Strategic Partner Development, Product Partnerships – Semiconductors

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation focused on creating reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We are looking for a Product Partnerships lead with deep experience in the semiconductor ecosystem. This is not a Sales role. You will work with product, research, engineering, legal, and go-to-market teams to shape platform strategy in semiconductors, source and structure partners, and land commercial and technical agreements.

• Research, source, structure, negotiate, and close strategic collaborations across the semiconductor stack.
• Serve as internal expert on semiconductor partnerships, translating between silicon-industry realities and Anthropic's roadmap.
• Navigate complex counterparty organizations to get non-standard contracts and research agreements over the line.
• Structure commercial software, IP, and technology-access agreements.
• Coordinate cross-functionally across research, product, engineering, corp dev, policy, finance, and legal.
• Support executive-level engagements and flex into other Product Partnerships verticals as needed.

• 8+ years in strategic partnerships, business development, technology licensing, or corporate development, with meaningful portion in semiconductor industry.
• Range as a deal-maker across multiple industries or deal types.
• Track record landing complex, multi-stakeholder partnerships.
• Working fluency in semiconductor landscape (design flows, PDKs, verification, process nodes).
• Strong commercial and legal instincts on licensing (EULAs, IP rights, usage restrictions).
• Genuine curiosity about AI/ML.
• Comfort with ambiguity and excellent cross-functional collaboration.

Annual Salary: $205,000—$240,000 USD

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. Location-based hybrid policy: expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. Visa sponsorship is available.