Transaction Manager, Canada

As a Transaction Manager for Canada at Anthropic, you'll drive the commercial sourcing and transaction execution process for Canadian data center capacity deals.

Responsibilities:

• Help identify data center capacity opportunities and options through management of network relationships across data center developer, broker, and power contacts.
• Lead the RFP and commercial sourcing process for Canadian data center deals, managing developer outreach, proposal evaluation, and competitive selection across multiple markets.
• Negotiate term sheets and manage the LOI process, structuring commercial terms that meet Anthropic's technical and business requirements while maintaining strong developer partnerships.
• Create the bridge from LOI to executed transaction, ensuring all commercial, technical, and legal requirements are satisfied for deal closure.
• Serve as project manager for cross-functional stakeholder engagement, coordinating due diligence teams, internal and external legal counsel, network organization, and platform.
• Act as the single point of contact (SPOC) for auxiliary organizations, providing regular updates on transaction progress and leasing process status.
• Develop and maintain transaction timelines, tracking critical path items and proactively identifying risks that could impact deal closure.
• Document and refine transaction processes and playbooks to enable scalable deal execution as Anthropic expands its infrastructure footprint.
• Ensure all stakeholder requirements are captured and addressed in commercial agreements, translating technical and operational needs into contractual terms.
• Manage complex digital infrastructure development activities to a construction-ready state.
• Marry the right projects, capital stacks, and developers at the right stages.
• Support the development of the long-term data center supply strategy.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in transaction management, commercial real estate, data center leasing, or infrastructure procurement.
• Proven track record of managing complex, multi-stakeholder transactions from sourcing through execution.
• Strong negotiation skills with experience structuring term sheets, LOIs, and commercial agreements.
• Excellent project management skills, able to coordinate across legal, technical, finance, and operational teams.
• Experience with RFP processes and competitive sourcing for large-scale infrastructure or real estate transactions.
• Exceptional communication skills, able to serve as an effective liaison between internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail, maintaining focus on strategic deal objectives.
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to build trust with diverse stakeholder groups.
• Expertise in the Canadian Leasing Compute space.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with data center or hyperscale infrastructure transactions.
• Understanding of technical requirements for AI/ML workloads.
• Familiarity with data center developer ecosystems and market dynamics.
• Experience in high-growth technology companies managing infrastructure expansion.
• Background in corporate development, strategic partnerships, or infrastructure investment.