Data Center Facility Operations Lead - Commissioning & Delivery

About this role

Lead commissioning, turn-up, and operational handover of new data center capacity across Anthropic’s infrastructure fleet. Develop scalable delivery standards and coordinate commissioning partners, vendors, and internal teams to bring mission-critical systems online safely and on schedule.

About the company

Anthropic builds reliable and interpretable AI systems, including the Claude family of models, for businesses and developers. The company focuses on AI safety research and practical AI assistants for enterprise and consumer use.

The team

Data Center Infrastructure organization

What you'll do

• Set commissioning strategy, acceptance criteria, milestones, and reporting methods
• Oversee third-party L1–L5 commissioning, turn-up, and handover of facility infrastructure
• Define standards for commissioning agents, contractors, and operators
• Establish functional and integrated systems testing and deficiency-tracking processes
• Improve time to capacity, equipment availability, cost, and delivery scalability
• Manage partner relationships and align delivery with Anthropic’s goals

What we're looking for

• 10+ years in data center commissioning, construction delivery, or facility operations
• Proven track record delivering mission-critical capacity on schedule
• Expertise in L1–L5 commissioning, testing, and operational handover
• Experience managing commissioning agents, general contractors, and equipment vendors
• Relevant bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Nice to have

• 15+ years delivering or commissioning large-scale data centers
• Critical facilities operations and maintenance leadership experience
• Understanding of AI/ML workload power, cooling, and network needs
• Experience with rear-door heat exchangers, cooling distribution units, or liquid-cooled HPC
• Experience managing colocation data centers or contract staffing vendors