Strategic Sourcing Business Partner, R&D Operations

The role

This role owns the commercial side of the R&D services portfolio, including Human Data Operations. You will manage contract redlines, lead commercial negotiations, and oversee vendor performance.

What you will do

• Own commercial redlines for HDO and R&D services agreements
• Build and maintain the template library for these categories
• Run the renewal calendar for the portfolio
• Keep contract data current in contract and intake systems
• Lead pricing and commercial negotiations across the portfolio
• Build playbooks and Claude-powered tools for negotiation and reporting
• Design pricing structures that align vendor incentives with quality
• Build and maintain a competitive bench via RFPs
• Track and report savings, cost avoidance, and improved terms
• Own the vendor management cadence including QBRs and scorecards

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of strategic sourcing, category management, vendor management, or commercial negotiation experience in services categories
• Hands-on contract experience redlining MSAs and SOWs
• Track record of personally leading multi-million dollar services negotiations
• Strong analytical skills in rate and unit-cost analysis, TCO modeling, and pricing model design
• Services vendor management experience with SLAs, scorecards, QBRs, and escalations
• Comfort operating at pace with high deal volume and ambiguity
• Clear, direct communication with executives
• Fluency with AI tools in daily work
• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Field of study relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Nice to have

• Experience sourcing human data, data labeling, annotation, or evaluation vendors
• Experience sourcing lab services, scientific equipment, robotics, or hardware services
• Experience at a hypergrowth company renegotiating vendor pricing
• Experience standing up sourcing coverage for a category from scratch
• Experience designing vendor scorecards, SLA frameworks, and performance management programs
• Familiarity with confidentiality, data-handling, and IP terms for research and data vendors
• A point of view on how AI will change services vendor relationships and negotiations

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation and parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Office space

Before you apply

• We do sponsor visas, though not for every role or candidate

About the company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. Its mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.