Technical Program Manager (Databases)

Join Anthropic, a leading AI safety and research company, as a Technical Program Manager for our databases. In this role, you will drive the strategy and execution of our database infrastructure, ensuring high availability and scalability across regions, clouds, and deployment models. You will coordinate with various partners, manage external vendor relationships, and create program documentation. This position offers comprehensive benefits, a competitive salary, and the opportunity to make a significant impact in the field of AI.

• Own the roadmap and execution across all three strategy pillars, turning architectural direction into sequenced, deliverable programs.
• Coordinate across an unusually broad set of partners: database vendors, hyperscalers, internal platform teams, and infrastructure teams.
• Drive the dependencies, risks, and tradeoffs that come with operating databases as critical infrastructure for every service at Anthropic.
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence without authority
• Are passionate about Anthropic's mission and interested in the challenges of operating AI infrastructure safely and reliably
• Thrive in unstructured environments with a knack for bringing order to chaos and creating clarity in ambiguous situations
• Have several years of experience in technical program management, with a track record of successfully delivering complex, cross-functional programs
• Are highly organized and can manage multiple parallel workstreams effectively across distributed teams
• Have experience with database, storage, or core infrastructure programs and can engage meaningfully with the engineers who design and operate them
• Have managed external vendor or cloud provider relationships at the working level, including commitments, escalations, and joint roadmaps
• Have experience with cross-region, multi-cloud, or hybrid cloud infrastructure (preferred but not required)
• Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
• Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed