Data Center Energy Lead

The role

The Data Center Energy Lead will secure power capacity and accelerate energy delivery for AI compute footprint. This role involves leading multi-hundred megawatt procurement efforts and building strategic relationships with utilities, grid operators, and regulators.

What you will do

• Lead energy procurement and markets strategy to secure multi-hundred megawatt power capacity
• Own utility and regulatory stakeholder management across multiple jurisdictions
• Drive energy markets and policy strategy for AI compute facilities
• Partner with engineering and delivery teams to translate energy market dynamics into capacity acceleration strategies
• Develop deep market intelligence on regional power availability and transmission constraints
• Structure innovative commercial frameworks and partnership models

Required qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in energy procurement, utility development, or power markets for large-scale infrastructure projects
• Deep expertise in wholesale power markets, utility interconnection processes, and transmission system planning
• Experience securing 100+ MW of power capacity and navigating complex utility service agreements, power purchase agreements or other offtake agreement structures
• Proficiency in analyzing energy market dynamics, regulatory frameworks, and grid constraints
• Strong stakeholder management skills with utilities, ISOs/RTOs, regulators, policymakers and critical equipment vendors
• Excellent communication skills
• 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

• Past experience with energy procurement specifically for datacenters, high-performance computing, or AI/ML infrastructure
• Familiarity with hyperscale infrastructure requirements and unique power demands of large-scale AI training and inference workloads
• Experience with regulatory affairs, energy policy advocacy, or engagement with state/federal energy commissions (FERC, state PUCs)
• Background in transmission planning, interconnection study processes, or grid capacity analysis
• Understanding of emerging grid technologies (energy storage, demand response, distributed energy resources)
• Track record of structuring creative solutions to overcome grid constraints and compressed timelines in competitive power markets

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

About the company

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