# Infrastructure Communications Lead

**Company**: OpenAI
**Location**: San Francisco
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full time
**Salary**: $185K - $300K
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124605186

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## Description

We are seeking a versatile communications and community engagement professional to join our Scaling team as an Infrastructure Communications Lead. You will combine community engagement with strong communication skills and experience in permitting and public meetings to help move data center projects forward.

**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.

**Requirements:**

- 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.

**Preferred Skills:**

- 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).

**Compensation:**

- $185K – $300K per year

- Offers Equity

- 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

- 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

## Skills

### Required
- communication skills
- community engagement
- permitting
- public meetings
- energy policy

### Nice to have
- media campaign
- data center development
- policy communication

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