Global Power Delivery Equipment Lead

Anthropic

10d•$320,000 - $405,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is seeking a Global Power Delivery Equipment Lead to oversee the company's global strategy, OEM relationships, and capacity for long-lead power equipment essential for its worldwide data center expansion. This role involves establishing and leading Anthropic's global equipment strategy function, representing the company with OEM executives, utilities, and development partners. The position is responsible for end-to-end sourcing strategies for critical power generation and grid-integration equipment, including gas turbines, reciprocating engines, large power and generator step-up transformers, medium- and high-voltage switchgear, solar, and battery energy storage systems (BESS), for both off-grid and grid-integrated sites. The scope is global, covering all regions (US, EMEA, APAC), and requires coordination with regional energy leads to ensure centralized equipment strategy, OEM capacity reservations, and allocation decisions. The sourcing strategy should also support innovative power system approaches, such as off-grid, solar-dominant configurations. The role involves close collaboration with energy origination, engineering, demand planning, construction, legal, finance, and third-party development partners to ensure equipment availability, establish OEM relationships, and negotiate agreements.

Requirements

12+ years in power equipment, grid infrastructure, or energy markets, spanning at least two of: OEM commercial or business development; utility or power-producer sourcing and development; renewables or storage development; procurement or EPC — including having led a function, team, or portfolio-scale program.
A track record of developing processes for forecasting, planning, and procuring power generation and grid-integration equipment for data centers, utilities, IPPs, or large industrial loads.
Familiarity with power systems equipment (e.g., gas turbines, reciprocating engines, fuel cells, large power and GSU transformers, MV/HV switchgear, protection and substation equipment, solar, BESS) and the differences between islanded/behind-the-meter and grid-connected configurations.
Direct experience negotiating framework, master supply, or capacity reservation agreements with major power-equipment OEMs.
Familiarity with utility sourcing practices — framework and alliance agreements, reservation and blanket orders, standard specifications, and OEM qualification programs — and can adapt them to a programmatic equipment approach.
Negotiated framework or reservation agreements at $100M+ scale with executive-level OEM relationships.
Worked inside or directly with a major power-equipment OEM (transformers, HV/switchgear, grid automation, turbines) on commercial structures, capacity allocation, and new business models.
Presented strategy and risk to executive leadership or a board.
Worked alongside power-system design engineers on site power architecture, generation mix, and interconnection, and can translate between what the system needs and what the OEM market can deliver.
Possess a bachelor's degree in a relevant domain (e.g., electrical engineering, power systems, construction management, supply chain) or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

5+ years experience in data center, utility, or critical environment power infrastructure.
Experience sourcing across multiple regions (US, EMEA, APAC) and working with regional OEM sales, EPC, and logistics organizations.
Established relationships with major generation, transformer, and switchgear OEMs and familiarity with their slot-allocation processes.
Experience working with general contractors, EPCs, MEP integrators, OEMs, and equipment distributors on data center construction programs.
Familiarity with interconnection processes and utility/ISO requirements relevant to large loads and on-site generation.
Familiarity with battery energy storage systems and hybrid generation architectures.
Experience with OEM warranty, return, repair, and replacement programs.

Responsibilities

Drive commercial negotiations and framework / Master Purchase Agreements for critical power equipment such as gas turbines (simple and combined cycle), reciprocating engines, fuel cells, large power and generator step-up transformers (HV/EHV), medium- and high-voltage switchgear, substation and protection equipment, solar, and battery energy storage systems.
Secure and manage OEM manufacturing slots and capacity reservations — reservation agreements, deposits, slot allocation, delivery milestones, warranties, liquidated damages, and assignment rights — and run the allocation and reallocation process across sites and regions as deals are signed.
Build and hold relationships with OEM headquarters and regional leadership across North America, Japan and Asia, and Europe, including on capacity-expansion and commitment.
Own the global power equipment strategy: translate the site and energy pipeline into equipment forecasts and procurement pipelines for both off-grid and grid-integrated configurations, and keep the equipment pipeline view (reserved / on order / in fabrication / allocated) current.
Enable innovative power system approaches — off-grid, solar-dominant configurations (solar + BESS with firming) alongside conventional gas + grid — by securing the OEM relationships, reservations, and framework terms that make them buildable at scale and on schedule.
Set the global equipment plan with the regional energy leads in the US, EMEA, and APAC so regional generation strategy, interconnection timelines, and local code and grid requirements are reflected in what is bought, when, and for where.
Decide allocation across sites and partners in constrained markets, hold partners to schedule, and own total cost of supply.
Implement frameworks for ensuring third-party data center partners, EPCs, and general contractors adhere to commercial equipment terms and technical specifications, including owner-furnished equipment (OFE) assignment and reimbursement mechanics.
Work with EPC and power producer / utility counterparties on collaborative sourcing and programmatic equipment approaches — joint or pooled orders, standardized specs, and framework buys that span sites and counterparties — so equipment is bought as a program rather than deal by deal, drawing on utility sourcing practices where they fit.
Own lead-time risk across the portfolio, directing EPCs, development partners, and regional energy leads on lead-time management for long-lead power equipment — tracking OEM lead times and delivery schedules against site and project schedules and deciding order timing and slot allocation and reallocation across sites and counterparties — so equipment lands when each site needs it.
Proactively monitor global supply chain volatility (e.g., lead times and capacity for turbines, transformers, and switchgear; country-of-origin and tariff exposure) and execute contingency plans and alternative-source strategies to avoid critical project delays.
Track the energy-innovation, energy-to-data-center integration, and domestic-manufacturing and global-trade dynamics that move power-equipment availability and cost — new generation and storage technologies, behind-the-meter and grid-integrated delivery models, OEM capacity expansion, tariff and country-of-origin exposure — and turn them into sourcing positions.
Own the commercial structure (deposits, payment schedules, credit support, capital deployment) with Finance and Legal and carry transactions through executive approval.
Partner with power-system design and engineering early — site power architecture, generation mix, interconnection approach — so equipment sourcing strategy and system design inform each other rather than sourcing arriving after the design is fixed; and on specifications and standardization so equipment purchased on-spec can be redeployed across sites, regions, and development partners.
Negotiate warranty, startup/commissioning support, long-term service, and spare parts terms, and track OEM performance.