Community Director, LF Energy - Europe

The Role

You will drive open source adoption across European energy infrastructure by nurturing relationships with system operators, regulators, and policymakers to help deliver affordable, reliable, safe, and clean energy. This means translating technical capabilities into business value, identifying regulatory barriers, and creating pathways for organizations to contribute to and deploy LF Energy projects. The work combines strategic engagement with hands-on execution. You will organize workshops and events, represent LF Energy at industry conferences, facilitate special interest groups, and oversee funded technical development with subcontractors. You will partner with Linux Foundation teams to document successes and build thought leadership. You will track adoption metrics and report on community growth.

This is a two-year, full-time position reporting to the Executive Director of LF Energy, with potential for extension based on funding availability and performance.

Location and Work Arrangements

Remote position based in Europe. This role requires frequent travel throughout Europe (up to 30%) to attend events, facilitate workshops, and meet with stakeholders. Occasional work outside standard business hours or across time zones may be required to collaborate with global teams.

Responsibilities

Strong candidates will have experience across multiple areas below. If three or more describe your background, we want to hear from you.

Community Growth & Engagement

• Build and nurture relationships with TSOs, DSOs, and key decision-makers across Europe to drive adoption of LF Energy projects
• Organize, lead and facilitate in-person and virtual community events, workshops, and training sessions across Europe
• Deliver presentations and participate in panel discussions at industry events
• Launch and nurture an online educational program to lower adoption barriers, cultivate community connections, and train the next generation of system operators on industrial-grade open source collaboration and LF Energy projects

Policy & Advocacy

• Lead policy and regulatory advocacy and education efforts in Europe, identifying and addressing barriers to open source adoption in the energy sector
• Build trusted relationships with regulators and policymakers to advance supportive frameworks for open source energy solutions, identifying barriers and overcoming barriers for adoption and contribution

Program Management & Leadership

• Oversee LF Energy-funded initiatives in Europe involving subcontractors, ensuring technical quality, alignment with community goals, timeliness of deliverables, and appropriate transparency with governing bodies
• Facilitate special interest group meetings, driving consensus and decision-making across diverse stakeholders

Communications & Reporting

• Partner with marketing to amplify community successes, engage media, drive event participation, and establish thought leadership
• Collect, analyze, and report quantitative and qualitative data on community growth, adoption metrics, and impact