Community Engagement Manager, Data Centers (Texas) at Anthropic | Austin, TX, US | Rezi

Community Engagement Manager, Data Centers (Texas) at Anthropic

Community Engagement Manager, Data Centers (Texas)

Anthropic · Austin, TX, US

1 months ago

Community Engagement Manager, Data Centers (Texas)

Anthropic · Austin, TX, US

a month ago
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About the Role

Anthropic is seeking a Community Engagement Manager in Texas to be the on-the-ground presence in communities where data centers are sited, built, and operated. This role focuses on building relationships to make Anthropic a trusted neighbor, translating technical plans into local benefits, and developing processes for expansion.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain trusted, sustained relationships with local elected officials, government agencies, economic development organizations, community groups, civic leaders, educational institutions, and workforce partners.
  • Develop and execute a community engagement strategy for each market, spanning site selection, pre-development, construction, and ongoing operations.
  • Build external coalitions, host education and listening sessions, and design local solutions that deliver real benefits to communities.
  • Represent Anthropic in public forums, town halls, planning hearings, community events, and local media.
  • Monitor community sentiment and local political dynamics, advising internal teams on risks, opportunities, and engagement strategy.
  • Partner with the Real Estate and Infrastructure team to integrate community input into project planning, communication, and delivery.
  • Work with the Communications team to develop proactive, locally relevant messaging.
  • Coordinate charitable giving, community investment, and economic development commitments, including managing nonprofit partner relationships.
  • Partner with the Energy and Sustainability team to explain environmental stewardship and address questions about power, water, and land use.
  • Build a community engagement playbook and repeatable processes that scale with Anthropic's infrastructure growth.

Requirements

  • Experience in community affairs, public affairs, economic development, government relations, local or regional government, or a closely related field.
  • Direct experience working for or engaging with local governments and community stakeholders on behalf of large infrastructure, construction, energy, or technology projects.
  • Working understanding of how local politics and community dynamics play out.
  • Skilled relationship and coalition builder who earns trust with diverse stakeholders and maintains relationships through difficult conversations.
  • Ability to represent a company credibly in public settings (town halls, hearings, press interviews).
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex operational plans into plain language.
  • Ability to work independently, quickly learn complex policy issues, and manage multiple concurrent engagements across different markets.
  • Based in Texas or willing to relocate there.
  • Prepared to travel regularly across the region.

Skills

  • Community engagement
  • Public affairs
  • Economic development
  • Government relations
  • Relationship building
  • Coalition building
  • Public speaking
  • Written communication
  • Verbal communication
  • Independent work
  • Policy analysis
  • Project management

Location

  • Texas

Work Type

  • Hybrid

Experience Level

  • 7+ years of experience in community engagement specifically on data center, utility, energy, or large-scale industrial infrastructure projects, or in local government (preferred)
  • Minimum years of experience will correlate with internal job level requirements

Education Level

  • Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
  • Field of study relevant to the role

Salary/Compensations

  • $265,000—$295,000 USD

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Generous vacation
  • Parental leave
  • Flexible working hours
  • Optional equity donation matching

About the Company

  • Anthropic's mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems that are safe and beneficial for users and society.
  • The team is a quickly growing group of researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders.
  • Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco.
  • The company believes that high-impact AI research is big science, working as a single cohesive team on large-scale research efforts.
  • Values impact and advancing long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI.
  • Views AI research as an empirical science with connections to physics and biology.
  • Highly collaborative group with frequent research discussions.
  • Research directions include GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.

Equal Opportunity

  • 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.
  • Representation is important, and the company strives to include a diverse range of perspectives.
  • Anthropic recruiters only contact from @anthropic.com email addresses.
  • Be cautious of emails from other domains.
  • Legitimate Anthropic recruiters will never ask for money, fees, or banking information before your first day.