Community Engagement Lead

Washington, D.C. Backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, Peregrine helps public safety organizations, state and local and governments, federal agencies, and private-sector institutions address society’s challenges with unprecedented speed and accuracy. Our AI-enabled platform turns siloed and disconnected data into operational intelligence — instantly surfacing mission-critical information to empower better, faster decisions that improve outcomes at every touchpoint. Today Peregrine supports hundreds of customers across 30+ states and two countries, serving more than 125 million people — and we’re amplifying our impact as we expand into the enterprise and internationally.

The Opportunity

Peregrine is hiring aCommunity EngagementLeadto build and lead the function responsible forsharpening how we engage the communities we serve and driving our successin the civic arena. Our platform helpsstate and localgovernmentssolve their hardest data-driven problems. Asagenciesadopt these systems, the decisionscanplay out inpublic hearings, council votes, and high-visibility civic debates. This role exists to ensure Peregrineshows up in those moments prepared, credible, and trusted. You will build the strategy, relationships, and operating playbooks that help communities understand Peregrine’s work, surface and address legitimate concerns, and ensure our government partners are prepared to navigate the public process successfully. Think of this role as running the civic campaignuelingeregrine’sritical work serving communitiesounded on listening transparency, and engagement in democratic process**. You will operate at intersection of government affairs communications public relations go-to-market strategy working closely with sales teams product leaders government partners to ensure Peregrine’s work both operationally successful publicly supported. This founding role national scope significant ownership. If you have experience running campaigns navigating city halls managing high-stakes public debates or building coalitions pass difficult initiatives this role feel familiar.

What You’ll Do

Run Civic Campaign Behind Peregrine Deployments When Peregrine enters new jurisdiction major decisions often move through public hearings city council votes community debate. You will design execute strategy helps those processes succeed — not bypassing public conversation but engaging thoughtfully credibly. This includes:

• Mapping civic political landscape new jurisdictions
• Identifying allies skeptics key influencers
• Conducting community listening stakeholder engagement
• Preparing internal external stakeholders public meetings
• Supporting government partners navigate council approvals

Your goal ensure Peregrine enters moments informed community perspectives positioned durable public support.

Build Peregrine’s Community Engagement Playbook

This build-from-scratch role. You design repeatable systems Peregrine uses engage communities across country. This includes creating scalable approaches for:

• Community listening stakeholder mapping
• Local narrative development grounded community priorities
• Public meeting preparation council vote readiness
• Coalition building across civic organizations community leaders
• Responding emerging concerns controversy transparency

Over time turn efforts scalable playbooks support Peregrine deployments nationwide.

Translate Technology into Community Value

Peregrine’s technology complex Communities deserve clear honest explanations how works serves public. You partner Sales Product Marketing Implementation teams ensure Peregrine’s messaging reflects local context community priorities civic values. This includes:

• Translating complex technical capabilities accessible language
• Helping communities understand technology supports public safety government coordination
• Ensuring local concerns feedback reflected how Peregrine’s work communicated deployed

Your job not just defend technology — help communities understand purpose safeguards.

Shape Narrative Address Misinformation

Public-sector technology deployments often attract scrutiny. You help ensure Peregrine’s work understood accurately responsibly. Responsibilities include:

• Monitoring public discourse media coverage stakeholder sentiment
• Identifying misinformation emerging concerns early
• Developing clear communications explaining what technology does — does not do
• Equipping government partners community advocates credible fact-based messaging

Your goal ensure public debate happens foundation facts transparency.

Build Coalitions Strengthen Communities

Major civic decisions shaped trusted voices community. You build relationships leaders across civic ecosystem including:

• Community organizations
• Civil rights advocates
• Faith leaders
• Business economic development groups
• Public safety leaders
• Policy influencers local media

Your aim ensure when Peregrine’s work discussed publicly community leaders have information trust needed engage thoughtfully.

Who You Are

You high-agency operator understands how civic decisions actually made. Likely worked environments coalition building public trust strategic execution determined whether initiative succeeded failed. Comfortable walking into:

• Mayor’s office
• Community listening session
• Tense public hearing
• City council meeting

and helping move conversation toward productive outcome. Understand lasting civic wins come aligning institutions communities not simply outmaneuvering them. Likely Background May served as:

• Chief Staff mayor councilmember elected official
• Political campaign manager senior campaign operative
• Public affairs government relations leader
• Policy director senior advisor local state government
• Community engagement lead high-visiblity civic initiatives

Likely have 8+ years experience navigating local political environments understand how decisions move city halls state governments. Salary Range: $165000 - $195000 Annually + Benefits + Equity (if applicable) + Bonus (if applicable) Actual compensation influenced wide array factors including skill set level experience specific work location. Information benefits offered here. Peregrine Technologies committed creating inclusive environment all employees celebrate diversity proud equal opportunity employer qualified applicants receive consideration employment without regard race color religion gender gender identity expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability age veteran status.