What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community Engagement Lead, Data Centers position at Futura?
Community Engagement Lead
$130,000 – $200,000 Equity
Remote | Indiana
Futura is exclusively partnered with a high-growth hyperscale data center developer building GW-scale AI compute infrastructure across the US, Europe, and beyond. As they scale their global GPU cluster footprint, they're building new data centers in communities that will live with them for decades and that relationship needs to be earned, not assumed.
The Community Engagement Lead will be the company's primary interface between infrastructure projects and the communities, governments, and civic institutions that surround them. You'll build trust before the first shovel hits the ground, sustain it through construction and operations, and turn neighbors, local officials, and regional stakeholders into long-term advocates.
This is a high-leverage role with direct exposure to senior leadership, site development teams, and government relations functionsand you'll build the function from scratch.
What you'll do
- Develop and own the community engagement playbook: stakeholder mapping, outreach cadences, issue escalation protocols, and community benefit frameworks scalable across geographies and jurisdictions
- Serve as the primary face of the company in local communities attending town halls, public hearings, planning commission meetings, and community events; represent interests at external policy and political forums
- Build and maintain relationships across a broad stakeholder matrix: elected officials, city/county staff, utility partners, school districts, workforce development organizations, nonprofits, trade associations, and community members
- Monitor state and local legislation, regulatory developments, and policy trends; develop strategies to shape outcomes and brief senior leadership on political and policy risk
- Proactively identify and neutralize opposition before it organizes; partner with Site Selection, Real Estate, and Legal to surface reputational, regulatory, and political risk before capital is committed
- Coordinate community benefit commitments (local hiring, workforce programs, educational partnerships, grants) and develop communications materials that translate complex infrastructure realities into clear narratives for community, government, and executive audiences
- Manage external partners including lobbyists, consultants, and PR agencies
What we're looking for
- Proven track record in community engagement, public affairs, government relations, or economic development ideally within infrastructure, energy, or real estate development
- Experience building stakeholder relationships across government, civic, and community institutions
- Ability to translate complex technical or infrastructure topics into clear, credible narratives for diverse audiences
- Comfortable operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments and building programs from the ground up
- Strong political instincts can read a room, anticipate opposition, and navigate competing interests
- Willingness to travel 30% to active sites and project locations
Compensation & benefits
- Base salary: $130,000 – $200,000
- Equity: Stock options
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) / retirement plan
- Generous PTO
Salary : $130,000 - $200,000