Procurement Operations Business Partner, Technology

The role

You will own the purchasing process for technology spend including business applications, SaaS tools, cloud services, and engineering tools. You will manage the end-to-end lifecycle from initial request to signed agreement and ensure accurate financial coding and accruals.

What you will do

• Manage high volume of purchase requests, renewals, and license changes
• Serve as primary procurement partner for technology category teams
• Review purchase requests for vendor records, contracting entities, and spend categorization
• Route requests to security, legal, and risk reviewers
• Partner with Security to run vendor security reviews
• Launch and track contract review with Legal
• Structure purchase orders to match vendor billing models
• Track license counts and renewal dates
• Code purchase orders with correct GL accounts, cost centers, and service periods
• Manage open purchase order books and month-end accruals

Required qualifications

• Proven track record of owning a high-volume purchasing portfolio end-to-end in a procure-to-pay and intake platform
• Solid working knowledge of accrual accounting as it applies to purchasing
• Experience buying and managing software or SaaS at scale
• Experience owning the tool and vendor lifecycle end to end
• 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

• 7+ years of procurement operations, purchasing, or vendor operations
• Background in accounting, accounts payable, or a month-end close process
• Direct experience with Zip, Workday Financials, and Ironclad
• Prior ownership of month-end accrual review or open PO reconciliation for a large, variable spend portfolio
• Experience with software asset management or license optimization
• Experience designing tiered intake or approval frameworks

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.