Infrastructure Communications Lead

📋 Job Overview

Our team helps OpenAI advance data center development by connecting communications, permitting and community engagement. We work across the teams building these projects to bring community expertise and clear communication to practical development needs.

🏢 About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

🎯 The Role

We’re looking for a versatile communications and community engagement professional who can help move data center projects forward. You’ll combine community engagement with strong communication skills and experience in permitting and public meetings. This role calls for someone who can influence across organizational boundaries, build understanding among stakeholders and step into the work where they can be most useful. This position has a strong external focus, crafting and sharing our data center narrative with a strong impact on policy-making through advocacy and press stakeholder management. This position will also have a major impact on the way OpenAI is perceived by other players in the industry and by the wider public.

✅ Key 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.

📌 Required Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to make complex issues clear to different audiences.
• Practical experience crafting a positive narrative for the data center industry, and a track record of influencing across teams and taking ownership in ambiguous situations.
• Experience in and supporting public meetings, events, and announcements.
• Experience managing social media messaging and campaigns in support of project initiatives
• Media training and have experience working with senior leadership to prep for media
• Experience in energy policy and an ability to connect policy decisions to infrastructure development.

⭐ Desirable Experience

• 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)

🎁 Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
401(k) retirement plan with employer match
Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
Mental health and wellness support
Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
Relocation support for eligible employees
Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.