Data Center Supply Planning Lead

Anthropic$320K — $405K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in supply/capacity planning or portfolio management in data centers or similar infrastructure.
  • Deep understanding of the data center buildout lifecycle from design to deployment.
  • Proven ability to architect supply planning processes and continuously improve them.
  • Experience with designing and automating planning models and tools, preferably with AI involvement.
  • Strong track record of influencing cross-functional partners to drive outcomes in complex projects.
  • Experience in capacity planning or S&OP at large industrial operators or hyperscalers.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage the integrated data center supply forecast and planning assumptions.
  • Facilitate data center portfolio reviews to assess supply states and decisions needed.
  • Collaborate with technical and program management teams to align hall readiness with chip supply strategies.
  • Run scenario assessments to evaluate impacts of delivery date or resource changes on planning.
  • Strategize inventory allocation for long-lead resources to enhance operational flexibility.
  • Establish processes for new site delivery tracking and change management.
  • Support internal tooling team in building a delivery planning system-of-record.

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship is available for eligible candidates.
  • Hybrid work model with a 25% in-office expectation.
  • Encouragement to apply for candidates from diverse backgrounds.
  • Commitment to employee representation and perspective inclusivity.
Full Job Description
About the role

Anthropic is rapidly scaling our compute infrastructure across a portfolio of datacenter builds with multiple developer partnerships. The Data Center Planning team owns the integrated view of that supply: compute allocation, decision locks, delivery progress, as well as the frameworks and tooling that underpin all of it.

We're looking for a versatile Data Center Supply Planning Lead to help build and drive the plan for data center delivery. This role has a broad view of the portfolio: you will drive the supply model that ties our accelerator/compute supply and capacity targets to the site pipeline, use it to prioritize which opportunities we pursue and how we configure them, and turn the reasoning into principles as the portfolio grows. You will also have a deep understanding of our active sites, and will build supply forecasts that our partners mobilize against and our internal teams rely on. This is a highly cross-functional role that will work closely with our deal, design, engineering, delivery, and demand planning teams to drive the framework and processes that move sites to operational readiness.

Responsibilities
  • Build the integrated data center supply forecast and planning assumptions behind it: committed plus pipeline supply - by site, design, accelerator type, and tranche - against growth targets
  • Support and evolve data center portfolio reviews that ground our teams on the current state of supply, decisions needed, and their downstream impacts
  • Partner with technical program management, delivery, and demand planning teams so that hall readiness, install plans, and chip supply stay in sync as any of the three moves
  • Build and run scenarios: assess what happens to the plan if a delivery date, chip tranche, or a target changes; and develop solvers that recommend how to close gaps
  • Plan for the long-lead resources we should hold in inventory to create optionality and how they should be allocated strategically
  • Shape the process by which a new site enters delivery tracking, and the change-management process by which a date change flows to downstream teams
  • Support the buildout of a delivery planning system-of-record; partner with our internal tooling team on the build


You may be a good fit if you
  • Have led supply/capacity planning or portfolio management for data centers, power, or similar capital-intensive infrastructure
  • Have architected supply planning processes and driven their cadence with continuous improvement
  • Have redesigned a delivery or deployment process at scale and can point to what it improved
  • Know the full data center buildout lifecycle, from acquisition, design, and sourcing through construction, commissioning, and deployment
  • Have built planning models/tools with the goal of automation, while leveraging AI-assisted development
  • Proactively surface opportunities and risk across functions and drive resolution
  • Have a track record of driving outcomes through influence with cross-functional partners


Strong candidates may also have
  • Capacity planning, S&OP, or deployment planning experience at a hyperscaler or large industrial operator
  • Supply chain, operations research, or optimization background (e.g. allocation, scheduling, design)
  • Experience defining requirements for, and standing up, an internal planning system-of-record
  • Published detailed forecasts that outside partners plan against


The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

For sales roles, the range provided is the role's On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary:

$320,000-$405,000 USD

Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience

Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.

About Anthropic

Anthropic is an artificial intelligence research lab that focuses on developing AI systems that are safe, reliable, and trustworthy. The company was founded in 2019 by Dr. Yoshua Bengio, a leading AI researcher and winner of the Turing Award. Anthropic's research is focused on developing AI systems that can learn from small amounts of data, reason about complex systems, and interact with humans in a natural way. The company is based in New York City and has a team of experienced AI researchers and engineers.
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