Community Engagement Manager, Data Centers (Louisiana)

Location: Remote-friendly, United States; must be based in Louisiana or willing to relocate there. Regular travel across Louisiana is required, up to 50% of the time, with occasional travel to other data center markets. Staff are expected to work from an Anthropic office at least 25% of the time.

Annual salary: $265,000–$295,000 USD

Company

Anthropic builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems intended to be safe and beneficial for users and society.

What you will do

• Build sustained relationships with parish and municipal officials, community organizations, civic leaders, educational institutions, workforce partners, and infrastructure districts.
• Develop and execute community engagement strategies across data center site selection, pre-development, construction, and operations.
• Host education sessions, listening sessions, town halls, planning hearings, and community events while representing Anthropic in local media.
• Monitor community sentiment and local political dynamics, advising Policy, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Communications, Energy, and Sustainability teams on risks and opportunities.
• Coordinate charitable giving, community investment, economic development commitments, and nonprofit partnerships.
• Build a scalable community engagement playbook and repeatable processes for future infrastructure markets.

Requirements

• Experience in community affairs, public affairs, economic development, government relations, local or state government, or a related field.
• Direct experience engaging parish and municipal governments and community stakeholders on large infrastructure, construction, energy, or technology projects.
• Strong relationship-building, coalition-building, written communication, verbal communication, and public representation skills.
• Ability to translate complex operational plans into clear language for officials, residents, and reporters.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and professional experience.
• Must be based in Louisiana or willing to relocate there and prepared to travel regularly across the state.

Nice to have

• 7+ years of community engagement experience involving data centers, utilities, energy, industrial infrastructure, or local government.
• Knowledge of parish and municipal land use, zoning, permitting, and industrial tax incentive processes.
• Experience with corporate social responsibility, economic development, workforce, civic, or Tribal nation engagement programs.
• Understanding of coastal, flood, hurricane resilience, power, water, and land-use issues.

Culture & Benefits

• Visa sponsorship is available, with immigration-lawyer support, although sponsorship cannot be guaranteed for every role or candidate.
• Flexible working hours and a location-based hybrid policy with at least 25% office attendance.
• Competitive compensation, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation, and parental leave.
• Collaborative work across research, policy, infrastructure, communications, and sustainability teams.