Procurement Operations Business Partner - Workplace, Security and People at Anthropic · LumiJobs

Responsibilities

Procurement Operations is the front door for buying at Anthropic. We sit inside Finance Operations and own the path from "I need to buy something" to a signed agreement, an accurate purchase order, and clean spend data at month end.
We are hiring a Procurement Operations Business Partner to own that path for the teams that keep Anthropic's offices, people, and physical spaces running. Workplace covers real estate, office build outs and leases, furniture and equipment, facilities services, maintenance, and food and beverage. Security covers physical security: guard services, access control and badging, cameras, and security consulting that protect our offices and people. People covers recruiting agencies and recruiting operations, HR systems, benefits and Total Rewards vendors, and training and development.
This is a high volume role with an accounting core. You ensure every purchase in your portfolio is coded, dated, received, and accrued correctly, so spend is right in the books every month. Expect a steady queue of requests, statements of work, change orders, and renewals, and expect to be the person Accounting trusts on all of it.
We use Claude as part of our daily workflow and are looking for someone who wants to help define what an AI native procurement operations function looks like, including how AI changes intake, document review, vendor coordination, and requester support.
Own the purchasing process
Manage a high volume of purchase requests, statements of work, change orders, and renewals each month across Workplace, Security, and People, keeping speed and accuracy high at the same time.
Serve as the primary procurement partner by guiding requesters from initial request to signed agreement and issued purchase order.
Review every purchase request for the things that matter downstream: the right vendor record and contracting entity, complete commercial documents, correct spend categorization and service dates, and the approvals the purchase actually needs.
Determine what each request requires before it can move, whether that is a statement of work, an amendment, a lease review, a privacy review, or a third party risk assessment, and route it to the right reviewers the first time.
Partner with Privacy, Security, and Third Party Risk on vendors that handle employee or candidate data or have physical access to our offices, such as badging and camera systems, background check providers, and on site service staff. Hold the line that nothing goes live without the review it needs.
Launch and track contract review with Legal and outside counsel, keep it moving, and confirm the executed agreement supports the purchase order before it is issued.
Structure purchase orders so they match how the vendor bills (fixed fee, milestone or progress billing, time and materials, per placement, per head, or recurring monthly service) and how Accounting needs to see the spend, with the right GL account, cost center, and service period on every line. Manage change orders, renewals, and closures over the life of each agreement.

Qualification

5 to 7+ years of procurement operationsExperience with facilitiesExperience with office build outsExperience with recruiting agenciesBackground in accountingDirect experience with Zip

Required

5 to 7+ years of procurement operations, purchasing, or vendor operations, including time supporting Workplace or Facilities, Security, or People teams.
Proven track record of owning a high volume purchasing portfolio end to end in a procure to pay and intake platform.
Solid working knowledge of accrual accounting as it applies to purchasing: accruals and reversals, service period and cutoff, prepaid versus expense, capital versus operating spend, and GL and cost center coding. You can explain how a purchase order becomes an entry in the general ledger.
Experience managing services vendors on master agreements with statements of work and change orders, where scope moves and the contract, the PO, and the invoice have to stay in sync.
Experience with facilities, real estate, or construction purchasing, including milestone or progress billing and receiving against physical delivery.
Working knowledge of how contract review, privacy and security review, and financial controls fit together in a purchase, and the judgment to know when to push a request through and when to slow it down.

Preferred

Experience with office build outs, leases, or fixed asset purchasing, including furniture, fixtures, and equipment, and working alongside Lease Accounting or Fixed Assets.
Experience buying physical security services or systems, such as guard services, access control, or video surveillance.
Experience with recruiting agencies, contingent workforce, or HR and benefits vendors, including the privacy review that comes with employee and candidate data.
Background in accounting, accounts payable, or a month end close process.
Direct experience with Zip, Workday Financials, and Ironclad.
Prior ownership of month end accrual review or open PO reconciliation for a large, variable spend portfolio.
Experience designing tiered intake or approval frameworks that sped up low risk purchases without weakening controls.
The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

Procurement Operations Business Partner - Workplace, Security and People

Responsibilities

Qualification

Required

Preferred

Benefits

Company

Anthropic

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