Startup Partnerships Lead, Anthropic
$215-300k
OTE
AI safety and research company
Open for applications
AI safety and research company
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$215-300k
OTE
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
Role
Who you are
- Experience sourcing, negotiating, and managing partnerships or business development relationships in the technology industry
- Working knowledge of the startup ecosystem, including how venture firms, accelerators, and founder communities operate
- Experience designing and executing complex, cross-functional go-to-market programs end to end
- Proficiency with CRM and reporting tools (e.g., Salesforce) to track pipeline and measure program performance
- Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills with both technical and business audiences
- 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
Desirable
- Deep understanding of the AI/ML technology landscape and experience positioning LLM or API-based products
- Experience working with cloud provider startup programs (e.g., AWS Activate, Google for Startups) or co-sell motions
- Experience enabling sales teams and delivering training on technical products
- Experience working at or closely with early-stage startups and founders
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities in a rapidly evolving market
- Passion for the positive impact that AI can have for startups and society as a whole
What the job involves
- As the Startup Partnerships Lead at Anthropic, you will drive transformative growth and strategic alignment by forging and managing high-impact startup partnerships
- You will drive the adoption of Anthropic's cutting-edge AI capabilities within the startup ecosystem
- In this role, you will design and execute innovative programs that enable startups to easily access and utilize Anthropic's advanced AI models
- Your goal will be to scale our reach and impact by engaging with startups directly and through the accelerator ecosystem
- This is an individual contributor role with broad ownership — you'll operate with high autonomy, partnering closely with sales, marketing, and product teams to build and run our startup partnerships motion
- Develop and lead Anthropic's startup partnerships strategy, leveraging our AI technology and industry partnerships
- Build relationships with key accelerators, and entrepreneurial communities
- Create compelling startup-focused offerings, programs, and growth initiatives
- Cultivate strong relationships with current and new accelerator partnerships; build out relationship models, own touchpoints, and drive outcomes such that accelerator portfolio companies are choosing to build on Claude
- Plan and execute startup-focused events, campaigns, and promotions to drive awareness and adoption
- Gather product feedback and represent the needs of the startup community to inform Anthropic's product roadmap
- Track and report on key metrics to measure the success and ROI of startup initiatives
Our take
Funded by Google and founded by ex-OpenAI employees, Anthropic has emerged as one of the leading companies in AI, focused on building reliable and safe AI systems. Since its launch, the company has rapidly grown into a major player in the industry, with its AI assistant Claude now widely recognized as a strong competitor to ChatGPT.
Like other chatbots, Claude is accessible through a conversational interface and supports a wide range of text-generation and reasoning tasks. A key point of differentiation remains its emphasis on safety, with Anthropic's "Constitutional AI" approach aiming to produce more aligned and less harmful outputs than earlier generations of AI systems.
While Claude has received significant praise for its performance and alignment, some users have notes areas for improvement, particularly in technical domains such as complex mathematics and precision in grammar. However, with substantial backing freom major tech players and multi-billion-dollar funding rounds, Anthropic has firmly established itself as a long-term competitor in the AI space.
Now the company is continuing to refine Claude's capabilities while expanding globally, including growing its presence in Europe. And its ongoing commitment to responsible AI development put it in a position to be not just a competitor, but a key influence on the direction of the industry as a whole.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
190% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 15 rounds)
May 2026
$65bn
SERIES H
Feb 2026
$30bn
SERIES G
Total funding: $124.3bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
- Inclusive fertility benefits via Carrot Fertility
- 22 weeks of paid parental leave
- Flexible paid time off and absence policies
- Mental health support for you and your dependents
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Optional equity donation matching at a 1:1 ratio, up to 25% of your equity grant
- Retirement plans with competitive matching
- Life and income protection plans
- $500/month flexible wellness and time saver stipend
- Commuter benefits
- Annual education stipend
- Home office stipends
- Relocation support for those moving for Anthropic
- Daily meals and snacks in the office
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Dario Amodei
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding Anthropic in 2021, Dario spent almost 5 years at OpenAI as a Team Lead for AI safety and as the Vice President of Research. They also worked as a Research Scientist at Google.
Jared Kaplan
(Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer)Jared hs been a Professor at John Hopkins University since 2012. They are also an experienced Researcher having worked previously at OpenAI and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Jack Clark
(Co-Founder)Jack is an experienced Reporter having worked previously at the Register and Bloomberg. They also worked for OpenAI in Strategy and Communications and as a Policy Director.
Sam McCandlish
(Co-Founder & CTO)Sam graduated from Stanford University with a PhD in Theoretical Physics. They previously worked as a Research Lead at OpenAI.
Tom Brown
(Co-Founder)Tom previously worked as a Member of the Technical Staff for both OpenAI and Google Brain.
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