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Salary: USD 165,000 - 195,000 / annual
Peregrine Technologies, backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, is an AI-enabled platform that helps public safety organizations, state and local governments, federal agencies, and private institutions address societal challenges by turning siloed data into operational intelligence. The company supports hundreds of customers across 30+ states and two countries, serving over 125 million people.
This is a founding role with national scope, responsible for building and leading Peregrine's community engagement function. The role sits at the intersection of government affairs, communications, public relations, and go-to-market strategy, ensuring the company and government partners navigate public deployments with credibility, transparency, and trust.
Key responsibilities include: leading community engagement strategies for deployments by mapping civic and political landscapes, identifying stakeholders, conducting community listening, and preparing for public hearings and high-visibility moments; building scalable community engagement playbooks for stakeholder mapping, coalition building, and public meeting preparation; translating complex technology into accessible language grounded in local priorities; shaping public narrative by monitoring discourse, media coverage, and stakeholder sentiment; building trusted relationships across the civic ecosystem including community organizations, civil rights advocates, faith leaders, and local media; supporting government partners through high-stakes civic moments; and ensuring community perspectives inform company communications and deployment strategy.
Success metrics include deployments supported by credible engagement strategies, scalable playbooks applicable nationwide, strong relationships with community leaders in key markets, better-prepared government partners, clear public understanding of Peregrine's technology and impact, and early identification and response to emerging concerns and misinformation.
Required qualifications: 8+ years navigating local or state political environments, public affairs, government relations, campaigns, or community engagement; deep understanding of civic decision-making processes; proven ability to build coalitions and navigate high-stakes conversations; strong relationships with community organizations, elected officials, or civic stakeholders; exceptional verbal and written communication skills; high-agency entrepreneurial operator comfortable building from scratch; strong judgment in politically sensitive environments. Experience with public safety, government technology, or civic issues is highly valuable. Must be located in DC and willing to work in office 4 days/week.
