or executive audiences 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: $255,000—$310,000 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. R