Data Center Asset Management, Commercial Associate

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is hiring a Commercial Associate for its Data Center Asset Management team. Anthropic leases large data center campuses from developers, and its compute roadmap depends on those campuses being built, energized, and handed over on schedule. The team renegotiates signed deals when projects slip, adjusting commercial terms and then ensuring that agreed actions are completed. The associate will serve as second chair on negotiations alongside the team lead, with the expectation of being able to run a site independently within six to nine months. The role involves managing issues and document coordination on live renegotiations, drafting commercial documents with counsel, securing internal approvals, and maintaining day-to-day communication with developers and their counsel. It also includes regular project-site visits, maintaining version control and claims records, and helping onboard two senior contract specialists. The role is full-time, requires regular travel to U.S. project sites for approximately 30% of the time, and is not site-based. Anthropic currently expects staff to work from one of its offices at least 25% of the time, although some roles may require more office time.

Requirements

Have carried complex commercial agreements from term sheet to signature while holding the issues list, in real estate, energy, infrastructure, construction, or project finance.
Be able to read a lease, work letter, or construction contract and explain in plain English who carries which risk and what happens when a date is missed.
Have held ground with counterparties in challenging situations while maintaining accuracy and relationships.
Write concise memos that a busy executive can approve.
Be comfortable walking a construction site and asking management direct questions.
Maintain exact version and document details under short timelines.
Have legal or commercial training; a law license is not required.
Minimum education: a bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
Required field of study: a field relevant to the role, demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
Minimum years of experience correlate with the internal job level requirements; no specific number of years is stated.

Nice To Haves

Experience with data center, power, or heavy industrial development.
Experience amending, restructuring, or working out a project that was already in trouble.
Familiarity with lender consents and financing documents related to a lease.
Experience using AI tools to compare documents, draft, and track.

Responsibilities

Run the issues list on live renegotiations and keep parallel documents conformed, including term sheets with multiple counterparties, amendments, side letters, and schedules.
Turn first drafts of term sheets, amendments, and formal notices with in-house and outside counsel.
Write internal approval memos and collect sign-offs from Finance, Legal, Construction, Power, and Operations.
Manage day-to-day communication with developers and their counsel regarding deliverables, lists, and dates, and escalate commercial issues and missed dates.
Visit project sites and meet with developer and landlord management to understand project issues and translate construction-team observations into contract positions.
Own version control, the notice calendar, and the claims register.
Help onboard two senior contract specialists on the team.