Senior People Partner – Engineering Leaders

EngineersOfAI; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a senior People Partner based in the Seattle or San Francisco Bay Area to support Product and Core Technology teams, focusing on Engineering. You will guide HR policy, coach senior leaders, and align with Compensation, Benefits, Recruiting and other teams to shape scalable programs.

You will partner with executives on organizational design, talent development, and career progression for technical roles, ensuring a high-performance culture across product and engineering

Qualifications

• Minimum 6+ years in HRBP, People Operations, Employee Relations, or related functions.
• Experience partnering with Product/Engineering or Infrastructure teams.
• Experience in AI/ML or technical teams building advanced tech products.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted advisor and coach to leaders across Product and Engineering teams, including senior technical leaders and executives.
• Provide HR support to employees and managers across lifecycle in partnership with Benefits, Compensation, Performance, etc.
• Help create a culture of high performance aligned with company values and manage performance and employee relations.
• Partner with Benefits, Compensation, leadership, and Finance to implement scalable programs and policies to attract, retain, and grow talent.
• Lead cross‑functional projects with other HRBPs and specialists (e.g. Manager training).
• Collaborate with technical leaders on organizational design, team scaling, and talent development for product/engineering.
• Support career development frameworks and progression paths for technical roles.

Skills

HRBP experience

North America employment law

Tech partnerships

Fast-paced environment

D&I focus

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 looking for an exceptional senior People Partner based in the Seattle or San Francisco Bay Area to support our Product and Core Technology teams, specifically Engineering teams. This role will be a critical member of the People Partner team, working on key HR projects in alignment with our partners across Compensation, Benefits, Recruiting, and others while providing excellent coaching and strategic support to senior leaders and managers across technical functions who are building the products and infrastructure that power Anthropic's AI systems. You will help build out HR policies and strategies that meet your clients' unique needs, and act as a trusted leader and guide on a wide range of employee-related topics.

Key responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor and coach to leaders across Product and Engineering teams, including senior technical leaders and executives

• Provide support to employees and managers on all human resource-related topics throughout their lifecycle at Anthropic in partnership with other People team experts (e.g. Benefits, Compensation, Performance etc.)

• Work closely with management to create a culture of high performance based on our values and team culture while helping ensure that performance management and employee relations issues are managed appropriately

• Act as a partner and liaison with specialist teams (e.g. Benefits, Compensation, etc.), leadership, and finance, to help Anthropic continue to implement top-tier, scalable programs and policies to attract, retain, and grow outstanding talent at Anthropic

• Work on cross-functional projects with other HRBPs and partners in specialist teams to enable and grow our Ants (e.g. Manager training, etc.)

• Partner with technical leaders on organizational design, team scaling strategies, and talent development initiatives specific to product and engineering organizations

• Support career development frameworks and progression paths unique to technical roles

Minimum qualifications

• Have experience operating at a fast-growing Tech company in HR, and fluency with employment law and best practices in North America

• Have worked at a tech company, start-up, or a similarly fast-paced environment

• Have experience partnering with technical organizations and understand the unique dynamics of product and engineering teams

Preferred qualifications

• Have a minimum of 6+ years experience working in HRBP, People Operations, Employee Relations, Recruiting, or other closely related functions

• Have specific experience supporting Product,Engineering, or Infrastructure teams

• Have experience in AI/ML companies or with technical teams building cutting-edge technology products

• Understand technical career ladders, engineering culture, and the unique challenges of scaling technical organizations

• Care deeply when it comes to helping and supporting a diverse set of people at all levels of an organization, excelling in supporting employees and managers to do their best work

• Have proven experience and skill sets in providing confidential, practical support and are trained in topics like conflict resolution

• Have strong working knowledge of human-resource-related best practices and are able to effectively implement these in a culturally appropriate fashion

• Be a pragmatic problem-solver and enjoy developing creative solutions

• Thrive in building and scaling processes, and enjoy identifying and setting up new systems at a quickly growing company