About the role

  • Public Affairs Director leading local community affairs and stakeholder engagement for electric vehicle infrastructure firm. Shaping company interactions and navigating complex community dynamics in targeted cities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Terawatt’s local and community affairs across targeted cities and counties, ensuring constructive engagement with residents, civic leaders, and local stakeholders to support project delivery, entitlements, and operational success.
  • Serve as the primary representative for Terawatt at public meetings, community events, and other local forums.
  • Monitor local political, regulatory, and social developments that may impact EV charging projects and proactively advise leadership on risks, opportunities, and strategic engagement.
  • Create materials such as talking points, community presentations, fact sheets, and public outreach communications tailored to local stakeholders.
  • Develop repeatable frameworks, playbooks, and processes for local community engagement and issue management.

Requirements

  • 7-10+ years of experience in public affairs, government relations, political strategy, or public policy, with a proven record of driving outcomes across city, county, and state levels.
  • Demonstrated success building and managing relationships with elected officials, agency staff, community leaders, and other key stakeholders, particularly in complex or politically sensitive environments.
  • Experience navigating local government processes—including permitting, zoning, entitlements, legislative tracking, and policy analysis—to assess risks, shape engagement strategies, and support project delivery.
  • Strong strategic communications capability, including preparing briefing materials, talking points, public statements, community presentations, and representing an organization in public forums or neighborhood meetings.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional coordination with teams such as legal, communications, and development, translating political, regulatory, and community insights into actionable recommendations for the business.
  • Excellent judgment, diplomacy, and discretion when handling sensitive or high-visibility local issues.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable engaging with senior leaders and diverse community audiences.
  • Highly organized, proactive, and able to manage multiple concurrent issues in fast-moving environments.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Performance-based incentives

Job title

Director – Public Affairs

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$195,000 - $215,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

Report this job

See something inaccurate? Let us know and we'll update the listing.

Report job