# Corporate Development, Deal Lead

**Company**: Anthropic
**Location**: San Francisco, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $1-$2 USD
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116758847

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## Description

Anthropic is seeking an experienced Corporate Development professional to drive key strategic initiatives, including sourcing and executing acquisitions and strategic partnerships.

As a critical strategic partner, you'll identify opportunities for expansion, lead complex transactions, and ensure successful integration of new capabilities into our organization.

The ideal candidate brings a unique combination of strategic thinking, technical understanding, and execution capability.

## Key Responsibilities:

- Help shape the corporate development function, establishing best practices across the full spectrum of transactions from acquihires to transformational acquisitions

- Partner closely with cross-functional product, engineering, and research teams to understand and assess the technical and strategic value of potential opportunities

- Lead end-to-end transaction processes, from initial sourcing through due diligence, negotiation, and integration

- Create streamlined processes for rapid evaluation and execution of technical talent acquisitions

- Build and maintain relationships with entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and strategic partners in the AI ecosystem

- Conduct comprehensive market analysis to identify emerging trends, competitive dynamics, and growth opportunities in AI and related technologies

- Structure and negotiate complex deals, working closely with legal, finance, and other cross-functional teams

- Drive post-transaction integration efforts, ensuring successful realization of strategic objectives

- Develop financial models and valuation analyses to support investment decisions

- Present strategic recommendations to executive leadership and board members

- Support the growth of Anthropic's partnership ecosystem, including relationships with cloud providers and enterprise customers

## Minimum Qualifications:

- Possess strong technical understanding through either work experience (as a software engineer, product manager, or investor) or educational background (Computer Science degree or equivalent)

- Demonstrate exceptional analytical and financial modeling skills

- Have experience leading complex M&A transactions or strategic partnerships in technology sectors

- Excel at building relationships and can effectively engage with technical and business stakeholders

- Are comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with competing priorities

- Possess outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal, with ability to influence at all levels

- Have a deep interest in AI safety and alignment with Anthropic's mission

## Preferred Qualifications:

- Have 12+ years of corporate development experience, with demonstrated success building or significantly scaling corp dev functions at high-growth technology companies

- Have direct experience in AI/ML companies or deep learning research environments

- Bring an established network within the AI startup ecosystem and venture capital community

- Have led post-merger integration efforts or built new business units from the ground up

- Possess an MBA or advanced technical degree

- Have experience negotiating complex strategic partnerships with major technology companies

- Demonstrate a track record of identifying and executing transformational opportunities

- Show experience with international expansion or cross-border transactions

The annual compensation range for this role is $1-$2 USD.

## Skills

### Required
- strategic thinking
- technical understanding
- execution capability
- analytical skills
- financial modeling
- M&A transactions
- strategic partnerships
- relationship building
- communication skills

### Nice to have
- AI/ML
- deep learning
- corporate development
- MBA
- advanced technical degree

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