Compute Country Lead

Leads Anthropic’s compute build-out strategy in Canada, coordinating site selection, energy, financing, policy, construction, and operations while representing the company with government and industry stakeholders. The role requires cross-functional leadership, infrastructure or energy experience, and strong Canadian relationships.

About the job

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end strategy and coordination for Anthropic's compute build-out in Canada, from initial site selection through construction and operations.
Act as the overall leader and coordinator across leasing, financing, energy, government relations and policy, community engagement, construction, and operations.
Serve as the primary point of accountability for cross-functional workstreams.
Provide working leadership to the in-country cross-functional team, driving alignment and unblocking issues.
Represent Anthropic with government officials, utilities, energy providers, and other external stakeholders in Canada.
Build and maintain relationships within the Canadian government and energy industry to support site, power, and policy outcomes.
Track progress and surface risks across parallel workstreams as Canada's compute footprint scales from initial sites to multiple gigawatts.
Translate global compute priorities into Canada's regulatory, political, and market conditions.

Requirements

Canadian national with established links into government and the energy industry strongly preferred.
Structured thinker who learns new domains quickly and goes deep rapidly.
Excellent communicator, comfortable representing Anthropic to senior government, utility, and industry stakeholders.
Ability to lead and coordinate cross-functional teams without direct line authority.
Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams.
Comfortable with ambiguity and able to create structure in undefined situations.
Background in energy, infrastructure, or a related sector.

Nice to Have

Experience with large-scale infrastructure or datacenter development.
Relationships with Canadian federal or provincial government bodies relevant to energy, land use, or industrial development.
Experience managing or overseeing capital-intensive projects.
Familiarity with the compute, cloud, or datacenter industry.

Compensation and Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits.
Optional equity donation matching.
Generous vacation and parental leave.
Flexible working hours.
Office space for collaboration.

Skills

Compute Infrastructure, Datacenter Development, Energy, Infrastructure, Government Relations, Policy, Construction, Finance, Project Management, Cloud Computing