Head of Corporate Communications

Fermi Inc•Dallas, GA

About The Position

Fermi America is building Project Matador, a 17GW private power and AI infrastructure campus in the Texas Panhandle. The campus integrates natural gas, nuclear, utility power, solar, and battery storage to support hyperscale AI and advanced computing. As construction accelerates and the company's public profile grows, Fermi is hiring a communications leader to define, strengthen, and protect its reputation. The Head of Corporate Communications is Fermi America's senior communications leader and primary steward of its brand and corporate narrative. The role develops and leads integrated communications for customers, employees, investors, media, policymakers, community partners, prospective employees, and the public. It owns external communications, media relations, executive communications, issues and crisis response, brand presence, and corporate content, while dedicating approximately 20–30% of its scope to employee communications, culture, and employer brand. This is a hands-on leadership position requiring executive counsel, rapid media response, high-stakes writing, spokesperson preparation, and development of communications processes for a rapidly scaling public company. The role may begin as a senior individual contributor and agency leader, with the opportunity to build an internal communications team as the company grows.

Requirements

12 or more years of progressive experience in corporate communications, public affairs, media relations, or reputation management.
Significant experience advising senior executives in a public company, highly regulated business, major infrastructure organization, or other high-visibility environment.
Demonstrated success leading media strategy, issues management, and crisis communications.
Exceptional writing and editing skills, including the ability to explain technically complex or sensitive subjects clearly without sacrificing accuracy.
Strong relationships with relevant national, business, technology, energy, infrastructure, or trade media.
Experience coordinating communications with Legal, Investor Relations, Finance, HR, and operational leaders.
Judgment, discretion, and composure in managing confidential information and time-sensitive situations.
A player-coach mindset and willingness to execute personally while building the function.
Experience selecting and managing communications agencies and external partners.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
Outstanding judgment and credibility with senior executives.
Calm and decisive under pressure.
Direct, intellectually curious, and highly responsive.
Able to challenge assumptions constructively and protect the company's long-term reputation.
Comfortable operating with urgency, ambiguity, and high expectations.
Collaborative without requiring formal authority.
Commitment to accuracy, accountability, and trust.

Nice To Haves

Experience in energy, utilities, nuclear power, data centers, artificial intelligence infrastructure, engineering, construction, or another capital-intensive sector.
Communications experience involving a publicly traded company, major development project, regulatory process, or complex stakeholder environment.
Familiarity with SEC disclosure considerations and coordination between corporate communications and investor relations.
Experience supporting employer brand, employee engagement, and organizational change.
Experience building a communications function in a high-growth or entrepreneurial organization.

Responsibilities

Develop and own Fermi America's enterprise communications strategy, message architecture, and corporate narrative.
Translate complex energy, nuclear, infrastructure, construction, financial, and AI-related developments into clear and compelling communications.
Ensure consistent communications across corporate, commercial, investor, employee, recruiting, and community channels.
Identify reputational opportunities and risks and advise leadership on responses.
Serve as the central point of contact for media inquiries and establish a company-wide process routing inquiries through Corporate Communications.
Build relationships with national, trade, financial, technology, energy, and regional media.
Generate accurate, high-value coverage of company progress, partnerships, accomplishments, and leadership.
Prepare press releases, statements, talking points, media briefs, fact sheets, FAQs, and executive responses.
Monitor external coverage and public conversation, correct material inaccuracies, and provide timely intelligence to leadership.
Oversee media monitoring, sentiment analysis, share-of-voice reporting, and communications performance metrics.
Build and maintain an issues-management and crisis-communications framework and lead communications in sensitive, rapidly developing, or high-profile situations.
Coordinate crisis and other sensitive communications with the CEO, Legal, Investor Relations, Finance, Operations, Safety, Regulatory Affairs, and other relevant leaders.
Develop scenario plans, holding statements, escalation protocols, spokesperson assignments, and response playbooks.
Apply sound judgment regarding public-company disclosure requirements and ensure communications receive appropriate review.
Advise the CEO and executive leadership team on communications.
Develop speeches, presentations, opinion pieces, interview materials, employee messages, and other executive content.
Prepare and coach executives for media interviews, customer engagements, conferences, community meetings, and internal events.
Identify opportunities to position Fermi's leaders as authoritative voices in energy, AI infrastructure, national security, and economic development.
Partner with HR and executive leadership to build an employee-communications program.
Create a regular cadence of company updates, leadership messages, town halls, milestone communications, and organizational announcements.
Help employees understand the company's strategy, progress, priorities, and their role in delivering Project Matador.
Support communications related to organizational change, growth, policies, benefits, safety, and culture.
Establish employee-feedback channels and measure internal communications effectiveness.
Own Fermi's brand positioning, visual identity, and messaging standards across corporate, commercial, and recruiting communications.
Own the corporate website, newsroom, social media, video, and other owned-content channels, including strategy and editorial standards.
Maintain brand and editorial standards for company-wide communications.
Help develop recruiting campaigns, candidate materials, employer-brand messaging, and employee stories.
Manage communications agencies, consultants, monitoring platforms, and other external resources.
Establish editorial calendars, approval workflows, spokesperson protocols, and communications policies.
Build a scalable communications capability and recommend future team structure and resources.
Maintain a productive partnership with Investor Relations, with Investor Relations leading investor engagement and financial communications, and Corporate Communications leading enterprise reputation, media relations, and the broader corporate narrative.