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full-timeHead Of Payroll & Equity
Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA
Anthropic is an AI research and development company focused on creating reliable, interpretable, and steerable artificial intelligence systems. This Head of Payroll & Equity position is a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing global equity administration and payroll operations as the organization scales. The daily responsibilities involve setting strategic priorities for both functions, ensuring compliance with public-company standards, and managing cross-functional partnerships with Legal, Tax, HR, and Accounting departments. The role requires driving systems strategy, managing international expansion, and overseeing the integration of compensation platforms. This position is well-suited for an experienced professional with over 15 years of expertise in equity compensation and payroll operations, particularly those who have successfully scaled these functions in high-growth environments. Candidates should possess deep technical familiarity with platforms like Workday and equity management systems, alongside a proven ability to lead senior functional experts and navigate complex cross-border tax and compliance requirements. A background in preparing organizations for public-company operations and a focus on process automation are essential for success in this role.
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 leader to oversee Anthropic's global equity administration and payroll operations. In this role, you will lead the teams responsible for our equity compensation administration programs and global payroll operations, ensuring both functions scale accurately, compliantly, and efficiently as we grow — including through listing readiness and public-company operations. You will manage senior functional leaders across equity and payroll, and partner closely with Legal, Tax, HR, and the broader Accounting organization to support our mission to make AI beneficial for humanity. RESPONSIBILITIES Lead and develop the equity administration and payroll teams, setting strategy, priorities, and operating cadence across both functions Own the control environment for equity and payroll: design and document to public-company standards. Oversee scaling to public-company standards across both functions. Drive systems strategy across the compensation platforms, from equity to payroll, and surrounding integrations, ensuring a coherent architecture as we scale Serve as the primary escalation point and executive interface for equity and payroll matters with Legal, Tax, HR, and external providers Oversee international expansion of both functions, including new-country payroll setup, cross-border equity compliance, and mobility programs Partner with Accounting on stock-based compensation and payroll accounting, ensuring clean handoffs for close, reporting, and audit Drive automation and continuous improvement of manual processes across both teams through technology solutions Build headcount and resourcing plans that scale with the business YOU MAY BE A GOOD FIT IF YOU Have 15+ years across equity compensation and/or payroll operations, with significant experience leading senior functional leaders Have operated equity and payroll functions to a public company standard. Have deep familiarity with equity management platforms (such as Shareworks or E*TRADE) and Workday payroll, with experience owning cross-system architecture Have built and scaled global operations across multiple jurisdictions Are a strong people leader who develops senior functional experts Thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and default to building scalable processes over adding headcount STRONG CANDIDATES MAY ALSO Hold CEP (Certified Equity Professional) or CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) certification Have experience with international mobility programs, worker secondments, and cross-border tax considerations Have led complex system implementations or migrations at scale 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: $570,000 — $610,000 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 @anthropic.com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as
| Role | Head Of Payroll & Equity |
|---|---|
| Company | Anthropic |
| Location | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA |
| Type | internship |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Posted | 2026-10-02 |
| Deadline | Rolling |
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- 4Interview(s)One or more rounds with the hiring team.
- 5OfferOffer letter with compensation and start date.
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