Senior Director, External Affairs

Tract is a team of digital infrastructure experts dedicated to accelerating responsible data center growth by developing master-planned data center parks with access to pre-positioned power and fiber. We are focused on key markets where hyperscale and wholesale demand is growing. Our approach is to collaborate with states, cities, and localities to ensure development is targeted for the optimal locations to maximize the economic development benefits for the community while being good stewards of the land and minimizing impacts on neighbors.

Tract is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with real estate holdings throughout the United States.

We are looking for an experienced, organized, detail-oriented, and relationship-driven Senior Director of External Affairs to join our growing team to drive federal, state, and regional/local governmental and energy external affairs and community outreach throughout the United States.

The Senior Director, External Affairs will work closely with internal stakeholders to understand the interests of Tract and our clients as they relate to governmental affairs developments, involving subject matter experts as appropriate to help craft a consistent narrative and approach to gain the political support required to reach successful outcomes. They will prepare briefing and presentation materials for engagements with policymakers, regulators, and clients, write comment letters to policy makers and contribute to thought leadership on relevant policy topics.

The Senior Director will monitor legislation and federal/regulatory developments, manage outside lobbyist updates, prepare weekly reports, draft bill summaries, and escalate risk to the Vice President and appropriate Tract senior leaders. Additionally, as appropriate, the Senior Director may take primary responsibility for a subset of markets prioritized by the Vice President, Business Development and External Affairs (e.g., three to five Western states in the continental U.S.).

• Develop, prioritize, track, and communicate Tract’s priorities at the state-level.
• Take initiative to define and implement response strategies across states and jurisdictions in coordination with the Vice President.
• Represent Tract’s views and interests with trade associations, consultants, and clients.
• Manage outside lobbyist and consultant work streams, including agendas, action items, follow-up, deliverables, and weekly reporting.
• Support site RFI process to gather available sites that meet our well-defined parameters.

• Identify and monitor key U.S. public policy issues and Data Center Development trends that impact Tract and shape Tract’s position on these opportunities.
• Monitor federal developments involving Congress, DOE, FERC, NERC, federal permitting, large-load interconnection, energy reliability, tax policy, and AI/data center infrastructure policy.
• Provide technical recommendations on legislative and regulatory proposals, collaborating closely with Senior Leadership, Legal and other teams to ensure alignment across Tract.
• Coordinate lobbying activity, as needed, on incentives, regulation, energy, land use, and related policy matters.
• Build and maintain networks of contacts with national-level policy makers.
• Provide expert level information on priority issues with key stakeholders across the business.

• Represent Tract positively and consistently with Tract values within the community in coordination with Tract local project teams.
• Assist with relationship management with adjacent neighbors and community groups.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in one of the following:
Political Science, Communications, Public Relations, Speech, Journalism, or other related and/or equivalent degrees. JD highly preferred.

Experience: Five to eight years’ experience in external affairs, public policy, government relations, legislative affairs, energy policy, infrastructure, economic development, or closely related fields. Experience managing projects, consultants, coalitions, or legislative processes preferred. Previous demonstrated success supporting major infrastructure…