Transaction Principal

The role

You will drive commercial sourcing and transaction execution for Australian data center capacity deals. You will lead RFP processes, negotiate term sheets, and coordinate with internal legal, finance, engineering, and network teams.

What you will do

• Lead the RFP and commercial sourcing process for Australian data center deals
• Negotiate term sheets and manage the LOI process
• Create the bridge from LOI to executed transaction
• Serve as project manager for cross-functional stakeholder engagement
• Act as the single point of contact for auxiliary organizations
• Develop and maintain transaction timelines
• Ensure all stakeholder requirements are addressed in commercial agreements
• Manage complex digital infrastructure development activities
• Marry the right projects, capital stacks, and developers
• Document and refine transaction processes and playbooks

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in transaction management, commercial real estate, data center leasing, or infrastructure procurement
• Proven track record of managing complex, multi-stakeholder transactions from sourcing through execution
• Strong negotiation skills with experience structuring term sheets, LOIs, and commercial agreements
• Experience with RFP processes and competitive sourcing for large-scale infrastructure or real estate transactions
• Experience working in or with Australian markets, with knowledge of the local real estate and development landscape
• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Field of study relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Nice to have

• Experience with data center or hyperscale infrastructure transactions specifically
• Experience from the development side of the industry
• Understand technical requirements for AI/ML workloads including power density, cooling, and network connectivity
• Worked with legal teams on complex lease negotiations or infrastructure agreements
• Understand utility coordination, power procurement, or energy considerations in data center transactions
• Relationships within the Australian data center developer and broker ecosystem
• Background in corporate development, strategic partnerships, or infrastructure investment
• Experience in high-growth technology companies managing infrastructure expansion

Benefits

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

Before you apply

• We do sponsor visas, but we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate

About the company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. Its mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.