Anthropic
Strategic Sourcing Business Partner, R&D Operations
$190K–$230K
San Francisco, CA +2 · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years in relevant sourcing, category management, vendor management, or commercial negotiation work; minimum years may correlate with internal job level requirements.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; relevant field of study as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is available, but not for every role or candidate; the company will make reasonable efforts to obtain a visa after an offer.
About the job
Own commercial sourcing for Human Data Operations and other R&D service vendors, from contract terms and negotiations through vendor performance and value creation.
What you'll do
- Manage commercial redlines, contract templates, renewals, and contract data for R&D services agreements.
- Lead pricing and commercial negotiations, develop sourcing playbooks and pricing structures, and track savings and improved terms.
- Manage vendor performance, SLAs, QBRs, escalations, and risk and compliance approvals with partner teams.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of strategic sourcing, category management, vendor management, or commercial negotiation experience, primarily in services categories.
- Hands-on experience redlining MSAs and SOWs and building templates and fallback positions.
- Track record personally leading multi-million dollar services negotiations; strong analytical skills in rate analysis, TCO modeling, and pricing design.
- Services vendor management experience and fluency with AI tools in daily work, including demonstrated experience rebuilding workflows around them.
Nice to have
- Experience sourcing human data, data labeling, annotation, evaluation, or comparable outsourced operations.
- Experience sourcing research or technical services, building sourcing coverage from scratch, or designing vendor performance programs.
Pay
$190,000 — $230,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Claude
AI focus
Use Claude-powered tools for redlining, negotiation preparation, benchmarking, and vendor reporting; help define an AI-native sourcing function and how AI changes deal-making and vendor management.
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