Data Center Facility Operations Lead - Commissioning & Delivery

About the Position

We are seeking a Data Center Facility Operations Lead - Commissioning & Delivery to join our team at Anthropic. As the Facility Operations Lead for Commissioning & Delivery within the Data Center Infrastructure organization, you will lead the commissioning, turn-up, and delivery of new capacity across Anthropic’s growing fleet of data center infrastructure. You will be accountable for bringing critical mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and control systems from construction through L1–L5 commissioning and handover to operations.

About the Role

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.

Responsibilities

• Define the commissioning and delivery strategy for new capacity, including commissioning plans, acceptance criteria, schedule milestones, and reporting methods.
• Oversee third-party L1–L5 commissioning, turn-up, and handover to operations of facility infrastructure such as switchgear, technology cooling systems, and computer room air handlers.
• Define expectations and standards to enable third-party commissioning agents, contractors, and operators to succeed in each of the critical facility domains.
• Create standards for functional and integrated systems testing, minimizing risk, and effectively tracking and resolving deficiencies, excursions, and incidents during turn-up.
• Develop innovative approaches to accelerate time to capacity and improve equipment availability while minimizing cost and complexity.
• Enable scale-out of capacity delivery through industry best practices and optimization of bill of materials, logistics, and physical processes.
• Manage partner relationships and maintain alignment with Anthropic goals.

Requirements

• Have 10+ years of experience in data center commissioning, construction delivery, or facility operations as a manager, engineer, technical lead, or related role.
• Can demonstrate a proven track record commissioning and delivering mission-critical capacity on schedule.
• Are a subject matter expert in L1–L5 commissioning, including commissioning plans, functional and integrated systems testing, and handover to operations.
• Are experienced in third-party partner relationship management, including commissioning agents, general contractors, and equipment vendors.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant domain or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to Have

• 15+ years of experience commissioning or delivering large-scale data centers.
• 5+ Critical Facilities Operations and Maintenance Leadership experience.
• An understanding of AI/ML workloads, including power, cooling, and network connectivity.
• Experience supporting technology cooling solutions such as rear door heat exchangers and/or cooling distribution units.
• Experience managing third-party datacenters such as colo operators and/or contract staffing vendors.
• Experience turning up liquid-cooled HPC capacity, including developing commissioning plans, creating acceptance criteria, and conducting handover reviews.

We Offer

• Annual Salary: $320,000 - $405,000 USD
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation and parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Lovely office space in San Francisco

About the Company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We are committed to creating reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Our team is dedicated to advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI. We value impact and collaboration, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.

Logistics

• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
• Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
• Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position.
• Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.
• Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

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We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work.