# Compute Country Lead, Japan

**Company**: Anthropic
**Location**: Tokyo
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116758847

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## Description

Anthropic is scaling its compute capabilities internationally, expanding its presence in new countries. We're seeking a Country Lead for Japan to oversee our compute strategy, leading a team of cross-functional experts in site selection, leasing, energy, financing, government relations, policy, community engagement, construction, and operations. This role involves coordinating and driving accountability across workstreams while representing Anthropic externally with government and industry counterparts in Japan.

## 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 including 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.

## Requirements

- 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.

## Nice to have

- Prior experience with large-scale infrastructure or datacenter development.

- Existing relationships with Japanese federal or provincial government bodies relevant to energy, land use, or industrial development.

- Experience managing or overseeing capital-intensive projects.

- Familiarity with the compute, cloud, or datacenter industry.

## 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: Correlates with internal job level requirements for the position.

- Location-based hybrid policy: Staff expected to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time.

- Visa sponsorship: Available, with efforts made to secure visas for successful candidates.

## Benefits

Anthropic offers competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space.

## Skills

### Required
- leadership
- cross-functional team management
- government relations
- energy industry knowledge
- infrastructure development
- problem-solving
- communication

### Nice to have
- large-scale infrastructure development
- datacenter development
- capital-intensive project management
- compute industry familiarity

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