# People Programs, M&A Lead

**Company:** [Anthropic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/anthropic)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** People Ops
**Salary:** $310k – $370k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** M&A Integration, Program Management, Hr Operations, People Operations, Deal Structuring, Retention Strategy, Immigration Coordination, Entity Setup, Stakeholder Management, Process Automation
**Posted:** 2026-06-09

> Own the People-side M&A program end-to-end at Anthropic, acting as Corp Dev's strategic counterpart on deal structure, retention, and integration for complex acquisitions. Build durable infrastructure, standards, and playbooks that scale the function.

## Job Description

## Key responsibilities

### Program ownership & strategy
- Own the People-side M&A program end-to-end: strategy, operating model, standards, and outcomes across all deals, from earliest deal discussions through 90-day integration and retro
- Act as Corp Dev's strategic counterpart on People matters: inform deal structure, timelines, retention strategy, entity decisions, and people-cost implications early enough to shape outcomes
- Set the long term direction for the program: where we invest in infrastructure, what we standardize, and how the function should evolve

### Leading the most complex deals
- Serve as the People-side DRI for largest and most complex acquisitions — multi-entity or international deals, larger teams, concurrent transactions, and situations with significant retention or sentiment risk
- Sequence interdependent workstreams (immigration, offers, entity setup, onboarding, benefits, internal comms) correctly under compressed timelines
- Anticipate downstream risk from upstream deal decisions and raise flags early — with options and trade-offs

### Direction-setting and quality across the program
- Set the standards, templates, and decision frameworks that all People-side M&A work follows
- Build credibility and operating rhythms with senior stakeholders across Corp Dev, Legal, Finance, and People
- Level up the broader People team's ability to execute M&A confidently through documentation, retros, and coaching-by-doing

### Systems & program infrastructure
- Build the infrastructure that doesn't exist yet — intake processes, diligence checklists, integration tracking, retention frameworks, post-close retros
- Identify recurring failure modes across deals and implement upstream fixes; institutionalize learnings
- Use Claude and automation thoughtfully to scale the program (tracking, drafting, checklist generation)

## Minimum requirements
- Experience across program management, HR/People operations, and M&A integration, including direct ownership of People workstreams across multiple transactions
- Operated as a true partner to Corp Dev or a deal team: influenced deal structure, timing, or retention decisions
- Can hold a portfolio of work — multiple deals, multiple workstreams per deal — and sequence interdependencies correctly
- Know how to set direction and standards for work you don't personally execute
- Exceptionally organized and calm under pressure; communicate clearly and directly when timelines are tight
- Build programs and systems that outlast you — playbooks, frameworks, and processes that others adopt
- Comfortable operating with minimal oversight on long horizons

## Preferred qualifications
- 10+ years of experience across program management, HR/People operations, and M&A integration
- Stood up an M&A People integration function or playbook from scratch at a fast-growing technology company
- Led People integration for international or multi-entity acquisitions, including immigration, employment legal, and entity-setup coordination
- Managed several concurrent transactions, or a deal pipeline
- Experience guiding or mentoring other program managers, or leading pods/working teams without formal management authority
- Worked closely enough with Corp Dev to be trusted in target-facing conversations

## Compensation & benefits
- Annual Salary: $310,000—$370,000 USD

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