Program Manager, Accounting Operations & Strategy

Anthropic is seeking a Program Manager to join our Accounting organization and help it run as one global team. Accounting is scaling at an unprecedented pace across multiple hubs, and the goals, rhythms, programs, and people that make up the team need to stay connected as we grow. In this role, you will own that connective tissue: the annual goal-setting cycle, the leadership team's operating cadence, org-wide events and internal communications, and the programs that make a distributed team feel like one. You will partner with Accounting leadership, the People team, Finance Systems, and hub leads. This is a hands-on role with a lot of range: part chief of staff, part program manager, part culture builder.

Responsibilities

Run the annual goal setting process and the reporting that tracks progress against those goals; Look at how the org actually operates (meetings, handoffs, planning cycles, decision making) and fix what isn't working; Maintain one org-wide planning calendar showing close, audit, and team milestones alongside company-wide and team events; Build and maintain a simple set of org health metrics (attrition, engagement scores, hiring pipeline, training completion, survey trends) and report on them regularly; Run the extended leadership team (XLT) program, including agendas, meetings, follow-ups, and action items; Own planning and agenda for the annual offsite and run the quarterly team all-hands; Write internal updates, including a regular team newsletter and talking points when leadership needs to explain a change to the whole org; Coordinate projects across the org that support employee experience programs; Partner with the People team to roll out training and development programs for Accounting; Review team survey results, identify themes, build action plans, and report back to the team; Run hub programs, including visit and rotation programs, local hub events, and meeting norms across time zones; Run recognition and team rituals, especially across hubs; Support contractor management, including onboarding, tracking, and coordination with partners; Keep the team's knowledge base current (wiki, org charts, role descriptions, key process docs); Keep the team calendar accurate

Requirements

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; Years of experience correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Nice to have

7+ years in program management, operations, chief of staff, or strategy roles; Experience inside a finance or accounting org; A track record of running recurring programs end to end and getting people to follow through without formal authority; Good judgment about what matters and what doesn't; Clear, direct writing; Comfort with confidential information and sensitive people topics; Experience supporting distributed or global teams; Organized, and knows when a process is getting in the way and should be simplified

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits; Optional equity donation matching; Generous vacation and parental leave; Flexible working hours; Lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues; Visa sponsorship available for some roles