Data Center Community Engagement Lead

Anthropic Limited; Virginia; Remote; USD 265,000 - 295,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a Community Engagement Manager for data center communities in Virginia and West Virginia. The role focuses on building trusted relationships with local governments, community groups, and economic development partners while coordinating across policy, infrastructure, and communications teams.

Expect regular travel up to 50% and a remote-friendly work arrangement. Responsibilities include developing market-specific engagement strategies, surfacing community concerns, and

Qualifications

• Experience in community affairs, public affairs, economic development, government relations, or a closely related field.
• Direct experience working for or engaging with local governments and a broad set of community stakeholders on behalf of large infrastructure, construction, energy, or technology projects.
• A skilled relationship and coalition builder who earns trust with a diverse group of stakeholders and maintains relationships through difficult conversations.
• The ability to represent a company credibly in public settings, including town halls, hearings, & press interviews.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to turn a complex operational plan into plain language for local officials or reporters.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain trusted, sustained relationships with Virginia boards of supervisors, city and town councils, and planning commissions, West Virginia county commissions and municipal officials, state economic development agencies, community groups, civic leaders, educational institutions, and workforce partners in the Virginia and West Virginia data center markets you cover.
• Develop and execute a community engagement strategy for each of your markets, spanning site selection, pre-development, construction, and ongoing operations.
• Build external coalitions, host education and listening sessions, and design local solutions that deliver real benefits to the communities where we operate.
• Represent Anthropic in public forums, town halls, planning hearings, community events, and local media.
• Monitor community sentiment and local political dynamics, and advise internal teams on risks, opportunities, and the right pace and posture for engagement.

Skills

Community engagement

Public policy

Government relations

Economic development

Stakeholder management

Public speaking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Anthropic is seeking a Community Engagement Manager for data center communities in Virginia and West Virginia. The role focuses on building trusted relationships with local governments, community groups, and economic development partners while coordinating across policy, infrastructure, and communications teams.

Expect regular travel up to 50% and a remote-friendly work arrangement. Responsibilities include developing market-specific engagement strategies, surfacing community concerns, and