Finance Systems, Head of AI & Innovation

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 is building the world’s most capable and safest AI — and our Finance team has a front-row seat to deploy it. We are seeking a visionary Head of AI & Innovation to lead the transformation of Anthropic’s Finance function through pioneering Claude AI deployment. In this role, you will set the strategic vision, build and coach a high-performing team, and partner with Finance, Engineering, and Anthropic’s own product and research teams to create a Claude-powered Finance ecosystem that serves as an industry-defining model for AI-enabled operations. This is a rare opportunity to build at the intersection of cutting-edge AI and enterprise finance — not just adopting AI, but pioneering what Finance AI looks like at scale with unprecedented access to the teams that build the models. You will own the Finance AI program end-to-end: from roadmap to production deployment, from governance frameworks to community building, and from employee enablement to enterprise scale. The ideal candidate brings deep Finance and Big 4 advisory experience and is a recognized thought leader in the industry — someone who shapes how the profession thinks about AI adoption, not just someone who follows it. Responsibilities: Vision & Strategic Leadership Define and own the multi-year vision for a Claude-enabled Finance ecosystem, translating Anthropic’s AI capabilities into measurable operational impact across all finance and accounting business processes and systems Establish Finance Systems as the internal gold standard for AI-powered enterprise operations, positioning the team as a model for AI adoption across the broader organization Partner closely with Anthropic’s internal product and research teams to surface Finance use cases, influence model capabilities, and bring cutting-edge AI research into production finance workflows Represent Finance AI priorities in cross-functional forums and with executive leadership, communicating progress, risks, and strategic direction with clarity and conviction Serve as Anthropic’s external voice on Finance AI — engaging with Big 4 advisory networks, industry working groups, and peer communities to shape how the profession approaches AI-enabled Finance transformation Team Leadership & Development Hire, mentor, and develop a small but high-impact team of Finance AI Product Managers and Engineers, building a culture of experimentation, ownership, and continuous learning Establish clear roles, career paths, and operating rhythms for the AI & Innovation pod, ensuring team members grow into industry-leading Finance AI practitioners Partner with the Finance Systems PMO Lead and Head of SOX/IT Controls to ensure AI initiatives are sequenced, governed, and delivered in alignment with the broader transformation portfolio Product Development & Roadmap Own the Finance AI product roadmap — prioritizing use cases, managing the backlog, and driving features from ideation through production deployment Lead intake, triage, and routing of bug reports, defect tracking, and enhancement requests across the Finance AI platform, maintaining clear visibility into product health and velocity Oversee UX and design quality of Claude-powered Finance tools, ensuring solutions are intuitive, delightful, and trusted by Finance end-users Build and own a Finance AI Agent Registry — a centralized portfolio strategy for all deployed agents across Finance and Enterprise systems, defining how agents are discovered, evaluated, scaled, and retired as the agent landscape matures Lead evaluation and selection of Finance-specific AI SaaS tools, partnering with BizTech and Data Infrastructure on architecture and integration decisions Data Foundation & Infrastructure Partner closely with Data Infrastructure and the Finance Analytics & BI team to define the structured data layer powering AI-driven reporting, anomaly detection, and decision support — ensuring Finance AI is built on a reliable, well-governed data foundation Ensure AI agents are built on reliable, audit-ready data foundations (SQL/deterministic retrieval layer) before applying AI synthesis and interpretation on top Collaborate with Finance Systems Engineers to design and maintain data pipelines, BigQuery environments, and integration architectures that support safe AI experimentation and production deployment Enablement, Governance & Community Design and lead Finance AI onboarding and employee journey programs — building the training curriculum, certification pathways, and ongoing education cadence that drives adoption across the Finance organi