Sr. Payroll Program Manager

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

We're looking for a Sr. Payroll Program Manager to help scale payroll excellence across our growing global team. In this role, you'll drive strategic improvements to our payroll operations by analyzing metrics and KPIs to uncover trends and optimization opportunities. You'll work closely with our International and US Payroll Leads to ensure operational excellence and create seamless payroll experiences for our teams worldwide. As the functional lead for our Workday payroll implementation, you'll serve as a key stakeholder and subject matter expert, guiding this critical transformation. You'll also act as the go-to escalation point for complex payroll challenges, bringing your expertise to solve nuanced issues.

In this role you will:

• Manage all interfaces to and from Workday, ensuring seamless data flow and system connectivity
• Own system integration projects, including integration from Workday to PwC Global Payroll Platform for international countries
• Design, configure, test, and validate new system integrations to meet business and technical requirements
• Support the ongoing payroll projects such as transition from Deel to PwC Global Payroll Platform for international operations
• Develop system documentation, user guides, and training materials for integrations and core functionality
• Identify opportunities for system optimization and automation
• Collaborate with HR Technology and Finance Systems teams on integrations and enhancements
• Build out payroll compliance and audit framework from the ground up
• Provide support for SOX compliance framework and external audits
• Work with vendors and service providers to ensure service delivery excellence

You may be a good fit if you:

• 12+ years of progressive payroll experience, including multi-country/global payroll operations
• Strong Workday Payroll functional expertise 
• Deep understanding of payroll system architecture, integrations, and functionality
• Comfortable with ambiguity and change in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical skills with ability to identify trends, issues, and solutions
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
• Strong project management capabilities and ability to manage multiple priorities
• CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) certification 
• Experience with high-growth technology companies
• Familiarity with SOX compliance requirements for payroll 

Deadline to apply: None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

The expected base compensation for this position is below. Our total compensation package for full-time employees includes equity, benefits, and may include incentive compensation.

Annual Salary:$190,000—$230,000 USD

Logistics

Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed.  Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.

How we're different

We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather