Senior Data Center Program Lead — Global, Multi-Site

Neura Market; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 365,000 - 435,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a seasoned Program Manager to lead its data center infrastructure program from construction through operations. You will own schedules, risks, and vendor relationships while coordinating with internal teams to scale production-ready DCs.

The role requires 7+ years in infrastructure program management, strong cross-functional leadership, and a global, multi-site mindset. Hybrid office policy and travel will apply as the footprint expands.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in data center construction, operations, or infrastructure program management at hyperscale or critical infrastructure companies.
• Experience building and leading TPM or program management teams.
• Led multi-site infrastructure programs with compressed timelines and complex cross-functional dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop the DC infrastructure TPM team; hire and build out the function as we scale.
• Lead program reviews and executive communications on delivery status, risks, and blockers.
• Drive construction-to-production execution across multiple sites, coordinating with partners, contractors, and internal teams.
• Own overall schedule tracking, risk identification, and mitigation; creating clear visibility for leadership.
• Align with energy and location strategy and support site selection and due diligence criteria to facilitate scaling well in advance of aggressive compute demand.
• Manage long pole dependencies and long-lead time development & procurement across a dynamically changing global marketplace.
• Partner with DC and Compute teams to drive handover criteria between site completion, equipment deployment, and operations.
• Coordinate with Infrastructure, Security, and Compliance teams on evolving requirements; versioning, optimization, and expansion across sites.
• Drive partner accountability on contractual milestones and commercial commitments.
• Coordinate equipment delivery and manage vendor accountability on schedules; tracking production and shipping milestones while maintaining productive partnerships.
• Build repeatable processes and playbooks that scale across multiple concurrent site deployments.
• Travel (20%) to sites to validate progress and build contractor relationships

Skills

Data center construction

Program management

Multi-site leadership

Vendor management

Executive communication

Cross-functional coordination

Ambiguity management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Anthropic is seeking a seasoned Program Manager to lead its data center infrastructure program from construction through operations. You will own schedules, risks, and vendor relationships while coordinating with internal teams to scale production-ready DCs.

The role requires 7+ years in infrastructure program management, strong cross-functional leadership, and a global, multi-site mindset. Hybrid office policy and travel will apply as the footprint expands.