Head of Payroll & Equity

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking an experienced leader to oversee Anthropic's global equity administration and payroll operations. In this role, you will lead the teams responsible for our equity compensation administration programs and global payroll operations, ensuring both functions scale accurately, compliantly, and efficiently as we grow — including through listing readiness and public-company operations. You will manage senior functional leaders across equity and payroll, and partner closely with Legal, Tax, HR, and the broader Accounting organization to support our mission to make AI beneficial for humanity.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead and develop the equity administration and payroll teams, setting strategy, priorities, and operating cadence across both functions

Own the control environment for equity and payroll: design and document to public-company standards.

Oversee scaling to public-company standards across both functions.

Drive systems strategy across the compensation platforms, from equity to payroll, and surrounding integrations, ensuring a coherent architecture as we scale

Serve as the primary escalation point and executive interface for equity and payroll matters with Legal, Tax, HR, and external providers

Oversee international expansion of both functions, including new-country payroll setup, cross-border equity compliance, and mobility programs

Partner with Accounting on stock-based compensation and payroll accounting, ensuring clean handoffs for close, reporting, and audit

Drive automation and continuous improvement of manual processes across both teams through technology solutions

Build headcount and resourcing plans that scale with the business

YOU MAY BE A GOOD FIT IF YOU

Have 15+ years across equity compensation and/or payroll operations, with significant experience leading senior functional leaders

Have operated equity and payroll functions to a public company standard.

Have deep familiarity with equity management platforms (such as Shareworks or E*TRADE) and Workday payroll, with experience owning cross-system architecture

Have built and scaled global operations across multiple jurisdictions

Are a strong people leader who develops senior functional experts

Thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and default to building scalable processes over adding headcount

STRONG CANDIDATES MAY ALSO

Hold CEP (Certified Equity Professional) or CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) certification

Have experience with international mobility programs, worker secondments, and cross-border tax considerations

Have led complex system implementations or migrations at scale

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary:

$570,000—$610,000 USD