Senior Data Center Capacity Delivery Manager, AUS

About the Position

Senior Data Center Capacity Delivery Manager, AUS

Sydney, Australia

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 the 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

• Leadership: Lead project teams to shape the culture, approach, and aggressiveness that define the extended site teams. Impact outcomes in a favorable manner.
• Skill Development: Act as a force multiplier that develops and enhances the skillset of development partners, contractors, and key trades.
• Deal Readiness: Confirm deal readiness and validate transaction viability from Letter of Intent (LOI) through lease execution.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Partner with landlords and developers post-deal, coordinating across internal stakeholders, tracking construction progress, and facilitating critical information exchange.
• Technical Representation: Represent Anthropic in key technical and operational decisions required by partners during the development process.
• Seamless Handoffs: Drive seamless handoffs to operational state with a focus on engagement across networking and deployment teams.
• Reporting: Prepare and present regular executive reporting on progress versus plan for facility development.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Process Improvement: Develop and refine standardized processes and playbooks for facility delivery.

Requirements

• Experience: 8+ years of experience in the highest level of site leadership managing data center delivery, construction projects, or infrastructure deployment at scale within Australia.
• Knowledge: Strong understanding of the end-to-end data center development process, including entitlements, permitting, planning, supply chain, execution, commissioning, and handover.
• Nuances: Understanding of data center design and construction in Australia, including contractual norms and strategies to accelerate delivery.

Nice to Have

• AI/ML Infrastructure: Understanding of AI/ML infrastructure requirements, including high-density power and advanced cooling systems.
• Leadership Experience: Leadership positions (General Superintendent, Project Manager) within a GC or EPC on hyperscale data center projects.
• Ownership: Extreme ownership and the ability to create winning cultures across diverse job sites.
• Contracts and Negotiations: Familiarity with lease negotiations, construction contracts, or real estate development processes.

We Offer

• 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 offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.

Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process.

Deadline to apply: None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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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. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.