Partner Programs Architect

Candidate; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 300,000 - 365,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Optional equity donation matching

Generous vacation and parental leave

Flexible working hours

Office space in San Francisco

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a Partner Specializations Lead to own this program end to end, including requirements, evidence review, benefits, and operating rhythm. You will work with partner managers, operations, enablement, marketing, and industry teams who each hold a piece of the program, and with senior leaders at partner firms who care deeply about the outcome.

A specialization only matters if earned, so you’ll be rigorous, consistent, and clear when the answer is no.

Qualifications

• Experience owning an external-facing program with published requirements, including running at least one full evaluation or renewal cycle.
• Experience making qualification or eligibility decisions against a written standard and communicating those decisions to senior external stakeholders.
• Experience working with CRM or PRM data, such as Salesforce reports or a partner portal, as part of daily work.
• Strong writing skills to produce clear program requirements, decision memos, and partner-facing guidance.
• Experience leading work to a fixed date across several teams you do not manage (operations, marketing, enablement, field teams).
• Comfort working where processes are still being built and details are evolving.
• Motivation to support Anthropic’s mission to develop safe and beneficial AI.

Responsibilities

• Own each specialization’s requirements, evidence standards, and benefits, and keep them current as products and the partner network change.
• Run each evaluation cycle from invitation to decision: collect partner evidence, reconcile it against internal data, lead the review, and document every decision.
• Make and defend qualification decisions, including borderline cases, and apply the standard consistently across firms of different sizes.
• Communicate outcomes to partner executives and their Anthropic account teams, including clear guidance for firms that did not qualify.
• Open the program to the wider partner network, and recommend which specializations come next based on customer demand and priority.
• Define the evidence standard for new specializations with Applied AI, Product, and industry go-to-market teams.
• Coordinate the teams that deliver the program’s benefits (marketing, partner directory, field enablement, technical support).
• Write partner-facing guidance (program guide sections, FAQs, application materials) and internal guidance for field teams.

Skills

External-facing program

Written standards

CRM/PRM data

Strong writing

Cross-functional coordination

Policy & governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Anthropic is seeking a Partner Specializations Lead to own this program end to end, including requirements, evidence review, benefits, and operating rhythm. You will work with partner managers, operations, enablement, marketing, and industry teams who each hold a piece of the program, and with senior leaders at partner firms who care deeply about the outcome.

A specialization only matters if earned, so you’ll be rigorous, consistent, and clear when the answer is no.