Strategic Partner Development, Product Partnerships – Semiconductors

Location: New York City, NY or San Francisco, CA, with a hybrid policy requiring staff to work from an office at least 25% of the time

Annual salary: $205,000–$240,000 USD

Company

Anthropic builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems intended to be safe and beneficial for users and society.

What you will do

• Research, source, structure, negotiate, and close strategic collaborations across the semiconductor stack.
• Shape internal semiconductor partnership priorities and advise research, product, engineering, and leadership teams.
• Navigate R&D, legal, IP/licensing, procurement, and other stakeholders to complete non-standard contracts and research agreements.
• Structure commercial software, IP, and technology-access agreements that preserve future collaboration options.
• Coordinate partnership evaluation, approval, and implementation across research, product, engineering, corporate development, policy, finance, and legal.
• Prepare executive briefings, deal frameworks, and negotiation strategies, while flexing into other partnership domains as priorities change.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in strategic partnerships, business development, technology licensing, or corporate development, including meaningful semiconductor industry experience.
• Track record of closing complex, multi-stakeholder software licensing, IP licensing, technology-access, or strategic alliance agreements.
• Working fluency in semiconductor design flows, PDKs, verification, or process nodes.
• Strong commercial and legal understanding of EULAs, IP rights, usage restrictions, and flexible licensing structures.
• Curiosity about AI/ML applications in hardware design and manufacturing, comfort with ambiguity, and strong cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Minimum education: bachelor's degree or equivalent education, training, and experience in a relevant field.

Nice to have

• Technical foundation in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience with design or manufacturing teams.
• Experience negotiating enterprise software at scale.
• Experience with technology or IP diligence in M&A or asset-acquisition contexts.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across research, engineering, policy, and business teams on large-scale AI research efforts.
• Flexible working hours and a hybrid office environment.
• Competitive compensation, equity donation matching, generous vacation, and parental leave.
• Visa sponsorship may be available, with immigration lawyer support, depending on the role and candidate.
• Public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco with office collaboration spaces.

Hiring process

• Applicants should review Anthropic's policy on AI usage during the application process.