Transaction Manager – Data Center Deals (Canada)

About the role

As a Transaction Manager for Canada at Anthropic, you’ll drive the commercial sourcing and transaction execution process for Canadian data center capacity deals, leading RFPs, negotiating term sheets, and ensuring seamless stakeholder alignment from sourcing through lease execution.

Key responsibilities

• Identify data center capacity opportunities and manage network relationships with developers, brokers, and power contacts.
• Lead RFP and commercial sourcing processes, handling developer outreach, proposal evaluation, and competitive selection across multiple markets.
• Negotiate term sheets and manage LOI processes, structuring commercial terms that meet technical and business requirements while maintaining strong developer partnerships.
• Bridge 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, legal counsel, and network organization.
• Act as single point of contact for auxiliary organizations, providing regular updates on transaction progress and leasing status.
• Develop and maintain transaction timelines, track critical path items, and proactively identify risks that could impact deal closure.
• Document and refine transaction processes and playbooks to enable scalable deal execution as Anthropic expands its infrastructure footprint.
• Manage complex digital infrastructure development activities to a construction‑ready state, aligning projects, capital stacks, and developers.
• Support the development of the long‑term data center supply strategy.

Required profile

• 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 ability, coordinating legal, technical, finance, and operational teams simultaneously.
• Experience with RFP processes and competitive sourcing for large‑scale infrastructure or real‑estate transactions.
• Exceptional communication skills and ability to serve as an effective liaison between internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail while maintaining focus on strategic deal objectives.
• Ability to operate effectively in fast‑paced, ambiguous environments where processes are built alongside execution.
• Collaborative mindset with a track record of building trust across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Expertise in the Canadian leasing compute space.

What we offer

• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Optional equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Flexible working hours.
• Access to a collaborative office space for in‑person collaboration.