Data Center Design Execution Lead
Anthropic
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $290,000 - $365,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Drive execution of Anthropic’s technical requirements for third-party datacenter delivery partners, ensuring design intent is consistently translated from BOD through construction documents.
- Define the design execution framework—deliverable requirements, review gates, and quality standards—for each partner engagement.
- Drive accountability for partner deliverable quality across milestones, evaluating deliverables for cross-discipline consistency and alignment to Anthropic’s requirements.
- Partner with external design teams and stakeholders to execute design document development and issuance across all project phases.
- Own the design change management process across projects, ensuring technical decisions are documented, resolved, and implemented through construction.
- Review and develop responses to contractor RFIs, maintaining design intent while accommodating field conditions.
- Own technical continuity across design, construction, commissioning, and turnover, driving alignment between internal leads on phase transition standards and acceptance criteria.
- Support project closeout and as-built documentation processes.
- Facilitate constructability review processes between design and construction teams, identifying integration risks and maintaining alignment between design intent and field execution as conditions evolve.
- Identify and mitigate design risks; ensure robust QA/QC practices across the design and construction lifecycle.
- Perform project site reviews and deliver technical reports on design compliance and construction progress.
- Interface with internal stakeholders—construction execution, supply chain, facilities operations, and security—to align design solutions with technical and business objectives.
- Partner with internal teams to define infrastructure requirements and translate them into actionable design criteria for external partners.
- Identify and implement opportunities for process improvements, design optimization, and schedule/performance/cost tradeoffs.
- Review commissioning scripts and final reports to validate performance and functionality against Anthropic’s standards.
Requirements
- 10+ years in datacenter or mission-critical infrastructure delivery, spanning design and delivery phases.
- Direct experience in owner’s engineer or technical oversight roles—not purely design production or purely project management.
- Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and cooling systems in datacenter environments.
- Experience managing design change processes, RFIs, and construction documentation workflows.
- Track record of coordinating across multiple disciplines and organizations on complex infrastructure projects.
- Deep knowledge of industry standards, building codes, and safety standards applicable to mission-critical facilities.
- Comfortable operating with authority in ambiguous environments where processes need to be built, not just followed.
- BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Architecture, or related field.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
- Lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
design execution frameworkdesign change managementQA/QC practicesmechanical systemselectrical systemscooling systemsconstruction documentation workflowscommissioning scriptstechnical reportsdesign optimization
Soft Skills
accountabilitystakeholder engagementprocess improvementrisk identificationcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingleadershipadaptabilitydecision-making
Certifications
BS in Mechanical EngineeringBS in Electrical EngineeringBS in Architecture