Technical Program Manager, API Platform

job-boards.greenhouse.io- JobBoard; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 365,000 - 435,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a Technical Program Manager to oversee scaling and efficiency programs for their growing API stack. This role will involve driving architectural direction and managing multiple large programs across infrastructure and databases.

The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience in technical program management, with a strong track record in API platforms, distributed systems, and the ability to communicate effectively. The position offers competitive compensation ranging from $365,000 to $435,000 USD annually.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of technical program management experience.
• Experience engaging with engineers on API platforms and core infrastructure.
• Proven track record of managing cross-functional programs.

Responsibilities

• Drive scaling and core efficiency programs for the API stack.
• Run multiple large programs simultaneously across different teams.
• Establish decision-making clarity and surface trade-offs to leadership.

Skills

Technical program management experience

Experience with API platforms

Distributed systems knowledge

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

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

Anthropic's API is the foundation that customers, developers, and our own products build on, and it is scaling fast.

We’re hiring a Technical Program Manager to drive the scaling and core efficiency programs for the API stack, working at the intersection of the API and the infrastructure it runs on (compute, databases, networking, and inference).

Today this work spans many teams and many simultaneous programs, with no single person focused on cohesion across them. You’ll be the center: the person who connects isolated workstreams into one coherent roadmap, makes cross‑org dependencies visible before they become blockers, and creates clarity on who owns which decisions. Success looks like an API stack that scales efficiently and predictably, with programs that land because someone is accountable for the whole picture.

Responsibilities

• Drive scaling and core efficiency programs for the API stack from architectural direction through sequenced, deliverable execution
• Run multiple large programs simultaneously across infrastructure, networking, and the API layer
• Act as the connective tissue between API, infrastructure, database, networking, and inference teams, owning cross‑org dependencies end to end
• Establish decision‑making clarity: who owns what, where trade‑offs get made, and how isolated streams roll up into one program view
• Surface risks, progress, and trade‑offs to engineering leadership with the right altitude and cadence

You may be a good fit if you

• Have 7+ years of technical program management experience, with a track record of successfully delivering complex, cross‑functional programs
• Have experience with API platforms, distributed systems, and core infrastructure programs and can engage meaningfully with the engineers who design and operate them
• Have driven scaling, performance, or efficiency programs for high‑volume production systems, including the tradeoffs across performance, reliability, and cost
• Have coordinated programs spanning many partner organizations, managing cross‑team dependencies, commitments, and escalations at the working level
• Are highly organized and can manage multiple parallel workstreams effectively across distributed teams
• Thrive in unstructured environments with a knack for bringing order to chaos and creating clarity in ambiguous situations, including where decision ownership is unclear
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence without authority
• Are passionate about Anthropic's mission and interested in the challenges of operating AI infrastructure safely and reliably

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

$365,000 - $435,000 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. 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.

Voluntary Self‑Identification

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As set forth in Anthropic’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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