Data Center Asset Management, Commercial Associate

Location: San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY; remote-friendly within the US with regular travel to US project sites. Staff are expected to be in one of the offices at least 25% of the time; the role is not site based and involves travel approximately 30% of the time.

Annual salary: $1–$2 USD.

Company

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

What you will do

• Run issues lists for live renegotiations and maintain consistency across term sheets, amendments, side letters, schedules, and other transaction documents.
• Prepare first drafts of term sheets, amendments, formal notices, and internal approval memos with in-house and outside counsel.
• Collect approvals from Finance, Legal, Construction, Power, and Operations.
• Manage day-to-day communications with developers and their counsel, including deliverables, dates, escalations, version control, notice calendars, and claims registers.
• Visit project sites, engage developer and landlord management, and convert construction observations into contract positions.
• Help onboard two senior contract specialists.

Requirements

• Experience carrying complex commercial agreements from term sheet to signature while managing the issues list, in real estate, energy, infrastructure, construction, or project finance.
• Ability to interpret leases, work letters, or construction contracts and explain risk allocation and missed-date consequences in plain English.
• Experience maintaining effective counterpart relationships during challenging, sustained negotiations.
• Ability to write concise approval memos for busy executives.
• Comfort walking construction sites and asking management direct questions.
• Strong attention to document versions and details under compressed timelines.
• Legal or commercial training; a law license is not required.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience, with a relevant field of study demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
• Required years of experience correlate with the internal job level requirements.

Nice to have

• Experience with data center, power, or heavy industrial development.
• Experience amending, restructuring, or working out distressed projects.
• Knowledge of lender consents and financing documents supporting a lease.
• Use of AI tools for document comparison, drafting, and tracking.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position with flexible working hours.
• Regular travel to US project sites; approximately 30% travel.
• Competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave.
• Collaborative office environment with frequent research discussions and emphasis on communication.
• Visa sponsorship may be available; sponsorship is evaluated by role and candidate, with immigration-lawyer support.

Hiring process

• Follow Anthropic’s policy for using AI during the application process.
• Legitimate recruiter communications come from @anthropic.com or identify a vetted recruiting agency; recruiters will not request money, fees, or banking information before the first day.