Director, Policy Communications

Role Overview

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As Nscale continues to expand its global footprint of AI data centers, the communities and policy environments in which we build are central to our long-term success. We are seeking a Director, Policy Communications to lead our approach to community and policy communications — building understanding and trust from federal to the state and local levels while translating national and global policy positions into credible, locally resonant stories.

This role sits at the intersection of public policy, communications, and community engagement. You will partner closely with Legal & Government Affairs, real estate, and development teams throughout the data center development lifecycle, ensuring our external communications strategies are informed by political readiness and community engagement intelligence. You will be a strategic counselor and a hands-on builder — equally comfortable drafting op-eds and blog posts, briefing executives, and building a coalition narrative from scratch.

Key Responsibilities

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Community & Policy Communications

• Develop and execute proactive communications plans for the federal, state, local municipality level stakeholder audiences to increase awareness of Nscale's investment in and positive impact on the local community and economy.
• Execute events and programs that communicate transparently and build strong relationships with the local community where Nscale is building or planning data centers.
• Create and disseminate public-facing messaging (grounded in facts and data) around Nscale's environmental footprint, economic contribution, and local impact of data centers.
• Collaborate with Government Affairs, Legal, Community Engagement teams to develop external messaging for media and stakeholders.
• Monitor media and social media for public, political sentiment, local community sentiment about Nscale data centers and the AI data center industry at larg