Technical Program Manager, Databases

About the role

Anthropic's databases underpin every service the company runs: Claude, our APIs, and the internal systems behind them. We're hiring a Technical Program Manager to drive the strategy and execution that takes this infrastructure to the next level of availability and scale. The mandate centers on three interlocking strategies:

• Cross-region: how our databases achieve resilience and locality across geographic regions
• Multi-cloud: how we run and operate databases across multiple hyperscalers
• Private, public, and hybrid cloud: how our database footprint spans owned, cloud, and mixed environments

Responsibilities

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
Manage external vendor and hyperscaler relationships at the working level: commitments, escalations, and joint roadmaps
Drive the dependencies, risks, and tradeoffs that come with operating databases as critical infrastructure for every service at Anthropic
Create program documentation including roadmaps, status reports, risk assessments, and communication plans
Facilitate technical decision-making by bringing together stakeholders, driving consensus, and ensuring timely resolution of blocking issues

Qualifications

• Have several years of experience in technical program management, with a track record of successfully delivering complex, cross-functional programs
• 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)
• Be highly organized and can manage multiple parallel workstreams effectively across distributed teams
• Thrive in unstructured environments with a knack for bringing order to chaos and creating clarity in ambiguous situations
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence without authority
• Be passionate about Anthropic's mission and interested in the challenges of operating AI infrastructure safely and reliably

Pay

The annual compensation range for this role is $365,000 - $435,000 USD.

Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
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

Location-based hybrid policy

We currently expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship

We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.