Corporate Development Integration Lead

Anthropic is seeking a Corporate Development Integration Lead to own the critical post-signing phase of its M&A activity.

As Anthropic's corporate development function matures and transaction volume increases, this role will serve as the connective tissue between deal teams, product and engineering organizations, and the acquired teams themselves, ensuring that acquisitions deliver on their strategic thesis.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead confirmatory diligence workstreams post-LOI, coordinating with legal, finance, product, engineering, and research teams to validate the strategic and technical thesis before deal close
• Develop and maintain due diligence frameworks tailored to Anthropic's acquisition types
• Own the integration readiness assessment , identify risks, flag cultural or operational gaps, and provide go/no-go input to deal sponsors before signing
• Coordinate technical deep dives with engineering and research leadership to validate product-market fit, code quality, and team capabilities
• Design and own end-to-end integration plans for each transaction
• Build and maintain a scalable integration playbook, establishing best practices, templates, and decision frameworks
• Develop integration timelines and milestones in close coordination with product, engineering, HR, IT, and legal
• Facilitate introductions and relationship-building between acquired teams and internal stakeholders during the planning phase
• Model financial and operational scenarios to stress-test integration assumptions and identify contingency plans
• Drive day-one and day-100 integration execution, tracking milestones against plan and escalating blockers to deal sponsors and executive leadership in real time
• Serve as the primary point of contact for acquired teams during the transition period
• Partner with HR and people managers to design onboarding and retention plans for key talent
• Conduct post-integration retrospectives to capture lessons learned and measure outcomes against the original deal thesis
• Build and report integration KPIs to leadership

Minimum qualifications:

• Possess strong technical fluency
• Are skilled at building cross-functional relationships
• Excel at translating strategic objectives into actionable operational plans
• Thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred qualifications:

• Have 10+ years of corporate development or M&A integration experience
• Have direct experience in AI/ML companies or deep learning research environments
• Have built or significantly contributed to a corporate development integration function
• Bring experience with acquihire integrations
• Have an MBA or advanced technical degree
• Demonstrate experience managing stakeholder expectations across multiple simultaneous integrations
• Possess experience with international or cross-border transaction integration