Compute Country Lead, Japan at Anthropic

Hybrid - Tokyo, Japan

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Anthropic is scaling compute internationally and seeks a Country Lead to own the compute strategy in Japan. The role leads a cross‑functional team coordinating leasing, energy, financing, government relations, construction, and operations, while representing Anthropic to external stakeholders and driving the build‑out of gigawatt‑scale compute infrastructure.

Requirements

Skills

  • Japanese national with established links into government and the energy industry strongly preferred
  • Structured thinker with a track record of learning new domains quickly and going deep fast
  • Excellent communicator, comfortable representing Anthropic to senior government, utility, and industry stakeholders
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate cross‑functional teams without direct line authority
  • Hyper‑organized and detail‑oriented, with the ability to own multiple concurrent workstreams at once
  • Comfortable with ambiguity; a problem solver who drives structure into undefined situations
  • Background in energy, infrastructure, or a related sector

Responsibilities

  • Own the end‑to‑end strategy and coordination for Anthropic's compute build‑out in Japan, from initial site selection through construction and operations
  • Serve as the primary point of accountability for cross‑functional workstreams: leasing, financing, energy, government relations/policy, community engagement, construction, and operations
  • Provide working leadership to the in‑country cross‑functional team, driving alignment and unblocking issues
  • Represent Anthropic with government officials, utilities, energy providers, and other external stakeholders in Japan
  • Build and maintain relationships within the Japanese government and the energy industry to support site, power, and policy outcomes
  • Track progress and surface risks across parallel workstreams as the country's compute footprint scales from initial sites to multiple gigawatts
  • Translate between Anthropic's global compute priorities and the specific regulatory, political, and market conditions in Japan

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