Infrastructure Communications Lead

The role

This professional will advance data center development by connecting communications, permitting, and community engagement. You will craft narratives, support press and storytelling, and influence stakeholders to support infrastructure and energy policy.

What you will do

• Partner with permitting and community-engagement teams to support project progress.
• Support press and storytelling around community engagement projects in local data center communities.
• Help craft and scale the communication narrative around operating principals.
• Develop clear narratives and communications explaining projects, energy needs and policy positions.
• Connect policy, communications and project teams.
• Build alignment across teams and help resolve issues spanning policy, communications and development.
• Work with Public Affairs teams to deliver integrated execution of initiatives.
• Help shape energy policy approaches that support data center development.

Required qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Practical experience crafting a positive narrative for the data center industry.
• Track record of influencing across teams and taking ownership in ambiguous situations.
• Experience in and supporting public meetings, events, and announcements.
• Experience managing social media messaging and campaigns in support of project initiatives.
• Media training and experience working with senior leadership to prep for media.
• Experience in energy policy and an ability to connect policy decisions to infrastructure development.

Nice to have

• Experience running a high stakes media campaign
• Experience supporting data center development or comparable energy and infrastructure projects
• Experience with policy communication (on energy for example)

Before you apply

• Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law.

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.