Government and Community Affairs Lead, Temple

At Rowan Digital Infrastructure, we are transforming data center delivery for speed and scale. Our mission is to deliver best-in-class data center solutions to hyperscale customers who share our commitment to sustainability, and to do so with an unwavering focus on efficiency, quality, and flexibility. Our data center solutions are tailored to our customers’ needs and delivered by our exceptional end-to-end team.

Rowan is assembling a strategic portfolio of data center sites in Tier 1 markets across the United States at various stages of development, and we’re looking for incredible and passionate people to help us advance our company and our commitment to building a more sustainable future.

Rowan is backed by Quinbrook, a leading investor in the energy transition, and Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager.

Rowan Digital Infrastructure is looking for an External Affairs Lead, Temple to help lead government and community engagement, economic development, public policy, and more at Rowan’s Temple data center campus. This role is a critical part of the team that works with project leadership and subject matter expert teams from across the business, including close partnering with Rowan’s construction team, to strengthen Rowan’s portfolio in this region.

This role will help to bring to fruition Rowan’s portfolio of projects in Temple by ensuring the government and community landscape is favorable to our company’s operations. The External Affairs – Lead, Temple will also help to protect existing investments by tracking legislation and local policy changes that may impact our operations. The role will act as a face of the company in communities where we are making investments throughout the region.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of successfully working in governement and community affairs/public policy/economic development settings. The successful candidate will have excellent strategic thinking and negotiation skills, organizational and communication skills, the ability to multitask, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Travel: Ability to travel up to (20%) to company gatherings

Location: Temple, TX

Compensation: $150K - $175K (Offers Bonus)

• Engage with government representatives, community organizations, residents, and other local stakeholders about Rowan's projects

• Track local legislation, regulatory proceedings, and project entitlements and advocate on these items as necessary

• Form coalitions with interested individuals and organizations to support/oppose legislation, local policy issues, community initiatives, and more

• Support drafting and managing the execution of strategic plans for political and community engagement

• Represent Rowan at various public events and effectively communicate the benefits of Rowan project investments to external key stakeholders, including AHJs, economic development partners, elected officials, and the community at large

• Support the drafting of communications content to broaden and amplify messaging about our community, economic, and environmental benefits in public settings, including project pitches, AHJ presentations, customer meetings, etc

• Identify and track pertinent legislation and local policy proposals that may have business implications on Rowan’s operations

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5+ years of public policy and/or community engagement experience within government and/or relevant nonprofits, economic development organizations, public interest groups, business, campaigns or industry associations

• Skilled at persuasively and diplomatically advocating policy positions…