M&A Tax Director (AI)

Location: San Francisco, CA; New York City, NY; or Seattle, WA. Hybrid policy requires staff to work from one of the offices at least 25% of the time.

Annual salary: $230,000–$300,000 USD.

Company

Anthropic develops reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems designed to be safe and beneficial.

What you will do

• Lead tax workstreams for acquisitions, mergers, acqui-hires, asset and stock purchases, reorganizations, financing transactions, and minority investments.
• Partner with Corporate Development on deal evaluation, tax due diligence, risk quantification, and transaction economics.
• Draft and review tax provisions in purchase agreements, merger agreements, and related transaction documents.
• Plan post-acquisition tax integration, including entity rationalization, intercompany restructuring, and tax attribute analysis.
• Advise on data center investments, leases, infrastructure transactions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and REIT-related structures.
• Build transaction tax playbooks and documentation while coordinating handoffs to tax compliance and provision teams.

Requirements

• JD or CPA.
• Significant M&A and transactional tax experience from a large law firm, Big 4 M&A tax practice, or in-house transactions tax team.
• Strong knowledge of federal and state tax rules for corporate transactions, including Section 338, Section 368 reorganizations, and asset and stock acquisitions.
• Experience leading tax due diligence, quantifying transaction-related exposures, and drafting or negotiating tax provisions in M&A documents.
• Experience supporting post-acquisition tax integration, entity rationalization, and intercompany restructuring.
• Ability to work from an Anthropic office in San Francisco, New York City, or Seattle at least 25% of the time.

Nice to have

• 7–10 years of tax experience, an LL.M. in Taxation, or an MST.
• Experience with joint ventures, partnerships, REITs, data centers, infrastructure, real estate, SALT, equity compensation, or cross-border acquisitions.
• Experience providing general tax advisory support at a high-growth technology company.
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to translate complex tax issues into actionable guidance.
• Experience building processes from scratch in fast-paced environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment focused on high-impact AI research and trustworthy, steerable systems.
• Flexible working hours and a collaborative office environment.
• Competitive compensation, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation, and parental leave.
• Visa sponsorship is available, subject to role and candidate eligibility.