Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with priority civic and community stakeholders while supporting Development and Operations in managing project-specific relationships with elected officials, government staff, chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, workforce boards, schools, colleges, faith leaders, HOAs, adjacent landowners, and other influential stakeholders.
• Develop site-specific stakeholder maps with priority ranking, sentiment baselines, and named relationship owners.
• Assess community dynamics before public disclosure and lead early, plain-language engagement to build understanding, address concerns, and establish trusted channels for accurate information.
• During the acquisition stage, profile prospective communities to assess site-related community risk, informing go/no-go decisions and site strategy ahead of land acquisition and public disclosure.
• Develop and execute site engagement plans aligned to the Acquisition, Development, Construction, and Operations lifecycle, sequencing activities by site risk, schedule, and public visibility.
• Plan and coordinate community meetings and open houses, including visual materials, viewshed information, contact intake, attendance tracking, real-time issue logging, and post-meeting summaries.
• Coordinate Data Center 101 briefings and site tours with decision makers where appropriate.
• Maintain an issues log and “What We Heard / How We Responded” documentation, routing questions to named owners and closing the loop within defined response standards.
• Track community sentiment through baseline and post-engagement readouts, monitor opposition intensity, and report changes in community risk to leadership.
• Identify and escalate emerging community, political, and reputational risks, and coordinate response strategies with Development, Operations, Legal, Marketing and Communications, and executive leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in community development, public affairs, communications, political science, urban planning, nonprofit management, business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 7+ years or progressively responsible experience in community engagement, public affairs, government relations, economic development, stakeholder management, or a closely related field, preferably supporting infrastructure, energy, industrial, technology, or large-scale real estate development.
• Demonstrated ability to build trust with local officials, community leaders, and residents, and to manage sensitive or contested public processes.
• Strong project-management skills with the ability to manage multiple sites, deadlines, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including public meeting facilitation.
• Experience maintaining stakeholder data, issue trackers, dashboards, or engagement reports.
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule with regular in-office work days
• Ability to travel up to 50% within the assigned market(s), including overnight travel and occasional evening or weekend meetings and events. Location within or near the assigned market is preferred.

Preferred

• Direct experience with land entitlement, zoning, or public-hearing processes for large development or infrastructure projects.
• Established relationships with economic development, workforce, education, or civic organizations within the assigned market.
• Experience managing external agencies or consultants and coordinating multi-stakeholder engagement campaigns.
• Familiarity with data center, energy, or industrial development and associated community concerns (power, water, traffic, noise, viewshed).
• Experience shaping community benefit or investment frameworks tied to measurable public outcomes.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Wellness Resources