Head of Travel & Expense · Anthropic

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:52:29 GMT
Finance

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · $300,000-$360,000 USD · hybrid

Job Title: Head of Travel & Expense

Location: San Francisco, CA

Job Description:

As Head of Travel & Expense, you will be responsible for designing and owning Anthropic's multi-year T&E strategy, evolving the function from operationally sound to best-in-class across policy, cost management, employee experience, and compliance.

You will lead a cross-functional T&E governance structure with Finance, Security, Legal, HR, and Executive Assistants, and design and enforce jurisdiction-specific T&E policy frameworks for international entities (EMEA, APAC).

You will also own the corporate travel supplier program, driving material savings through hotel RFPs, airline corporate agreements, and preferred rate programs, and manage strategic relationships with our T&E travel and expense systems.

Responsibilities:

Strategy, Policy & Governance:

Design and own Anthropic's multi-year T&E strategy

Build and maintain a comprehensive global T&E policy framework

Lead a cross-functional T&E governance structure

Design and enforce jurisdiction-specific T&E policy frameworks for international entities

Vendor Negotiations & Savings:

Own the corporate travel supplier program

Drive material savings through hotel RFPs, airline corporate agreements, and preferred rate programs

Manage strategic relationships with our T&E travel and expense systems

Executive Travel & Compliance:

Serve as the subject matter expert for all executive travel needs

Partner with Legal and Finance on executive travel tax implications, business purpose documentation, and audit-ready recordkeeping

Platform & AI Automation (Claudification):

Own and optimize Anthropic's T&E-related systems and platforms

Champion AI-powered automation across T&E

Requirements:

12+ years of T&E / corporate travel experience at a high-growth technology company

Demonstrated track record of cost savings

Deep platform expertise in Navan and/or comparable TMC platforms, plus Brex or equivalent expense management tools

Executive travel program ownership

Strong cross-functional instincts

Duty-of-care and international compliance

AI-curious builder mindset

Salary:

The annual compensation range for this role is $300,000-$360,000 USD.

Logistics:

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas!