Business Systems Analyst - Security Workforce

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.

As a Business Systems Analyst – Security Workforce on Anthropic’s Biz Tech team, you’ll own and evolve how Anthropic manages contractor security, access governance, and technical onboarding. This role sits at the intersection of security operations, workforce management, and employee experience—ensuring that everyone who joins Anthropic, whether as a contractor or full-time employee, has the access they need to do meaningful work while maintaining the security posture our mission demands.

You’ll build and run the programs that govern how contingent workers are onboarded, credentialed, and offboarded from a security and access perspective. You’ll also own the technical onboarding experience for our engineering and research roles, creating a seamless first‑week experience that sets people up for success. This is a role for someone who believes that security and great user experience aren’t at odds—they’re complementary.

• Own the IT and security access for contingent workers from a security and access perspective, including onboarding, periodic access reviews, and offboarding
• Develop and maintain policies governing contractor access levels, permissioning frameworks, and compliance requirements
• Partner with Security, Legal, and People teams to ensure contractor engagements meet security standards and regulatory obligations
• Build and manage relationships with staffing agencies for the security organization
• Implement and maintain processes for contractor identity management, access provisioning, and audit trails
• Conduct regular access reviews, audits, and certifications for the contingent workforce
• Create clear documentation and runbooks for contractor security processes
• Support audit and compliance efforts with documentation and evidence gathering

• Design and continuously improve the onboarding experience for technical roles (Engineering, Research, Security, IT)
• Coordinate cross‑functionally to ensure new hires have accounts, access, equipment, and resources ready before day one
• Build onboarding curricula that balance security training, cultural integration, and role‑specific enablement
• Gather feedback from new hires and iterate on the program to reduce time‑to‑productivity
• Partner with team leads to develop role‑specific onboarding tracks
• Track onboarding metrics and report on program effectiveness

• Collaborate with Security on access control policies, least‑privilege principles, and compliance requirements
• Work with People Operations on workforce planning and contractor‑to‑employee conversions
• Partner with IT on tooling, automation, and system integrations
• Act as a liaison between security requirements and business needs, translating complex policies into user‑friendly guidance

• Have 5+ years of experience in contingent workforce management, security operations, HR operations, or a related field
• Have demonstrated experience building or managing contractor/vendor security programs
• Are familiar with identity and access management principles, least‑privilege access, and role‑based access control
• Have experience with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001) and how they apply to workforce management
• Have a track record of building or improving onboarding programs
• Possess strong program management skills with the ability to manage multiple work streams simultaneously
• Excel at documentation creation and process design, with exceptional attention to detail
• Are comfortable with ambiguity and building programs from scratch
• Take a data‑driven approach to measuring and improving program outcomes
• Are an effective communicator who can translate security requirements into clear guidance for non‑security audiences
• Believe that security and great user experience are complementary, not competing priorities
• Care deeply about the people going through your…