Data Center Portfolio Lead - Flexible Hours & Global Infra

Anthropic; Friendly (MD); Hybrid; USD 320,000 - 405,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity donation matching

Generous vacation and parental leave

Flexible working hours

Office space

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a Data Center Portfolio Lead to manage a portfolio of data center sites, align with partners, and drive decisions from negotiation to deployment. You will establish stage gates, cadence, and tooling to create a true program rather than isolated projects, working across site selection, energy, supply chain, engineering, and delivery teams.

The role requires management of capital-intensive infrastructure, external partnerships, and a data-driven mindset to keep milestones on

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• Experience leading data center/infrastructure programs at scale.
• Proven ability to manage external partners and internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the portfolio's status, milestones, decisions, risks, and open items.
• Lead portfolio reviews to align on supply, decisions, and downstream impacts.
• Architect and operate the stage‑gate framework across negotiation, lease, design, construction, and handoff to operations.
• Coordinate chip allocation with planning and design teams before deadlines.
• Serve as primary contact between strategic partners and internal teams to drive milestones.
• Develop AI-driven tooling and data pipelines to automate portfolio updates.

Skills

Data center portfolio management

Program management

Stakeholder management

Stage-gate framework

AI tooling & data pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Stage-gate framework

AI tooling

Job description

Anthropic is seeking a Data Center Portfolio Lead to manage a portfolio of data center sites, align with partners, and drive decisions from negotiation to deployment. You will establish stage gates, cadence, and tooling to create a true program rather than isolated projects, working across site selection, energy, supply chain, engineering, and delivery teams.

The role requires management of capital-intensive infrastructure, external partnerships, and a data-driven mindset to keep milestones on