Data Center Capacity Delivery Manager

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

49d•$1 - $2•Hybrid

About The Position

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. 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 Data Center Capacity Delivery Manager at Anthropic, you'll serve as the critical bridge between our infrastructure strategy and the delivery of leased and partnered data center capacity. You'll validate deal readiness, coordinate complex stakeholder relationships, maintain regular reporting and status tracking, andensure seamless transitions from project inception through operational readiness. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape how Anthropic secures and activates the compute infrastructure needed to train and deploy frontier AI systems, working at the intersection of real estate, construction, and cutting-edge AI infrastructure.

Requirements

Have 5+ years of experience managing data center delivery, construction projects, or infrastructure deployment at scale
Have a strong understanding of the end to end (dirt to delivery) data center development process to include entitlements and permitting, planning and supply chain, execution, commissioning, and handover.
Possess strong project management skills with a track record of coordinating complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives from inception to operational handoff
Have experience working with landlords, developers, or construction teams in data center or critical infrastructure environments
Excel at stakeholder management and can effectively communicate technical requirements to both internal teams and external partners
Are comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-paced environments where you need to define processes while executing
Have strong technical fluency to engage meaningfully with networking, power, and infrastructure teams
Can balance attention to detail with strategic thinking, ensuring both tactical execution and alignment with long-term capacity plans

Nice To Haves

Have experience with hyperscale data center environments or co-location facilities
Understand AI/ML infrastructure requirements, including high-density power and advanced cooling systems
Have worked in high-growth tech companies managing infrastructure expansion
Possess experience with capacity planning or infrastructure operations handoffs
Are familiar with lease negotiations, construction contracts, or real estate development processes

Responsibilities

Confirm deal readiness and serve as the gatekeeper to validate transaction viability from Letter of Intent (LOI) through lease execution, ensuring all predevelopment, planning, technical and business requirements are met before commitment
Partner with landlords and developers post-deal to serve as Anthropic's primary point of contact, coordinating across internal stakeholders, tracking construction progress, and facilitating critical information exchange between development partners and Anthropic stakeholders
Represent Anthropic in key technical and operational decisions required by partners during the development process, ensuring our infrastructure requirements are met while maintaining strong partnerships
Drive seamless handoffs to operational state with heavy focus on engagement across networking and deployment teams, enabling rapid workload turn-ups and minimizing time-to-production
Prepare and present regular executive reporting on progress versus plan for facility development, supporting forward capacity planning and strategic decision-making
Identify and mitigate risks throughout the delivery lifecycle, proactively addressing blockers that could impact timeline, cost, or technical requirements
Develop and refine standardized processes and playbooks for facility delivery, driving continuous improvement as Anthropic scales its infrastructure footprint