Senior Director, External Affairs

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⛰️ Colorado, Virginia – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote ⚔️ Virginia – Remote

💵 $175k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Director

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TRACT

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2023

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

📋 Compliance

💰 $21.7M Series A on 2025-10

SaaS • B2B • Compliance

TRACT is a platform company that streamlines sustainability measurement and supply-chain transformation. TRACT provides a secure SaaS infrastructure for companies to manage environmental, social, and supply-chain data—helping organizations track Scope 3 emissions, map human-rights and deforestation risks, and meet regulatory requirements such as the EUDR. The company promotes methodology alignment across industry participants, facilitates supply-chain collaboration, and delivers actionable insights and guidance (e. g. , deforestation methodology, legal due diligence guides) to simplify compliance and accelerate decarbonization and responsible sourcing.

📋 Description

• Develop, prioritize, track, and communicate Tract’s external affairs priorities at national, state, and local levels • Support and implement political engagement strategies for master-planned data center campuses • Develop strategies addressing changing regulations and public perception of data centers • Build positive support from national, state, and nongovernmental advocacy organizations • Develop briefing and presentation materials for policymakers, regulators, and clients • Write comment letters to policymakers and contribute to policy thought leadership • Monitor legislation and federal/regulatory developments involving Congress, DOE, FERC, NERC, permitting, interconnection, energy reliability, tax policy, and AI/data center infrastructure policy • Manage outside lobbyist and consultant workstreams, including agendas, action items, follow-up, deliverables, and weekly reporting • Prepare bill summaries, state updates, risk assessments, and executive-ready materials • Escalate risks to the Vice President and appropriate senior leaders • Represent Tract with trade associations, consultants, clients, policymakers, communities, neighbors, and community groups • Support site RFI processes and gather sites meeting defined parameters • Coordinate lobbying activity on incentives, regulation, energy, land use, and related policy matters • Build and maintain national-level policymaker networks • Provide expert information and technical recommendations on priority legislative and regulatory issues • Report to the Vice President, Business Development and External Affairs • Travel occasionally to Tract Headquarters or Tract markets

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Communications, Public Relations, Speech, Journalism, or another related/equivalent degree • Five to eight years’ experience in external affairs, public policy, government relations, legislative affairs, energy policy, infrastructure, economic development, or closely related fields • Strong political acumen and thorough understanding of national, state, and local-level public policy • Excellent written communication skills • Ability to produce concise, accurate, decision-ready written work under time pressure, including bill summaries, state updates, risk assessments, briefing memos, and executive-ready talking points • Precision, follow-through, legislative tracking, deadline management, and synthesis in a high-paced environment • Exceptional verbal communication skills • Ability to problem solve using federal, state, and local relationships, corporate resources, and executive support • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and government regulations • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions • Ability to interpret legislative and regulatory documents and information • Responsible, ethical, and collaborative mindset • Strong work ethic and ability to manage time and energy independently • Ability to network in structured and unstructured environments • JD highly preferred • Experience managing projects, consultants, coalitions, or legislative processes preferred • Demonstrated success supporting major infrastructure development projects throughout the United States preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% employer-covered medical insurance • 100% employer-covered dental insurance • 100% employer-covered vision insurance • 401K program • Standard paid holidays • Unlimited PTO • Discretionary bonus

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