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

Success in this role is a highly available, 24x7x365 database infrastructure that every Anthropic service can depend on, across regions, clouds, and deployment models.

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

You may be a good fit if you

• 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)
• Are 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
• Are passionate about Anthropic's mission and interested in the challenges of operating AI infrastructure safely and reliably