Infrastructure Communications Lead

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$185K/yr – $300K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 21 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and coordinate external storytelling and policy alignment for data center projects, linking permitting, community engagement, and communications, while shaping energy policy approaches and turning policy considerations into practical recommendations.

  • Align permitting, community engagement, and communications to support project progress.
  • Shape energy policy approaches and translate policy into actionable recommendations.
  • Connect policy, communications, and project teams to reflect development needs.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner with permitting and community-engagement teams to understand local concerns and support project progress.
  • Support press and storytelling around community engagement projects in our local data center communities in partnership with our Community Engagement Leads.
  • Help craft and scale our communication narrative around our operating principals as we scale our infrastructure footprint.
  • Develop clear narratives and communications that explain projects, energy needs and policy positions to relevant stakeholders.
  • Connect policy, communications and project teams so messages and actions reflect development needs.
  • Build alignment across teams, influence decisions and help resolve issues that span policy, communications and development.
  • Think creatively about communications and the channels used, working with the Public Affairs teams to deliver integrated execution of initiatives.
  • Help shape energy policy approaches that support data center development and translate policy considerations into practical recommendations.

Preferred

  • 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)
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OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit.To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership.At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

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Posted range

$185K/yr – $300K/yr

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Infrastructure Communications Lead

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