Head of Payroll & Equity

EngineersOfAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 570,000 - 610,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic seeks an experienced leader to oversee global equity administration and payroll operations. You will guide senior leaders, scale programs for listing readiness, and partner with Legal, Tax, HR, and Accounting to support responsible AI growth.

You will drive cross-border compliance, system architecture for compensation platforms, and automation initiatives while building scalable teams to support rapid expansion.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in equity compensation and/or payroll operations with leadership exposure.
• Experience running equity and payroll functions to a public-company standard.
• Proficiency with equity management platforms and Workday payroll.

Responsibilities

• Lead equity administration and payroll teams, setting strategy and cadence.
• Own control environment for equity and payroll to public-company standards.
• Oversee cross-border payroll and equity programs as the company scales.
• Drive system architecture for compensation platforms and integrations.
• Partner with Legal, Tax, HR, and Accounting on close, reporting, and audits.
• Manage international expansion and mobility programs for both functions.
• Champion automation and scalable processes across teams.
• Build headcount plans aligned with business growth.

Skills

Equity compensation

Payroll operations

Senior leadership

Public company experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Shareworks

E*TRADE

Workday Payroll

Job description

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: Year