Director Public Affairs THE COMPANY: STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the worlds most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building owning and operating highly efficient cost-effective wholesale colocation and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meet or exceed the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability security connectivity and physical resilience. STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK. THE POSITION: At STACK the Director of Public Affairs role is responsible for leading economic development government relations and community engagement initiatives related to the development execution and operation of data centers in North America. The Director of Public Affairs is also responsible for building stakeholder coalitions and collaborating with industry partners STACKs clients and other key partners in achieving favorable outcomes in communities STACK is or plans to become a part of. This role will primarily partner with our Development and Operations teams to develop maintain and advance Public Affairs initiatives. The position will be based in remotely in Virginia or at STACKs headquarters in Denver Colorado. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Lead economic development efforts in conjunction with the priorities of the business and our clients in the region
- Manage relationships with community leaders and partners industry coalitions and regional associations focused on economic development
- Develop and maintain a strong community relationship and engagement strategy that cultivates positive relationships for STACK with the communities were a part of and the stakeholders STACK partners with
- Support the market assessment for potential new sites in the region helping identify potential economic incentive opportunities for new and existing data center development
- Present to leadership on economic inventive opportunities community dynamics opportunities to advance STACKs impact in the community and how they intersect with business goals
- Partner with the Development teams to support individual projects and market level initiatives
MUST-HAVE QUALIFICATIONS: - Bachelors degree in a business policy or communications discipline advantageous but not required
- Significant prior experience in economic development government relations and community engagement
- Significant experience providing communications to internal and external stakeholder at all levels including company executives
- Some prior experience in industrial energy network or data center infrastructure
THE DETAILS: - Location:Denver Colorado or Northern VA
- Compensation: $180000 to $190000
- Benefits: Healthcare Dental Care Vision Insurance Life Insurance Paid Time Off Paid Leave Programs
- Travel:Domestic travel based on business needs up to 30%
- Must be eligible to work in the United States
- Must pass comprehensive background screening
THIS MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF: - Youre a strong communicator thrive in the local community are persuasive and clear blending analytics with experience in decision-making and are an expert in identifying the needs of a local community.
- You dont get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.
- Youre a teambuilder. You take the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long-term plans for the growth and success of the team.
- Youre naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement. While you celebrate your successes you take time to review and analyze campaigns for future learning.
WHY STACK - We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits including medical dental and vision insurance a 401K program flexible spending accounts even a cell phone subsidy.
- We foster a culture of appreciation including peer-peer employee recognition.
- Fun is part of our DNA with events game nights and barbecues.
- Were growing this is a great time to join and make an impact!
Application Deadline: October 5 2025 STACK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age national origin mental or physical disability genetic information veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law Note to External Agencies: We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/CVs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to STACK Infrastructure will NOT be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place.
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