Technical Program Manager, API Platform

About the role

The Technical Program Manager will drive scaling and core efficiency programs for the API stack, working at the intersection of the API and the infrastructure it runs on (compute, databases, networking, and inference).

Responsibilities

• Drive scaling and core efficiency programs for the API stack from architectural direction through sequenced, deliverable execution.
• Run multiple large programs simultaneously across infrastructure, networking, and the API layer.
• Act as the connective tissue between API, infrastructure, database, networking, and inference teams, owning cross-org dependencies end to end.
• Establish decision-making clarity: who owns what, where trade-offs get made, and how isolated streams roll up into one program view.
• Surface risks, progress, and trade-offs to engineering leadership with the right altitude and cadence.

Requirements

• 7+ years of technical program management experience, with a track record of successfully delivering complex, cross-functional programs.
• Experience with API platforms, distributed systems, and core infrastructure programs and can engage meaningfully with the engineers who design and operate them.
• Driven scaling, performance, or efficiency programs for high-volume production systems, including the tradeoffs across performance, reliability, and cost.
• Coordinated programs spanning many partner organizations, managing cross-team dependencies, commitments, and escalations at the working level.
• Highly organized and can manage multiple parallel workstreams effectively across distributed teams.
• Thrives in unstructured environments with a knack for bringing order to chaos and creating clarity in ambiguous situations, including where decision ownership is unclear.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence without authority.
• Passionate about Anthropic's mission and interested in the challenges of operating AI infrastructure safely and reliably.

Qualifications

• 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.

Benefits

Annual Salary $365,000—$435,000 USD

Logistics

• 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.