# Procurement Operations Business Partner, R&D Operations

Hiring organization: [Menlo Ventures Portfolio](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/menlo-ventures-portfolio)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/8899a538-f5dd-482e-9bbc-f9fdb96311cd

Listed on Menlo Ventures Portfolio's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Location: New York, NY
- Salary: 190000 – 230000 USD per year

## Summary

This role leads procurement operations for Anthropic's research division, managing a high volume of specialized purchases from inception through accounting close. It combines day-to-day vendor coordination with financial controls expertise, requiring someone comfortable juggling researcher needs, legal reviews, and month-end accrual accuracy in a fast-growing AI research environment.

_Our summary, not Menlo Ventures Portfolio's wording._

## Skills named

Ironclad

## Required

- Proven experience owning a high-volume purchasing portfolio end-to-end in procure-to-pay
- Working knowledge of accrual accounting as applied to purchasing including accruals, reversals, service period cutoff, prepaid vs expense, and GL coding
- Experience supporting outsourced or managed service vendors at scale with variable scope and volume
- Understanding of how contract review, security review, and financial controls fit together in purchases

## Nice to have

- 5-7+ years of procurement operations or vendor operations experience
- Experience supporting research, engineering, hardware, or outsourced services organizations
- Background at a hypergrowth technology company scaling procurement for vendor-delivered work
- Accounting, accounts payable, or month-end close process background including three-way match
- Experience sourcing data labeling, annotation, or evaluation vendors
- Direct experience with Zip, Workday Financials, and Ironclad
- Prior ownership of month-end accrual review or open PO reconciliation for large variable spend
- Experience designing tiered intake or approval frameworks

Apply on Menlo Ventures Portfolio's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5357933008