Lead, Data Center Security Delivery at Anthropic

Role overview

The Lead, Data Center Security Delivery (Construction to Operations) opening at Anthropic is centered on Deliver technical or research work for data center security delivery from construction to operations. The employer also lists Collaborate with research, engineering, security, infrastructure and operations teams. and Improve reliability, testing, documentation and operational readiness. These responsibilities define the practical scope more clearly than the job title: applicants should be ready to explain what they have built, supported or delivered that relates directly to this work. The listing summary says: Anthropic is hiring a lead, data center security delivery focused on data center security delivery from construction to operations. The source material available for this page does not provide a complete technology list.

The posting identifies Representation and escalation: represent security in design reviews, owner-architect-contractor (OAC) meetings, and change management; coordinate integrators, general… and Have personally delivered the physical security scope on new-build data center (or comparable critical-infrastructure) construction projects (design reviews through… as relevant qualifications. Candidates should connect these requirements to evidence from their own work, including their individual contribution, technical decisions and outcomes. The listing describes the work arrangement as remote and gives the location as Remote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CA. Confirm country eligibility, travel, employment terms and any details absent from this summary directly with Anthropic before applying. This overview is based on the employer-provided posting; it does not infer team structure or expectations that the source does not state.

Responsibilities

• Deliver technical or research work for data center security delivery from construction to operations.
• Collaborate with research, engineering, security, infrastructure and operations teams.
• Improve reliability, testing, documentation and operational readiness.
• Translate complex technical questions into measurable systems or research outcomes.

Qualifications

• Representation and escalation: represent security in design reviews, owner-architect-contractor (OAC) meetings, and change management; coordinate integrators, general contractors, and operator counterparts on security system installation, testing, and commissioning; surface schedule and readiness risks early, with options, to DCSE leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Have personally delivered the physical security scope on new-build data center (or comparable critical-infrastructure) construction projects (design reviews through construction, commissioning, and turnover to operations) and can name the sites and your role on them.
• Have run milestone- or commissioning-acceptance processes: FAT/SAT, punch lists, turnover documentation, formal sign-off.
• Have held an operator, landlord, or vendor accountable to contractual security obligations, with evidence rather than assurances.
• Are comfortable being the person who says "not ready", and can do it in a way that produces a plan rather than a standoff.
• Can absorb the operational noise of multiple concurrent construction sites and still drive each one toward its handover date.
• Can author requirements, standards, and process documents that get adopted, and are willing to rewrite your own when they fail in the field.
• Work through influence with general contractors, integrators, operators, and internal partners; you shape decisions rather than block them.
• CPP (Certified Protection Professional) or PSP (Physical Security Professional) certification, or commissioning credentials.
• Hyperscaler or major colocation new-build delivery experience.
• Experience on both sides of an operator/tenant relationship.
• Construction management or owner's-representative background.
• Experience in regulated or high-assurance environments.
• The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

Technology in this role

• CAN: Have personally delivered the physical security scope on new-build data center (or comparable critical-infrastructure) construction projects (design reviews through construction, commissioning, and turnover to operations) and can name the sites and your role on .

Role-specific candidate guide

Preparation notes based on the employer’s stated responsibilities and qualifications.

Understanding the scope. This Lead, Data Center Security Delivery (Construction to Operations) position at Anthropic is best assessed through the work described in the employer’s posting, rather than the title alone. The available role overview says: “The Lead, Data Center Security Delivery (Construction to Operations) opening at Anthropic is centered on Deliver technical or research work for data center security delivery from construction to operations. The employer…” Read that statement together with the responsibilities below to understand the likely balance between delivery, coordination and technical decision-making. The role belongs to the security area, but that label is only a guide to the work; the employer’s own requirements remain decisive. Before applying, check the original listing for reporting lines, product or team assignment, employment terms and any details that may have changed since this copy was checked. Where this page says a fact is not specified, treat it as an open question rather than an implied promise.

What the responsibilities signal. The posting specifically names “Deliver technical or research work for data center security delivery from construction to operations.”; “Collaborate with research, engineering, security, infrastructure and operations teams.”; “Improve reliability, testing, documentation and operational readiness.”. For each duty, identify a project where you.

Benefits

• Remote-friendly United States arrangement as stated; travel or office requirements vary by role.
• Opportunity to support Anthropic’s frontier AI and safety mission.

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

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