Anthropic, a public‑benefit AI research company headquartered in San Francisco, is looking for a Corporate Development Sourcing Lead to drive the front‑end of its strategic transactions practice. The role involves identifying, sourcing, and evaluating acquisition targets, strategic investments, and partnership opportunities, building a rigorous pipeline aligned with corporate priorities, and developing analytical frameworks that inform growth decisions. The candidate should have strong technical and financial modeling expertise, experience in M&A or strategic partnership work in technology, excellent relationship‑building and communication skills, and a passion for AI safety.
Sourcing Lead, Corporate Development at Anthropic
Hybrid - San Francisco, CA
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USD 200,000 - 265,000
Requirements
Skills
- Strong technical understanding through work experience as a software engineer, product manager, or investor, or educational background such as a Computer Science degree or equivalent
- Exceptional analytical and financial modeling skills
- Exposure to M&A processes, strategic transactions, or partnership development in technology sectors, even in a supporting capacity
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with technical and business stakeholders
- Comfortable operating in fast‑paced, ambiguous environments with competing priorities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to distill complex information for senior stakeholders
- Deep interest in AI safety and alignment with Anthropic's mission
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain a structured pipeline of potential acquisition targets, strategic investments, and partnership opportunities across Anthropic’s business areas
- Partner with product, engineering, research, and go‑to‑market teams across Anthropic to understand strategic priorities and translate them into sourcing criteria and target profiles
- Conduct deep‑diving strategic evaluations of target companies, including competitive positioning, technical differentiation, team assessment, and fit with Anthropic’s roadmap
- Prepare concise investment memos and strategic briefings that synthesize market context, opportunity rationale, and preliminary valuation perspectives for senior review
- Develop and cultivate relationships with founders, investors, and operators across the AI ecosystem to stay close to emerging opportunities
- Monitor the competitive landscape and track emerging companies, technologies, and market trends relevant to Anthropic’s strategic priorities across research, products, and infrastructure
- Support due diligence and transaction execution by coordinating with legal, finance, and internal subject matter experts
- Develop financial models, benchmarking analyses, and valuation frameworks to support deal evaluation and investment decisions
- Contribute to internal knowledge‑sharing by documenting learnings, market maps, and deal frameworks that improve the broader team’s sourcing and evaluation capabilities
- Assist in preparing materials and analyses to support decision‑making by senior leadership on strategic transactions
- Support the growth of Anthropic's partnership ecosystem, including relationships with cloud providers and enterprise customers
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