M&A Tax Director

About the role

We are looking for an M&A Tax Director to join our Tax Team at Anthropic. As the company pursues an active and growing pipeline of acquisitions, acqui-hires, data center investments, joint ventures and other strategic transactions, this role will be a core member of our transactions tax function, working closely with our M&A Tax Lead. You will support and lead tax workstreams across the deal lifecycle, from initial evaluation through post-closing integration, and serve as a trusted resource for our Corporate Development, Legal, and Finance teams. Beyond transactions, this role will support a wide range of strategic and operational tax matters. This is a high-impact role with significant ownership and a front-row seat to some of the most consequential transactions and tax planning work happening in AI today. If you're excited to help build a function from the ground up at a company working on one of the most important challenges of our time, we'd love to hear from you.

Key responsibilities

Lead and manage tax workstreams for acquisitions, mergers, acqui-hires, asset and stock purchases, corporate reorganizations, financing transactions, and minority investments, including tax due diligence, risk identification and quantification, and deal structuring analysis

Partner with Corporate Development on deal pipeline evaluation, providing early-stage tax input to inform go/no-go decisions and deal economics

Draft and review tax provisions in transaction documents, including purchase agreements, merger agreements, and ancillary deal documents

Support post-acquisition tax integration planning, including entity rationalization, intercompany restructuring, and tax attribute analysis

Advise on tax considerations for data center investments, build-to-suit arrangements, leases, and related infrastructure transactions, and coordinate with relevant team members on incentives, credits, and indirect tax matters

Advise on the tax structuring of joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and REIT-related investment structures, including real estate and data center joint venture arrangements

Help build and maintain transactions tax playbooks, due diligence checklists, and internal processes

Coordinate with the tax compliance and provision teams to ensure clean handoff of closed transactions, including documentation of structure, elections, tax attributes, and reporting positions

Prepare technical tax memoranda documenting transactions, material tax positions, and risk assessments to support internal sign-off, financial statement audit, and tax return filing positions

Minimum qualifications

JD or CPA

M&A and transactional tax experience gained at a large law firm, Big 4 M&A tax practice, or in-house transactions tax team

Strong technical expertise in federal and state tax rules governing corporate transactions, including Section 338, Section 368 reorganizations, and asset and stock acquisitions

Experience running tax due diligence workstreams and quantifying tax exposures in transaction contexts

Experience drafting and negotiating tax provisions in M&A transaction documents

Experience supporting post-acquisition integration from a tax perspective, including entity rationalization and intercompany restructuring

Preferred qualifications

7-10 years of tax experience, with significant M&A and transactional tax exposure

LL.M. in Taxation or MST

Experience providing general tax advisory support, including advising on commercial contracts, operational matters, and cross-functional tax questions

Experience with joint ventures, partnerships, minority investments, revenue-sharing arrangements and financing transactions

Experience with REITs, including REIT qualification and tax considerations for REIT joint ventures and real estate investment structures

Experience with data center acquisitions, infrastructure transactions, or real estate tax considerations

Tax experience at a high-growth technology company

Knowledge of state and local tax (SALT) implications of transactions

Experience with equity compensation tax issues in the context of acquisitions and acqui-hires

Exposure to international tax aspects of cross-border acquisitions

Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate complex tax issues into clear, actionable guidance for Legal, Finance, and Corporate Development partners

Comfort with ambiguity and a willingness to help build processes from scratch in fast-paced environments

Passion for Anthropic's mission to build safe, transformative AI systems

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:

$230,000—$300,000 USD