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Compute Country Lead, Japan

Anthropic· Compute
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TokyoFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Country Lead responsible for the end-to-end compute build-out strategy and coordination in Japan, acting as the in-country owner of Anthropic's compute strategy and cross-functional program leadership to bring gigawatts of compute online.

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.

Qualifications

  • 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.

Skills

Required:In-country cross-functional leadershipStakeholder engagement with government and energy sectorSite selection and project coordinationRisk tracking and program managementRegulatory and market context translation
Last updated Aug 12, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Anthropic

building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

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