Senior Benefits Partner

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

16h•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is seeking a Senior Benefits Partner, an individual contributor role, to anchor a significant part of their global benefits program. This role is designed to be flexible, adapting to the strongest candidate's regional expertise, with two primary scopes: Americas (US health and welfare strategy, potential self-funding evaluation, Canada program ownership, and expansion readiness) or International (end-to-end ownership across EMEA and APAC, including new entity launches and program lifecycle management). This is a 'builder' role focused on designing programs, managing vendors, negotiating terms, and establishing audit-ready operations across multiple jurisdictions. The position reports to the Head of Benefits and collaborates closely with a Senior Benefits Partner.

Requirements

Direct experience launching, redesigning, or financially stewarding a benefits program at scale
Strong vendor and broker management skills, with a track record of holding carriers and brokers accountable to contracted terms
Strong written communication and the ability to make nuanced tradeoffs legible to non-benefits stakeholders
Comfort operating in ambiguity and building infrastructure where none exists
Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Nice To Haves

7+ years of benefits experience, with deep regional ownership in either US health and welfare (with bonus for Canada) or international markets across EMEA and APAC
A track record of using AI tools to make benefits operations, employee self-service, or stakeholder communications materially better
Strong instincts for benefits as a strategic lever within total compensation, not as an operational cost center
Cross-regional exposure beyond your primary anchor (e.g., a US benefits leader who has also stood up programs in Canada or internationally, or an international benefits leader who has owned US health and welfare for a US-headquartered company)
Direct experience supporting or leading a self-funding transition
Fluency with Workday and global benefits administration platforms (Benifex, Darwin, or similar)
A track record of building benefits programs that hold up under audit, controls review, and external scrutiny

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end benefits program management for your region, including design, vendor selection, broker management, implementation, renewals, and the day-to-day employee experience
Manage carrier and vendor relationships, holding them accountable to contracted service standards
Partner with Payroll, People Operations, Legal, and Finance to keep programs compliant, well-administered, and auditable
Triage and resolve escalations across time zones, including carrier disputes and claims advocacy
Draft clear, compliant employee-facing communications for enrollment, renewals, and policy changes
Bring benchmarking and market intelligence to bear on program design, with a clear point of view on what Anthropic should do, not only what the market does
Own US health and welfare program strategy across medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and ancillary lines (Americas scope)
Run the full annual US renewal cycle, including market strategy, carrier negotiations, and open enrollment execution (Americas scope)
Lead the evaluation and potential transition to self-funding, partnering with Finance on stop-loss structure, claims forecasting, and reserve modeling (Americas scope)
Own our Canada benefits program end-to-end, including renewals and provincial compliance (Americas scope)
Steward Anthropic's readiness to launch in additional Americas markets as our footprint grows (Americas scope)
Build finance-facing reporting: monthly claims analysis, PEPY and PEPM tracking, budget versus actual, and forward-looking projections in partnership with FP&A (Americas scope)
Own US compliance operations: ACA, ERISA, Section 125, non-discrimination testing, 5500 filings, and audit readiness (Americas scope)
Lead end-to-end launches in new entity countries, from local-market scoping and broker selection through carrier negotiation, employee communications, and go-live (International scope)
Own the Benifex global platform rollout for assigned countries and ensure clean integration with Workday as the system of record (International scope)
Manage statutory and supplementary benefits across multiple EMEA and APAC markets, including pension, GLTD, GPA, and country-specific health and welfare programs (International scope)
Partner with the Head of Benefits to shape the international roadmap (International scope)