Anthropic· Compute· San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY
Senior Data Center Capacity Delivery Manager
Classified Tasks (27)
Automate 4%Augment 63%Human-Only 33%
Automate (1)
Fully handled by AI agents
Maintain regular status tracking and reporting
administrative
Augment (17)
AI assists, human decides
Protect the finished quality of the data center
operational
Validate deal readiness and serve as gatekeeper to confirm transaction viability from LOI through lease execution
analytical
Ensure all predevelopment, planning, technical, and business requirements are met before commitment
operational
Coordinate across internal stakeholders
communication
Track construction progress
operational
Facilitate critical information exchange between development partners and Anthropic stakeholders
communication
Ensure infrastructure requirements are met while maintaining strong partnerships
operational
Drive seamless handoffs to operational state
operational
Engage networking and deployment teams during handoffs
technical
Enable rapid workload turn-ups
technical
Minimize time-to-production
operational
Prepare and present regular executive reporting on progress versus plan for facility development
communication
Support forward capacity planning and strategic decision-making via reporting
analytical
Identify risks throughout the delivery lifecycle
analytical
Develop and refine standardized processes and playbooks for facility delivery
operational
Drive continuous improvement as Anthropic scales its infrastructure footprint
leadership
Develop and enhance the skillsets of development partners, general contractors, and key trades
leadership
Human-Only (9)
Requires human judgment
Embed with project teams responsible for delivery of leased and partnered data center capacity
operational
Be onsite at one or more project sites at least 60% of the time
operational
Lead partners to deliver projects on the fastest possible schedule
leadership
Maintain a safe construction site
operational
Serve as Anthropic's primary point of contact with landlords and developers post-deal
communication
Represent Anthropic in key technical and operational decisions during development
leadership
Mitigate risks and proactively address blockers that could impact timeline, cost, or technical requirements
leadership
Shape the culture, approach, and aggressiveness that define extended site teams
leadership
Act as a subject matter expert in cross-functional elements of data center delivery to increase team performance
technical
Job description
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 As a Senior Data Center Capacity Delivery Manager at Anthropic, you'll embed with project teams responsible for delivery of leased and partnered data center capacity. Your primary role will be to lead these partners to deliver on the fastest possible schedule while maintaining a safe construction site and protecting the finished quality of the data center. Additionally, you'll validate deal readiness, coordinate complex stakeholder relationships, maintain regular reporting and status tracking, and ensure 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. Responsibilities Lead. This is a role where leadership trumps management and process. You will be at one or more project sites 60% of the time or more and expected to shape the culture, approach, and aggressiveness that define those extended site teams. The goal is to impact outcomes in a favorable manner. You are expected to be a force multiplier that develops and enhances the skillset that development partners, general contractors, and key trades bring to the project(s) you are overseeing. That means being a subject matter expert in the various cross functional elements of data center delivery and increasing the team's performance with that knowledge and commitment to alignment. 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 You may be a good fit if you Have 10+ years of experience in the highest level of site leadership managing data center delivery, construction projects, or infrastructure deployment at scale. You won’t have a big direct team to delegate too but will instead be able to treat the entire cross functional organizations at a jobsite as your team. Have a strong understanding of the end to end (dirt to delivery) data center development process to include ent