Manager, Partner Account Managers

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's services partner ecosystem is a critical channel for bringing Claude to enterprise customers worldwide. Firms like Persistent, Slalom, Ahead, DXC, and Genpact — represent a fast-growing segment of specialist and regional SIs whose reach, vertical depth, and delivery capacity are essential to scaling Claude's enterprise footprint. Managing this tier well requires rigor, repeatability, and a team that can drive meaningful joint outcomes across a broad portfolio of partners. We're looking for a Manager of Partner Account Management to lead the team of Partner Account Managers responsible for a cohort of our services partnerships. You'll coach and develop a team of PAMs, shape the operating model for how we engage the tier, and build the programs, playbooks, and measurement systems that let us scale with quality. You'll work closely with partnerships leadership, sales, product, and customer success to ensure this group of partners are equipped to win and deliver transformative AI solutions for their clients. This role sits at the intersection of team leadership, partner strategy, and operational execution. You'll stay close enough to the work to engage directly with partner leadership when it matters, while investing most of your time in making your team and the broader tier more effective over time. Responsibilities: Team leadership and development Lead, coach, and develop a team of Partner Account Managers covering a group of Anthropic’s services partners Set clear expectations, goals, and operating standards; hold the team accountable to partner revenue, pipeline, and program outcomes Hire and retain exceptional talent; build a team culture grounded in rigor, partnership, and care for Anthropic's mission Program and operating model Shape the tier's operating model: how PAMs plan with partners, run QBRs, forecast, track partner health, and prioritize their time across a portfolio Partner with the broader SI program to adapt tier structure, benefits, and requirements to partner dynamics Build and evolve playbooks that help PAMs recruit, onboard, activate, and grow partners consistently Enablement and partner success Work with enablement, product, and solutions teams to ensure partners have the training, certifications, and technical resources they need to build and deliver production-grade Claude solutions Identify gaps in partner readiness and drive cross-functional investment to close them Ensure consistent quality of partner engagement across the team Cross-functional leadership and insights Collaborate with sales, partner operations, marketing, legal, and finance to remove friction and accelerate joint outcomes Surface partner, market, and product insights to inform Anthropic's broader partner strategy and roadmap Represent the business in partnership leadership forums You may be a good fit if you have: 10+ years of experience in partner sales, channel sales, alliances, or partner management at a technology company 3+ years managing partner-facing teams, including senior individual contributors A track record of driving revenue through SI or consulting partner channels, consistently meeting or exceeding targets Experience building or scaling partner programs — tier structures, enablement, playbooks, and operating cadences — in a fast-growing environment Strong commercial acumen; comfortable coaching your team through complex deals, partner negotiations, and multi-stakeholder enterprise sales cycles Experience managing a portfolio of partners at scale (rather than a small number of top-tier strategic accounts) and a view on how to drive lev ... (truncated, view full listing at source)