Community Engagement Lead - Ohio
Senior Community Marketing role at OpenAI. Remote, United States · full-time · $129,600–$236,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Build trust with Ohio leaders, residents, NGOs, and community groups
- Create engagement plans for new and operating sites
- Speak for OpenAI at hearings, public meetings, and local events
- Coordinate with economic development and environmental leads on benefits and stewardship
- Track local sentiment, guide executives, and create a reusable engagement playbook
What you bring
- At least eight years in community affairs, public engagement, or corporate communications
- Evidence of working with varied stakeholders on major infrastructure or technology projects
- Strong facilitation and public-speaking ability
- Experience handling sensitive political and reputation issues
- Experience weaving workforce, education, or infrastructure benefits into development plans
Who this fits
You'll suit a senior community affairs professional who can work across government, corporate, and local groups while adapting to changing needs. The role is remote in the United States but centers on communities in Ohio, with public-facing engagement and executive advising at its core.
From the employer
About the Team
OpenAI, in close collaboration with our capital partners, 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.
About the Role
The Community Engagement Lead will be the primary bridge between OpenAI and the communities in Ohio. This role ensures that OpenAI builds strong, trust-based relationships with local stakeholders, communicates proactively about our projects, and integrates community priorities into our development approach. The role spans engagement, communications, and reputation management, and will partner closely with the Economic Development and Environmental leads.
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.
Represent OpenAI in public forums, hearings, and community events.
Partner with the Economic Development Lead 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.
Monitor community sentiment and advise executives on risks and opportunities.
Create a community engagement playbook that can scale across geographies.
Qualifications
8+ 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.
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.
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.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
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