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Procurement Operations Business Partner, R&D Operations

Anthropic
Location
San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA
Posted
16 days ago
Department
Finance
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Proven track record of owning a high-volume purchasing portfolio end-to-end in procure-to-pay and intake platform.
  • Solid working knowledge of accrual accounting as it applies to purchasing: accruals and reversals, service period and cutoff, prepaid vs. expense, and GL and cost center coding.
  • Experience supporting outsourced or managed service vendors at scale, where scope and volume move month to month and the contracts, purchase orders, and invoices have to keep up with each other.
  • Working knowledge of how contract review, security and privacy review, and financial controls fit together in a purchase, and the judgment to know when to push a request through and when to slow it down.
Nice to have
  • 5-7+ years of procurement operations, purchasing, or vendor operations, including time supporting a research, engineering, hardware, or outsourced services organization.
  • Experience as the embedded procurement partner for a hyper scaling data operations, ML, RL, and lab environments.
  • Time at a hypergrowth technology company scaling procurement operations for outsourced or vendor delivered work.
  • Background in accounting, accounts payable, or a month-end close process, including experience with three-way match.
  • Sourced human data, data labeling, annotation, or evaluation vendors (or comparable BPO and outsourced operations) with a point of view on where that market is heading.
What the job really is

The Procurement Operations Business Partner will manage the purchasing process for Anthropic's research organizations, ensuring that all procurement activities are efficient and accurate. This role involves handling a high volume of purchase requests, coordinating with vendors, and ensuring compliance with financial controls and documentation. The partner will also support new research initiatives by establishing procurement processes and maintaining communication with stakeholders.

Benefits
  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • Optional equity donation matching
  • Generous vacation and parental leave
  • Flexible working hours
  • Lovely office space for collaboration
Things to weigh
  • High-volume role with a strong accounting core, which may require significant attention to detail and accuracy.
  • The role involves defining an AI-native procurement operations function, which may require adaptability to evolving processes.
  • No specific mention of remote work flexibility beyond a hybrid policy requiring 25% office presence.
  • Visa sponsorship is available but not guaranteed for every role and candidate.
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