Community Engagement Lead
Austin, TX, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, U.S. Remote, Seattle, WA$215k - $261kFull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Lead external engagement for Fluidstack’s infrastructure projects, representing the company at town halls, hearings, and community events; manage stakeholder relationships, mitigate risk, deploy community benefit programs, and coordinate with Legal, Development, and Commercial teams.
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.
Qualifications
- The candidate has been the named external face for a large infrastructure project, managing stakeholder maps with diverse interests and keeping relationships functioning under pressure.
- You have spot political or reputational risk early and altered project outcomes through proactive measures.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills across diverse audiences (city council members, nonprofits, executives).
- Experience directly managing lobbyists, PR firms, or political consultants with clear briefs and accountability.
- Willingness to travel and be present on-site at active development locations.
Skills
Required:External stakeholder managementPublic speaking and communicationsRisk identification and mitigation
Nice to have:Contract/vendor management
Last updated Sep 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Fluidstack
Fluidstack builds civilization-scale infrastructure for AI
Fluidstack builds civilization-scale infrastructure for AI, delivering gigawatts of compute in 6 months. We're leading the deployment of Anthropic's $50B compute build out.
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