Head of Travel & Expense

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 As Head of Travel & Expense, you will be the single owner of everything T&E at Anthropic: employee, guest and executive travel policy, private charter strategy, our Navan and Brex platforms, preferred hotel and airfare programs, duty-of-care (in partnership with Security), and Board-level reporting on executive expenses. You will report to the Head of Finance Operations and lead an initial team of two, with a mandate to build a best-in-class program. This is a rare opportunity to come in as a true builder—inheriting solid operational foundations and a Claude-first culture pioneering AI-powered automation across Finance—and architect a T&E program worthy of a company shaping the future of AI. Responsibilities: Strategy, Policy & Governance Design and own Anthropic's multi-year T&E strategy, evolving the function from operationally sound to best-in-class across policy, cost management, employee experience, and compliance Build and maintain a comprehensive global T&E policy framework—employee, executive, and international—embedding controls directly in systems to drive compliance at the point of booking Lead a cross-functional T&E governance structure with Finance, Security, Legal, HR, and Executive Assistants Design and enforce jurisdiction-specific T&E policy frameworks for international entities (EMEA, APAC), incorporating local per diem regulations, VAT reclaim eligibility, and country-level receipt/documentation requirements Vendor Negotiations & Savings Own the corporate travel supplier program, driving material savings through hotel RFPs, airline corporate agreements, and preferred rate programs Manage strategic relationships with our T&E travel and expense systems, serving as the primary business contact for contract negotiations, product roadmap discussions, and AI feature development Track and report savings performance to Finance leadership and executives Executive Travel & Compliance Serve as the subject matter expert for all executive travel needs, vendor selection, and utilization governance Partner with Legal and Finance on executive travel tax implications, business purpose documentation, and audit-ready recordkeeping Platform & AI Automation (Claudification) Own and optimize Anthropic's T&E-related systems and platforms: configuration, policy rules, approval workflows, virtual cards, and ERP integrations Champion AI-powered automation across T&E—deploying Claude to audit transactions, flag policy exceptions, and automate reporting—consistent with Anthropic's Claude-first culture You may be a good fit if you have: 12+ years of T&E / corporate travel experience at a high-growth technology company, including 7+ years in a leadership or program ownership role with direct reports Demonstrated track record of cost savings: material, quantified outcomes from hotel RFPs, airline corporate agreements, and travel supplier negotiations Deep platform expertise in Navan and/or comparable TMC platforms, plus Brex or equivalent expense management tools Executive travel program ownership Strong cross-functional instincts: proven ability to partner across Security, Legal, HR, Finance, and C-suite executive teams and their supporting staff Duty-of-care and international compliance: background in travel risk management frameworks and T&E compliance across global entities (EMEA, APAC, LATAM) AI-curious builder mindset: experience deploying AI tools to automate T&E processes, or genuine enthusiasm for doing so—and comfort creating structure where none exists The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.  For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. Annual Salary: $300,000 — $360,000 USD Logistics Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience Required field of study:  A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position 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