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Overview
OpenAI is seeking a Community Engagement Lead to build relationships with local communities for data center projects, ensuring community priorities are integrated into development strategies. OpenAI’s mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) which benefits all of humanity. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professionals into one lab together to accomplish this. In pursuit of this mission, and in close collaboration with our capital partners, OpenAI is embarking on a journey to build the world’s most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. The Industrial Compute team is central to this mission, setting the core infra strategy and implementing this vision. From site selection to the buildout process, this team sits at the intersection of commercial, technical, strategy, and operations, interacting with teams and executives inside and outside of OpenAI.
Key Responsibilities
- •Build and maintain relationships with local leaders, community organizations, NGOs, and residents.
- •Develop and execute community engagement strategies for new and existing sites.
- •Translate community feedback into actionable guidance to inform project decisions.
- •Represent OpenAI in public forums, hearings, and community events.
- •Support economic development on incentive compliance and community benefits.
- •Partner with the Environmental Lead on communicating environmental stewardship and sustainability efforts.
- •Develop proactive communications to address concerns, highlight benefits, and reduce risk of opposition, including during site selection and pre-development phases.
- •Monitor community sentiment and advise executives on risks and opportunities.
- •Create a community engagement playbook that can scale across geographies.
Qualifications
- •6+ years in community affairs, public engagement, or corporate communications.
- •Proven track record engaging diverse community stakeholders for large infrastructure or technology projects.
- •Strong public speaking and facilitation skills in high-stakes environments.
- •Ability to manage sensitive political and reputational issues.
- •Experience integrating community benefits (workforce, education, infrastructure support) into development strategies.
- •Collaborative and adaptable, with experience working across government, community, and corporate teams.