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Community Engagement Manager, Data Centers (Indiana & Kentucky)

Anthropic· Public Policy
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Hybrid (Indiana and Kentucky)$265k - $295kfull-timePosted 6d ago

About the role

On-the-ground community liaison for Anthropic's data centers in Indiana and Kentucky, balancing policy, infrastructure, and community relations to ensure local engagement from site selection through operations.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain trusted, sustained relationships with county and municipal officials, economic development partners, community groups, educational institutions, and workforce partners in Indiana and Kentucky data center markets
  • Develop and execute a community engagement strategy for each market across site selection, pre-development, construction, and ongoing operations
  • Build external coalitions, host education and listening sessions, and design local solutions that deliver real benefits to communities
  • Represent Anthropic in public forums, town halls, planning hearings, community events, and local media
  • Monitor community sentiment and local political dynamics, advise internal teams on risks, opportunities, and engagement posture
  • Partner with Real Estate and Infrastructure team to integrate community input into project planning and delivery
  • Collaborate with Communications team to develop locally relevant messaging
  • Coordinate charitable giving, community investment, and economic development commitments in markets, including managing nonprofit partnerships
  • Partner with Energy and Sustainability team to explain environmental stewardship and address questions about power, water, and land use
  • Build a repeatable community engagement playbook and scalable processes for future expansion

Qualifications

  • Experience in community affairs, public affairs, economic development, government relations, or related field
  • Direct experience engaging with county/municipal governments and diverse community stakeholders on infrastructure, construction, energy, or technology projects
  • Strong relationship and coalition-building skills with ability to handle difficult conversations
  • Ability to represent the company credibly in public settings (town halls, hearings, press interviews)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to translate complex plans into plain language
  • Ability to work independently, learn quickly on policy issues, manage multiple engagements across markets
  • Based in Indiana or Kentucky or willing to relocate, with readiness to travel regularly across both states

Skills

Required:Relationship buildingPublic speaking and representationPolicy and stakeholder engagement

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • Optional equity donation matching
  • Generous vacation and parental leave
  • Flexible working hours
  • Office space for collaboration
Last updated Oct 21, 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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