Anthropic· AI Research & Engineering· San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY
Program Operations Manager, Human Data
Classified Tasks (17)
Automate 0%Augment 82%Human-Only 18%
Augment (14)
AI assists, human decides
Build and run the operational backbone that supports a large, distributed external expert program
operational
Own and manage end-to-end onboarding from offer-accepted to productive, including setup, access, and communications
operational
Grant, audit, and maintain access across collaboration tools and internal systems for external experts
technical
Develop and maintain documented, auditable access-provisioning processes that scale
operational
Maintain tooling and communications systems that keep external experts productive
technical
Keep program tracking systems accurate and current by maintaining data integrity
administrative
Reconcile records with the external workforce vendor and surface discrepancies early
administrative
Stand up and maintain weekly program metrics on headcount, time-to-productive, support volume, and domain coverage
analytical
Analyze reporting data to spot gaps and surface operational recommendations
analytical
Execute and run operational processes at high volume, handling edge cases and exceptions
operational
Identify process failures or bottlenecks and implement improvements or automations
operational
Feed operational learnings and improvements back into program design and processes
operational
Draft communications, clean data, and build lightweight automations to support program operations
administrative
Monitor support volume and operational load and prioritize or escalate work as needed
operational
Human-Only (3)
Requires human judgment
Partner with research DRIs, IT, and vendor partners to resolve access and operational issues
communication
Serve as the primary point of contact for research teams when they need experts ramped
communication
Serve as the primary point of contact for external experts when they are blocked
communication
Job description
About Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems. About the role Anthropic's Human Data team partners with external domain experts — clinical pharmacists, securities lawyers, physicists, philosophers, and more — whose work directly shapes what Claude can do and how safely it does it. We're looking for a Program Operations Manager to build and run the operational backbone of this program. You'll own the systems that keep a large, distributed group of external experts productive: onboarding, access and tooling, communications, data integrity across our vendor partner, and the reporting layer that shows how the program is performing. The processes you'll run are still being built, and you'll be executing them at a volume that surfaces gaps nobody has seen yet. A meaningful part of the role is noticing what's going poorly, improving or automating it, and feeding that back into how the program is designed. You'll be the person research teams come to when they need experts ramped, and the person experts come to when they're blocked. It's a highly visible role with a clear throughline to the work that trains Claude. Responsibilities: Run onboarding end-to-end. Own the workflow that takes external experts from offer-accepted to productive — setup, access, communications, and the things that inevitably go sideways. Own access provisioning. Grant, audit, and maintain access across collaboration tools and internal systems for a large external population. Build the documented, auditable process that makes this scale. Maintain program data integrity. Keep the tracking systems research teams rely on accurate and current; reconcile records with our external workforce partner and catch discrepancies early. Build program reporting. Stand up weekly metrics on headcount, time-to-productive, support volume, and domain coverage. Use the data to spot gaps and surface recommendations. Partner across the organization. Work with research DRIs, IT, and our vendor partner to resolve access issues and keep experts unblocked. You may be a good fit if you: Have 4+ years of experience in program operations, research operations, recruiting coordination, vendor management, or a similar operational role Have owned an operational process end-to-end — you've been the person accountable when something broke, and the person who fixed it Are comfortable being the primary point of contact for a large, distributed population — you answer questions directly rather than routing them Exercise strong judgment about prioritization when the volume of work exceeds the time available, and know when to escalate versus resolve independently Are highly detail-oriented and take real ownership of data accuracy — you notice when a tracker is stale and can't leave it that way Write clearly and concisely; most of this job happens over Slack and email, and clarity compounds across hundreds of interactions Are comfortable executing at high volume in a program that's still being shaped — you handle edge cases well and surface what you learn Use AI tools as a core part of how you work — drafting communications, cleaning data, building lightweight automations — and a