Community Engagement Lead
About The Position
Fluidstack is seeking a Community Engagement Lead to be the primary external face for the company across active development sites. This role involves representing Fluidstack at various public forums, building and maintaining relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, and proactively identifying and mitigating political or reputational risks. The goal is to ensure community support and advocacy for Fluidstack's AI infrastructure projects, enabling the company to deploy compute power faster and at scale. The Public Affairs Team at Fluidstack works on critical issues such as shaping policy and regulations, building positive relationships with local communities and officials, and advocating for the company's interests to facilitate project development. This role is crucial for winning community trust and support, which is essential for the rapid deployment of AI infrastructure.
Requirements
- Experience as the named external face for a large infrastructure project, fielding opposition at public hearings and building coalitions that got something built.
- Experience managing a stakeholder map with genuine competing interests, elected officials, regulators, community organizations, utilities, and keeping relationships functional under pressure.
- Ability to spot political or reputational risk early enough to do something about it, and have changed a project outcome by catching something before it organized into opposition.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills to explain complex infrastructure stories to diverse audiences.
- Direct management experience with lobbyists, PR firms, or political consultants: setting briefs, holding them accountable, and stepping in when they weren't moving fast enough.
- Comfort with travel and sustained presence at active sites.
Nice To Haves
- Hyperscale or AI data center development experience.
- Energy procurement or grid interconnection communications experience.
- Experience with sustainability or environmental permitting narratives.
Responsibilities
- Represent Fluidstack at town halls, public hearings, planning commission meetings, and community events as the primary external face across active development sites.
- Build and hold relationships across a wide stakeholder matrix: elected officials, city and county staff, utility partners, school districts, workforce development organizations, nonprofits, and trade associations.
- Identify and get ahead of organized opposition before capital is committed, surfacing reputational, regulatory, and political risk in coordination with Development, Legal, and Commercial teams.
- Deploy community benefit commitments, including local hiring programs, educational partnerships, and grants, and write communications materials that translate infrastructure complexity into clear narratives for community, government, and executive audiences.
- Manage external partners, including lobbyists, consultants, and PR agencies, across multiple concurrent site campaigns.
Benefits
- Equity in the form of stock options
- Commitment to pay equity and transparency
- Equal Employment Opportunity Employer status
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
