Senior Director, Communications & Community Partnerships

Accountabilities:

• Lead and expand education and community partnership programs with colleges, universities, workforce development organizations, and local stakeholders to support long-term engagement initiatives.

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with educators, civic leaders, community groups, and public officials across active and emerging markets.

• Represent the organization at industry events, educational forums, and community engagements while serving as a visible external ambassador.

• Develop and execute strategic communications initiatives including media outreach, press releases, executive messaging, and thought leadership content.

• Manage proactive and reactive media relations, including journalist outreach, media inquiries, and communications tracking.

• Oversee social media strategy and execution, ensuring brand consistency, audience engagement, and performance-driven content planning.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with teams across marketing, operations, public affairs, HR, development, and legal to align communications with broader business goals.

• Produce compelling written content such as blogs, articles, award submissions, executive communications, and sustainability-related storytelling.

• Monitor communications performance, industry trends, and competitive activity to inform future messaging and engagement strategies.

• Support workforce development initiatives by connecting education partnerships to hiring pipelines and career awareness programs.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in communications, public relations, marketing, stakeholder engagement, or related fields.

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, Public Relations, Education, or a related discipline; advanced degree is a plus.

• Demonstrated success leading integrated communications programs and community engagement initiatives at a senior level.

• Strong experience developing partnerships with educational institutions, civic organizations, and workforce development programs.

• Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills across press releases, executive messaging, social media, and thought leadership content.

• Proven experience managing media relations, proactive outreach campaigns, and press communications.

• Strong understanding of social media strategy, audience engagement, and analytics-driven content optimization.

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining strong attention to detail and meeting deadlines.

• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams and external stakeholders.

• Experience within infrastructure, real estate, construction, energy, or data center-related industries is highly preferred.

• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 25-30% as needed.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation package.

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.

• Remote work flexibility.

• Opportunities for career growth and professional development.

• Exposure to global projects and industry-leading initiatives.

• Collaborative and innovation-driven work culture.

• Travel opportunities for community engagement and strategic partnership development.

• Inclusive workplace environment that values diversity, creativity, and collaboration.

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