Community Engagement Manager (Data Centres)

Location: Alberta, Canada; remote-friendly within Canada, with at least 25% office attendance expected and regular regional travel of up to 50%.

Company

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

What you will do

• Build sustained relationships with municipal and provincial governments, community organizations, economic development groups, educational institutions, workforce partners, and civic leaders.
• Develop and execute community engagement strategies across data centre site selection, pre-development, construction, and long-term operations.
• Build coalitions, host education and listening sessions, and design solutions that deliver benefits to local communities.
• Represent Anthropic at public forums, town halls, planning hearings, community events, and in local media.
• Monitor community sentiment and political dynamics, advising internal teams on engagement risks, opportunities, and timing.
• Coordinate community investment, charitable giving, economic development commitments, nonprofit partnerships, and scalable engagement processes.

Requirements

• Experience in community affairs, public affairs, economic development, government relations, municipal or provincial government, or a related field.
• Direct experience engaging municipal councils, administrations, and provincial governments on large infrastructure, construction, energy, or technology projects.
• Strong relationship-building, coalition-building, written communication, verbal communication, and public representation skills.
• Ability to explain complex operational plans in plain language, work independently, and manage multiple engagements across markets.
• Based in Alberta, Canada or willing to relocate there, with regular travel across the region.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education, training, and/or relevant experience.

Nice to have

• 7+ years of community engagement experience involving data centres, utilities, energy, large-scale industrial infrastructure, or local government.
• Familiarity with land use, zoning, and municipal or provincial development permitting.
• Experience managing corporate social responsibility programs and relationships with economic development, workforce, or civic organizations.
• Experience collaborating with real estate, legal, communications, and policy teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work environment focused on large-scale AI research and trustworthy AI.
• Flexible working hours and a hybrid office policy.
• Competitive compensation and benefits, generous vacation, and parental leave.
• Optional equity donation matching and office-based collaboration.
• Visa sponsorship is available, subject to role and candidate eligibility; immigration lawyer support is provided.

Hiring process

• Applicants may use AI in the application process according to Anthropic’s candidate AI usage policy.
• Recruiter communications come from Anthropic or identified vetted recruiting agencies.